Creative Director – São Paulo

• At our Vila Sao Paolo office, you’ll work with a superstar team of Monks to win pitches and prepare concepts for production.
• First and foremost, your role will be to be a creative steward for the brands you work on and to create industry and headline-defining work.
• The role is also about winning new work by developing creative ideas in response to client briefs and RFPs.
• You will be the creative lead on several concurrent projects, helping finetune the concept by fleshing out the final features and flow.

Requirements

• We are looking for a true-born creative with an innate taste for technology, an instinct for interaction and a natural feel for digital aesthetics.
• You have worked in brand communications and can ideate and execute social-first ideas and content alongside stunts and experiences.
• You can communicate in English at a high, international level.
• You can clearly present digital and physical concepts to non-technical crowds.
• You are experienced applying your concept skills to a wide variety of projects.
• You can think big and come up with creative applications for new and emerging technologies.
• You understand the process and politics of advertising by heart, and absolutely love production.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide visionary leadership to diverse creative teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and excellence – all in the service of developing and pitching creative concepts, experiences and brand communications.
• Develop work that aligns with client goals and drive measurable results.
• Participate in building and maintaining strong client relationships, understanding their needs and delivering creative solutions that exceed expectations.
• Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure seamless execution of creative concepts from ideation to final delivery.
• Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to ensure our work remains at the forefront of innovation.
• Uphold the highest standards of quality and creativity in all deliverables, ensuring they meet or exceed client expectations.
• Motivate, inspire and manage a team of creatives.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of experience in a senior creative leadership role at a top-tier agency. Experience in both digital and traditional agencies is a big plus.
• An exceptional portfolio of projects showcasing a range of projects, particularly those that demonstrate innovative thinking and successful outcomes for high-profile clients.
• Strong leadership, communication and presentation skills.
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma. As well as a familiarity with emerging digital platforms and technologies.
• Visionary thinker, collaborative leader, passionate about creativity and technology, with a relentless drive for excellence.

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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