Associate Creative Director

Responsibilities

• Shape the creative vision for large-scale, long-term solutions, from immersive campaign sites to brand platforms and content ecosystems
• Design at the highest level by staying hands-on in Figma to shape screens, components, and systems
• Translate brand strategy and business objectives into functional user journeys, flows, states, and motion
• Use AI fluently across the creative process for ideation, image creation, motion, voice, code, and prototyping
• Direct multidisciplinary teams across art direction, copy, and design while protecting the central idea
• Mentor designers and creatives by providing direction and feedback
• Build lasting relationships with the client and substantiate work with proof

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in digital design or creative leadership at an agency, studio, or in-house team
• Portfolio showing both campaign-led concept work and platform-led web/product work
• Mastery of digital design fundamentals including typography, grid, hierarchy, layout, color, and motion
• Fluency in Figma and modern design tooling
• Proven experience designing marketing sites, brand platforms, and content ecosystems
• Hands-on practice with AI tooling across image, video, copy, code, and prototyping
• Strong leadership, mentoring, and client presentation skills
• Passion for sports and youth culture

Preferred Qualifications

• Code literacy in HTML/CSS
• Motion direction or 3D/WebGL exposure
• Experience leading work that integrates AI as a user-facing feature

About the Company

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc, combining Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world.