Temporary Associate Creative Director: Elevate Auto Campaign

Digital Agency Jobs; Hilversum; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Monks seeks an experienced Temporary Associate Creative Director to lead and elevate creative output for a major automotive client. You will partner with copywriters, account managers, and other creatives to steer art direction, design, and production across campaigns, ensuring bold, integrated solutions.

You will mentor junior team members, present concepts to clients, and collaborate across brand, strategy, product, and content teams in a fast-paced, global agency environment.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of design and art direction experience in advertising and marketing.
• Exceptional graphic design skills and ability to produce high-quality work in Figma and Adobe.
• Thrive under pressure, adapt to changing priorities, meet tight deadlines.
• Strong creative background with digital thinking beyond traditional ad formats and budgets.
• Collaborate with leads and copywriters to develop on-brand, strategically sound designs.
• Contribute to strategic and creative discussions from conception to production.
• Leverage data and research to identify brand opportunities and present creative vision.
• Experience crafting brand style guides to ensure consistency across touchpoints.
• Interest in automotive culture; auto experience is a plus.
• Versatile portfolio across digital, video, social formats.

Responsibilities

• Elevate client brand expression and achieve creative excellence with leadership.
• Lead conceptualization and design of integrated digital advertising campaigns.
• Present ideas, build client relationships, and guide art and design conversations.
• Mentor junior creatives and provide feedback on design best practices.
• Drive innovation, ensure high-quality work, and align with client objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across time zones on global initiatives.

Skills

Art direction

Graphic design

Team leadership

Creative concepting

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Monks seeks an experienced Temporary Associate Creative Director to lead and elevate creative output for a major automotive client. You will partner with copywriters, account managers, and other creatives to steer art direction, design, and production across campaigns, ensuring bold, integrated solutions.

You will mentor junior team members, present concepts to clients, and collaborate across brand, strategy, product, and content teams in a fast-paced, global agency environment.