What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Art Director position at MediaMonks?
About the Role
As a Senior Art Director for one of the largest automotive companies in the world, you'll partner with copywriters, account managers, creative directors, strategists, and other creatives to deliver a variety of compelling materials. A fast and flexible go-getter, you thrive on new opportunities and possess a natural aptitude for collaboration. You maintain exceptionally high standards, elevating the craft of design and art direction, inspiring both yourself and your team to achieve impactful results. You excel at crafting visually engaging, strategically-informed, and pixel-perfect designs across the account. Comfortable working both hands-on and delegating to junior and production designers, you also excel at providing clear, concise feedback to colleagues. You bring a progressive creative instinct and positivity, working effectively in teams with a low-ego approach.
Responsibilities :
- Contribute to the creative process from concept ideation to production, ensuring high-quality, consistent, and innovative work across all deliverables.
- Critique major deliverables, upholding the highest standards of creative excellence and ensuring alignment with client objectives.
- Confidently present work alongside Creative Directors during client reviews, effectively communicating creative vision and elevating brand expression.
- Cultivate strong client relationships, actively listening to and understanding their vision, objectives, and feedback.
- Embrace a hands-on approach, seamlessly collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive projects forward and proactively identify areas for improvement.
- Guide the conceptual and aesthetic direction of campaigns, asset creation, experiential activations, and design projects.
- Drive innovation and creativity, setting new industry standards and ensuring work is consistently smart, impactful, and scalable.
- Thrive in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment, effectively prioritizing tasks and maintaining a poised and professional demeanor.
- Collaborate seamlessly across time zones with a global team, supporting both local and international initiatives.
- Partner with designers, animators, and other creatives to develop engaging content across multiple formats, including videos, static posts, and animations.
- Demonstrate a genuine commitment to the well-being of Monks' culture, its people, and its clients.
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At Media.Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI-managed by the industry's best and most diverse digital talent-to help the world's trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™ : Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek's Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger's Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek's first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories : the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek's Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
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.
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