Media.Monks is a digital-first marketing and advertising services company connecting the dots across content, data & digital media and technology services.
Inspired by the connectivity and flexibility of technology APIs, Media.Monks’ single-P&L model offers brands seamless access to a nearly 6,000-strong team of digital talent organized across 57 talent hubs in 33 countries.
With us, you’ll find a diverse group of colleagues with different backgrounds and perspectives.
We believe everyone has something of value to offer, and that sustaining a truly diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace begins with fostering an environment where people can be themselves, authentically, every day.
We want to build something with the potential to change the heart of our industry, and we’d love to include your unique perspective.
MediaMonks LA is hiring a Mid-level Art Director ready to get their hands dirty, conceptualize, design, pitch and produce work for one of the world’s most beloved brands in our Los Angeles Office .
Ideas come naturally to you, but you also have a strong background in art direction and design, as well as experience working in a multidisciplinary and diverse team.
If pop and internet culture peak your interest read on and sell us with your portfolio and a custom (concise) cover letter detailing why you’re the right Monk for the job.
Please be attentive to the requirements.
We’d love to probe your personal pitch.
The Lowdown
- In this key role, you’ll be working on a global scale to create effective and innovative work for one of our biggest and coolest global clients.
- Working as part of a dedicated team within MediaMonks, you’ll be in a unique position to influence creative processes and pitches across the entire account, taking on campaigns big, small and huge.
- You’re responsible for the creation and execution of high-stakes digital campaigns, web experiences, events in collaboration with other incredibly talented team players in different time zones.
- You’ll be presenting to the client in person and through video calls, pitching for new projects or running workshops to collect new insights and ideas.
- You identify what needs to be done on a creative level so that our PMs and producers can book sufficient time to make your projects shine.
- You go above and beyond the original brief to push what’s possible on both a creative and technical level.
- You’ll translate creative concepts into thorough briefs for our in-house artists and lead them on a day-to-day basis.
- For some projects you direct the visual style, for other projects, you help safeguard predefined ones.
- You’ll produce creative proposals, sketches, and mockups to kickstart new assignments.
- You help to make sure all work is conceptually in line with the campaign’s objectives and client expectations.
- You look after the execution of the concept and help to improve the work by offering new angles, inspiration, best practices, and practical solutions — guaranteeing projects meet the creative standards MediaMonks is famed for.
Requirements:
- For this position, we’re looking for someone with 4+ years of high-level experience as an Art Director with concept and design chops.
- You have a passion for all kinds of pop-culture: music, gaming, internet, etc.
- You get excited at the idea to meet and present content to clients, versus breaking a sweat.
- You are passionate about all stages of the creative process whether it’s a conceptual pitch or time to make stuff.
- You have a comprehensive understanding of creative and design workstreams and how we can continue to improve both going forward.
- You have experience directing digital design, animation, and illustration.
- You’re skilled in creating concepts for display advertising and social (content) campaigns using images, animation and video.
- Your pitch skills are as great as your art direction skills: you know how to make a case and sell people on an idea through beautifully designed presentation decks.
- You have the ability and stamina to tackle the same challenge from a wide variety of angles.
- You’re a team player: you can keep a cool head when things get heated and are great at dealing with (stressed-out) clients and coworkers.
#LI-ER1
About Media.Monks:
At Media.Monks, you’ll be joining a highly ambitious company on a global mission to win the decade by changing the industry for good.
Partner to 8 of the 10 most innovative companies in the world, Media.Monks works with established as well as up-and-coming global, regional, DTC and B2B brands, helping them own their data and build out customer ecosystems to elicit smart, efficient, high-impact engines for growth.
We deliver table stakes quickly, creating cost efficiencies from day one to push up the creative effectiveness of our work with every cycle.
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.