Creative Recruiter (3 month contract)

About the Role

We are seeking a connected, proactive, and trend-savvy Creative Talent Discovery Manager to recruit, hire, and retain our North America team of full-time creative talent. This role is a full time contract role through the end of 2026, with the option to extend based on need. In this role, you will be the bridge between ambitious creative needs and top-tier full-time talent—ranging from Art Directors, Copywriters, and Motion Designers to Executive Producers, Artists, and Directors. You don't just search job boards; you leverage a deep personal network and sharp creative eye to hire the right personality, style, and skill set for long-term growth.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing & Talent Discovery: Continuously recruit, interview, and pipeline high-caliber full-time creative and production talent across disciplines.
• Sourcing & Talent Discovery: Proactively source niche talent (e.g., specialized animators, 3D artists, AI creative specialists) ahead of upcoming headcount needs.
• Sourcing & Talent Discovery: Stay ahead of industry creative trends, emerging directors, and rising design talent.
• Staffing & Role Placement: Partner closely with Casting, Creative Directors, Producers, and Operations leads to understand project briefs, budget constraints, and skill requirements.
• Staffing & Role Placement: Recommend, extend offers to, and onboard full-time creative staff for open roles, pitch teams, and ongoing agency initiatives.
• Staffing & Role Placement: Manage urgent hiring demands and hiring pipelines with agility and speed.
• Relationship & Network Management: Build strong, ongoing relationships with full-time staff, supporting career pathing and ensuring a positive employee experience with our team.
• Relationship & Network Management: Maintain and organize an active internal candidate database (salaries, portfolios, skill tags, performance notes).
• Hiring & Onboarding: Oversee full-time offer management, ensuring offer letters, employment agreements, compensation packages, and onboarding paperwork are fully executed.
• Hiring & Onboarding: Collaborate with Finance and HR to track full-time headcount spend and salary bands against departmental budgets.

Requirements

• Experience: 7+ years in creative recruiting, creative resourcing, or talent producer roles within an ad agency, production company, or in-house brand team.
• A Deep Network: An existing, active network of high-caliber talent across creative, design, editorial, and production disciplines.
• Creative Acumen: Ability to evaluate portfolios, reels, and work samples critically to ensure candidates meet the team’s quality bar.
• Negotiation & Financial Literacy: Strong salary negotiation skills and experience managing full-time salary expectations and headcount budgets.
• Operational Skills: Experience using resource management platforms (e.g. Monday.com) and ATS platforms (e.g. Greenhouse).
• Communication: Exceptional interpersonal skills—you know how to pitch an opportunity to top-tier talent and negotiate win-win terms.

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here!
• 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.

Pay

Salary Range: $2,500—$3,000 USD

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