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Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website ( monks.com/careers ). About the Role **This is a contract role through the end of 2026** We are looking for an Account Director to join our high-energy team for one of our large tech clients. This role is ideal for an entrepreneurial, solutions-oriented account lead who moves quickly, embraces new opportunities, and brings strong strategy and leadership to drive platform initiatives. As the lead for the day-to-day client partnership, you will develop a deep understanding of the client’s business. Partnering closely with client stakeholders and senior leadership, you will ensure strategic and creative solutions address business needs, deliver against client goals, and drive seamless execution. The ideal candidate is a proactive, solutions-oriented account lead who brings curiosity and rigor to their work, thrives in a fast-paced environment, and strengthens partnerships through positive collaboration, clear communication, and proactive problem-solving. Responsibilities: Account & Project Leadership: Lead the day-to-day client relationship, building strong, trusted partnerships and aligning internal teams around a unified approach. Serve as the central strategic, client-facing, and project management lead for key client initiatives, including a major web platform overhaul. Provide executive oversight, status reporting, and senior escalation management while connecting performance outcomes to future opportunities to continuously strengthen client programs and briefs. Operational Excellence & Delivery: Drive program approaches, scope, and timelines while fostering cross-functional alignment and maintaining clear communication cadences to ensure seamless project delivery. UX Strategy, Project Leadership & Delivery: Lead the overall UX strategy for the web platform transition and oversee project timeline, milestones, and deliverables. Coordinate cross-functional teams across Content Strategy, UX Design, Copy, and Production. Scope, Financial Governance & Alignment: Build pricing models & SOWs for subsequent design and development phases requiring separate funding, and provide financial oversight for the workstream. Ensure web strategy and execution align with other parallel workstreams. Strategic Storytelling & Creative Quality: Synthesize strategic inputs into cohesive narratives and champion high-quality creative work, ensuring all briefs and outputs align with the client’s business goals. Support Organic Growth: Identify and support organic growth opportunities within the client organization, helping expand existing projects into broader, longer-term programs. About You The essentials: 7+ years of experience in a fast-paced client-side or agency environment leading marketing programs and strategic initiatives. Experience leading complex, large-scale website redesign or platform overhaul projects (specifically with tools like Rainfocus, Swoogo, or similar event/registration platforms). Demonstrated experience navigating and aligning multiple, high-level client stakeholders across different teams (e.g., Marketing, Product, Events) to drive unified strategic decisions. Proven ability to manage complex Statements of Work (SOWs), develop pricing models for multi-phase projects, and provide rigorous financial oversight and reporting throughout a project lifecycle. A self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills, analytical problem-solving abilities, and extreme attention to detail. A tech-forward mindset with a strong foundation in AI literacy and an openness to leverage emerging technologies to optimize creative and operational workflows. Not a must, but a plus: Extensive experience managing complex programs where the web workstream must align with parallel marketing initiatives (such as email campaigns, paid media, and live event logistics). Fluency in UX/UI principles and ability to translate strategic business goals into clear, actionable briefs for design and content teams. Seasoned in senior escalation management—able to identify risks early, communicate transparently with leadership, and proactively resolve blockers before they impact project timelines. 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. Monks is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration, and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and by meeting our accessibility requirements under local accessibility laws. #LI-KW1 #LI-Remote What We Offer Monks has provided an hourly rate 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 rate 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. Hourly Rate $70 — $80 USD About Monks Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery—taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect. This commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It 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 (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. Additionally, Monks.Flow earned AI-based Marketing Solution of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards and a 2026 Global Generative AI Award in the Agentic Marketing Innovation category. Finally, 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.

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This is a contract role through the end of 2026**
Operational Excellence & Delivery: Drive program approaches, scope, and timelines while fostering cross-functional alignment and maintaining clear communication cadences to ensure seamless project delivery.
Strategic Storytelling & Creative Quality: Synthesize strategic inputs into cohesive narratives and champion high-quality creative work, ensuring all briefs and outputs align with the client’s business goals.
Support Organic Growth: Identify and support organic growth opportunities within the client organization, helping expand existing projects into broader, longer-term programs.
7+ years of experience in a fast-paced client-side or agency environment leading marketing programs and strategic initiatives.
Experience leading complex, large-scale website redesign or platform overhaul projects (specifically with tools like Rainfocus, Swoogo, or similar event/registration platforms).
Demonstrated experience navigating and aligning multiple, high-level client stakeholders across different teams (e.g., Marketing, Product, Events) to drive unified strategic decisions.
Proven ability to manage complex Statements of Work (SOWs), develop pricing models for multi-phase projects, and provide rigorous financial oversight and reporting throughout a project lifecycle.
A self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills, analytical problem-solving abilities, and extreme attention to detail.
A tech-forward mindset with a strong foundation in AI literacy and an openness to leverage emerging technologies to optimize creative and operational workflows.
Extensive experience managing complex programs where the web workstream must align with parallel marketing initiatives (such as email campaigns, paid media, and live event logistics).
Fluency in UX/UI principles and ability to translate strategic business goals into clear, actionable briefs for design and content teams.
Seasoned in senior escalation management—able to identify risks early, communicate transparently with leadership, and proactively resolve blockers before they impact project timelines.
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