Associate Creative Director — UI, AI & Brand Platforms

twentysix; Hilversum; On-site; EUR 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Monks is seeking an Associate Creative Director who blends strategic leadership with hands-on UI design to drive immersive campaigns and digital brand platforms for a global sports brand. You will guide cross-disciplinary teams, shape user journeys, and leverage AI tools to accelerate ideation and prototyping.

You will stay hands-on in Figma, mentoring designers, and aligning design decisions with business objectives while delivering high-impact experiences across content ecosystems and tools.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in digital design or creative leadership at an agency, studio, or in-house team
• Mastery of digital design fundamentals and fluency in Figma and modern tooling
• Experience designing marketing sites, brand platforms, content ecosystems, products, and tools with in-market performance
• Hands-on practice with AI tooling across image, video, copy, code, and prototyping with good judgment

Responsibilities

• Shape the creative vision for large-scale, long-term solutions across immersive campaigns and brand platforms
• Stay hands-on in Figma to shape screens, components, and systems
• Translate brand strategy into user journeys, flows and motion
• Lead cross-disciplinary teams while protecting the central idea from kickoff to launch
• Mentor designers and creatives with direction and feedback
• Build strong client relationships by listening to challenges and substantiating work with evidence

Skills

Creative leadership

UI design

AI fluency

Communication

Mentoring

Figma

Tools

Figma

HTML/CSS basic

Job description

Monks is seeking an Associate Creative Director who blends strategic leadership with hands-on UI design to drive immersive campaigns and digital brand platforms for a global sports brand. You will guide cross-disciplinary teams, shape user journeys, and leverage AI tools to accelerate ideation and prototyping.

You will stay hands-on in Figma, mentoring designers, and aligning design decisions with business objectives while delivering high-impact experiences across content ecosystems and tools.