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About the Role

Monks, is a full-funnel marketing, advertising and design company creating breakthrough campaigns with unrivaled performance. Challenging convention, it took some of the best talent from strategy, creative, media, design and the DTC world and put together a new way of working to bridge the gap between meaningful storytelling, data-led optimizations and commerce. A spirit of curiosity, relentless creativity and data informed decision making define our culture and people.

The Associate Director will be tasked with working on some of Monks’ most important and valuable media client relationships. The Media Strategy team you will be supporting demonstrates expertise in five core areas:

• World class ability to build client & platform relationships
• Exceptional track record of managing and growing accounts
• Fearless ability to tell data driven stories and extract key insights
• Building and presenting high impact presentations to senior level clients
• Understanding of capabilities across the digital landscape with a focus on Social, Search, Display/OLV, Site-Direct

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end campaign orchestration across cross-functional teams to ensure flawless execution, operational alignment, and delivery against client objectives.
• Lead cross channel campaign planning efforts, and partner closely with key stakeholders to deliver holistic recommendations.
• Own daily and weekly client interaction; facilitating client calls and in-person meetings to handle one off requests/questions and to share campaign performance details.
• Own cross-functional coordination across Investment, Analytics, Business Operations, and Media Technology teams to ensure seamless campaign execution and delivery.
• Analyze data, craft insights, and make recommendations internally and externally.
• Brainstorming and implementing new ways to optimize client and business workflows
• Lead integrated workback schedules, timelines, and operational processes across campaigns, ensuring teams are aligned on deliverables, dependencies, and deadlines.
• Partner closely with investment teams to oversee pacing, budget management, forecasting, and delivery across active campaigns.
• Manage ad hoc client requests, evolving priorities, and business challenges in fast-moving environments while maintaining operational excellence.
• Lead the development and communication of integrated campaign insights, performance narratives, and strategic recommendations for clients and internal stakeholders.
• Understand the full spectrum of services that Monks offers and be able to grow our new and existing client engagements in a thoughtful and consultative way.
• Work with internal and external cross functional teams to package learnings into case studies, best practices, and client-facing POVs
• Mentor and support junior team members across strategic thinking, client communication, and campaign management best practices.
• Contribute to the culture of both the Enterprise Media Department, and overall agency by being curious, thoughtful and fearless.

About You

The essentials:

• 4+ years experience managing large clients and relationships within complex organizational structures.
• You are a self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects at a time with very high standards for your work.
• You are not afraid to defect from the status quo in order to make our clients and company more successful.
• You are seeking to make a large impact at a rapidly growing media agency.
• You possess excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
• You have the desire to grow as a leader and mentor to colleagues.
• BA or equivalent with emphasis on marketing, advertising, or business.
• Experience working with syndicated media planning tools like MediaOcean Prisma, Comscore, GWI, etc. to build audience driven plans.

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission. 

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This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time.

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. 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

$100,000—$130,000 CAD

About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

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.