Creative Director

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Monks is looking to add another Creative Director to its superband of creatives. In this role, you ll provide our clients with creative decks, ideas and direction, bringing forth award-winning products and campaigns for one of the worlds leading brands. If you are the Don(na) Draper of the digital and social age, we d love to pick your brain

Role Responsibilities

• As a Creative Director at a global creative production agency, life s a pitch: you engage projects for a living and relay responsibilities to others once the ball is rolling in the right (creative) direction.


• You ll work as part of our pitch pack to win pitches and lead concepts for our A-list client.


• You ll also own the creative execution of projects, seeing them through from strategy to final delivery.


• You ll (digitally) visit clients throughout the region, leading workshops and providing creative direction for any kind of project.


• A strong focus on social content, script writing, and film production is a must.


• You bring top-notch production thinking to the table and provide creative consultation when it comes to the nitty-gritty of cutting-edge campaigns.


• As a CD at Monks, you re part of the most awesome production agency on the planet, operating as one office across many locations with an incredible in-house team of Monks.

Requirements

• For this lead position, we re looking for an inspiring all-round concept developer CD with 10+ years of total experience with at least 2 years of CD-level experience in advertising or production at the highest international level.


• Make no mistake, this role requires you to put pen to paper and come up with buzzworthy ideas, and have the ability to present them in equally compelling decks.


• You will take ownership for the entire campaign, providing strong leadership and direction throughout all stages of a project, including the management of a wider team of creatives, designers, illustrators and animators.


• You know how to show leadership without a show of force, giving our in-house teams a clear creative direction and ownership over their projects.


• You can independently lead fast-paced pitches but also love going the extra mile when painstakingly pushing running projects to perfection.


• You re a digital genius with an innate taste for the latest and greatest social platforms, digital technology, an instinct for snappy writing and a natural feel for visual design.


• You re confident leading different types of work spanning from digital and social campaigns to platforms and websites, hero films and TVCs, and installations.


• For film-based projects, it s all about the story: you champion storytelling and are experienced working together with film directors on integrated projects.


• In digital, the user experience is king, and so you should be a sovereign when it comes to shaping concepts that captivate and inspire.


• With strong pitching and presentation skills, you can represent Monks by showcasing our cases, capabilities and culture to clients.


• As part of a global company operating as one team across time zones, you need to be able to successfully direct work at a distance.


• You understand the process and politics of advertising inside out and know when to be pragmatic if that s what it takes to keep things moving.

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