Senior Art Director

Media.Monks; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 87,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Media.Monks is seeking a passionate Sr. Art Director to join its creative team in Toronto. The ideal candidate will produce high-quality designs across digital and print, collaborate with various teams, and present innovative ideas to clients. With a focus on detail and creativity, this role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and contribute to impactful projects.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years experience in agency or in-house creative.
• Strong portfolio showcasing digital and print work.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and Figma.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality visual designs for various platforms.
• Collaborate with copywriters and present ideas to clients.
• Provide design direction to production designers.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Collaboration

Communication Skills

UX/UI Principles

Illustration Skills

Education

Relevant Degree in Design or Art

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

After Effects

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced and energetic Sr. Art Director to join our creative team. The right candidate has a background in concepting big ideas with other creatives, knows how to design for both digital and print, has experience presenting work to clients, has acute attention to detail, and is passionate about innovative design.

The ideal candidate is a go-getter who jumps on new opportunities, designs with pixel-perfect precision, and is a team player. This is a fast-paced work environment, so attentiveness and the ability to handle multiple projects with ease are a must.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality visual designs for : digital campaigns, microsites, landing pages, large scale websites, social media, print campaigns, presentations, video, animation, and more
• Communicate ideas and designs to senior members of the creative team
• Partner with copywriters
• Wow clients with presentation skills
• Provide oversight and design direction to production designers
• Collaborate with and provide direction to illustrators, animators, and video production teams
• Maintain consistent creative quality and become a brand expert

Requirements

• A beautiful online portfolio of digital work—print work is a plus
• 5-7 years experience working at an agency or in-house creative services team
• Expert competency with Adobe Creative Suite. Knowledge of After Effects is a plus.
• Basic proficiency with Figma is required — Figma being the primary design tool of choice for

this account. Candidate will be required to improve proficiency first few months on the job.

• Experience with both B2B and B2C marketing is a plus
• Experience art directing and storyboarding for video and / or animation projects is required.
• Illustrations skills are helpful
• Solid understanding of typography and layout
• Solid comprehension of UX / UI principles and their applications across the web, apps, email, and beyond
• Rigorous attention to detail
• Ability to work through multiple iterations and to work quickly
• Ability to accept and receive constructive design feedback from seniors members of the creative team.
• Is an excellent collaborator with the team
• Ability to work within brand style guides to produce work that is both original and on-brand
• Demonstrating good communication skills, both verbal and listening abilities.
• Fluent in English—advanced level.

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What We Offer

Media.Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Media.Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Media.Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range$87,000—$93,000 CAD

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.

While we continue to grow our teams, please be mindful of fraudulent job postings and recruiting activities that may use our company name and information. Please be mindful to protect your personal information, especially your national identification number, and bank account information during a recruiting process. While Monks may reach out to potential candidates via LinkedIn, we will always ask applicants to apply through our website () and will never ask for payment or bank account information during the recruitment process.