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This is a Talent Pool posting and not an active vacancy. Applications submitted through this posting will be reviewed and considered for future opportunities that align with your skills and experience. If a relevant position becomes available, our Talent Acquisition team will contact you directly.

As a Sr. Art Director, you will lead the creative vision for innovative digital campaigns and assets for one of the world's largest packaged goods companies. This role demands exceptional creative leadership to generate bold, strategic ideas while maintaining the technical expertise and hands-on capability to ensure flawless execution and delivery of high-quality assets across multiple platforms. We are looking for someone passionate about seeking new opportunities, contributing to a nimble, AI-forward team, and creating impactful, globally resonant work.

Responsibilities:

• Generate clear, bold, and strategic ideas and develop creative concepts for innovative digital campaigns across all platforms.
• Lead the overall art direction, including the creation of style proposals, visual concepts, mockups, and prototypes to initiate new campaigns and projects.
• Go above and beyond the original brief to push what’s possible on both a creative and technical level.
• Translate complex creative briefs into actionable and thorough visual direction and design briefs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including marketing, strategy, and production) to ensure concepts meet client expectations and deliver against brand guidelines.
• Maintain the capability to be hands-on when necessary, providing pixel-perfect execution and final asset delivery for designs, motion graphics, interactive assets for social media, and POS print media.
• Stay informed about cultural and creative trends to ensure relevance and appeal, incorporating consumer insights into the creative process.
• Elevate visual storytelling by skillfully combining aesthetics with functionality in all content.
• Mentor and support junior creatives, providing clear direction and feedback to foster skill development within the team.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising tasks to meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work.

About You

The essentials:

• 8+ years of high-level experience as an Art Director developing concepts, pitches, and big ideas for brands in a digital or advertising environment.
• Proven experience leveraging AI and automation technology in the creative workflow to drive efficiency and innovation.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). After Effects is a bonus.
• Strong portfolio showcasing expertise in conceptual development, art direction, and digital advertising materials.
• Proven experience with all stages of the creative process, from conceptual development to final, hands-on execution.
• Deep understanding of design fundamentals, typography, and visual storytelling, with an ability to apply them on both an aesthetic and functional level.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including comfort with presenting concepts to clients and team members.
• Experience mentoring and providing constructive feedback to junior team members.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
• Expert knowledge of current social media trends and best practices for visual content.

Not a Must but a Plus:

• Some basic knowledge of front-end development (HTML/CSS) is a bonus.
• Knowledge of and experience in UX/UI is a bonus

About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.