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VP, Group Account Director

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About the Role

Monks is seeking an experienced VP, Group Account Director to lead a suite of client projects within the tech industry.  This is a role for a strategic and growth-minded professional with the industry know-how and rapport to simply get things done. If you’re an experienced go-getter who just gets clients and seeks out new opportunities to create impactful work, then let’s get down to the essentials.

The ideal candidate is highly process-oriented, comfortable navigating sensitive work and skilled at bringing structure to fast-moving requests. You will establish clear ways of working, manage priorities and ensure high-quality editorial and marketing content moves efficiently from intake through delivery.

An interest in AI, emerging technology and new approaches to creative production is essential.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the client relationship including the fiscal health and overall growth.
  • Understand clients’ business challenges and be able to articulate strategies to address those needs.
  • Build and sustain relationships with senior clients, becoming their trusted marketing partner.
  • Identify new opportunities within current client relationships, chart the path to forge new relationships and design strategies for expansion across our portfolio of services.
  • Partner with opps to continually improve intake, prioritization, briefing, review and delivery processes across production models.
  • Collaborate with your subject matter expert colleagues to produce great work.
  • Manage, train and mentor a team of directors responsible for individual pieces of business.
  • Set and manage processes related to account operations including finance, resourcing, forecasting, and client business reporting

About You

The essentials:

  • 10+ years of increasing levels of responsibility in marketing leadership positions at agencies and/or client organizations.
  • Minimum of two to three years agency experience within the last ten years of employment.
  • Leadership skills that mean others want to work with and for you.
  • Deep understanding of marketing principles and programs with an emphasis on digital marketing across strategy, content creation and media.
  • Proven track record of managing and growing multi-million dollar global accounts.
  • Outstanding communication and presentation skills that ensure our message is always clear and compelling to our client partners.
  • Demonstrate a comfort level with data, media and analytics.
  • Expertise in social media strategy and management.
  • Multi-channel digital-first client campaign experience.
  • Passion to stay on the pulse of culture and ability to provide a strategic POV

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.

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.

What We Offer

Benefits

  • Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coveragehere!
  • Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
  • 401k with company contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
  • Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network
  • A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
  • Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here !)

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:

$175,000

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$230,000 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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Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, offering a range of marketing and technology services to accelerate business growth and redefine brand interactions.
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