At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Location
- Sydney
About Monks
- Monks is a global, digital-first marketing, technology, and creative consultancy operating at the intersection of creativity, media, data, and culture. In APAC, our 700-strong team spans 14 offices across 11 countries, connected by a single, unified operating model.
- As pioneers in the AI digital media economy, we live an AI-first culture internally while helping enterprise clients shift from manual workflows to AI-native orchestration — scaling custom agent solutions (Monks.Flow), AI-driven campaigns, and next-gen AI search capabilities. By connecting brand strategy, media, data, and emerging technology around the consumer, we build intelligent platforms and content ecosystems for the world's leading brands. We foster a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where authentic collaboration fuels industry-changing work.
- The Role
- Monks is seeking an experienced Senior Designer to join a regional creative team producing rapid-turn editorial and marketing content. Working in close partnership with client stakeholders and a distributed global team, this role will apply established brand systems to polished digital and web-based deliverables while maintaining a consistently high standard of craft.
- The ideal candidate is highly proficient in Figma, comfortable working within robust design systems and able to translate complex information into clear, engaging visual communication. You will be expected to work autonomously, move confidently within established guidelines and thoroughly review your own work before it advances.
- An interest in AI, emerging technology and new approaches to creative production is essential.
About the role
- Monks is seeking a Senior Designer to join a regional creative team focused on producing rapid-turn editorial and marketing content.
- The role involves applying established brand systems to digital and web-based deliverables while partnering with client stakeholders and a distributed global team.
- This is a 6-month fixed-term contract position with the possibility of extension or conversion.
Responsibilities
- Design high-quality editorial, marketing and web-based assets using established brand guidelines, templates and component systems.
- Translate complex technical and product information into clear visual hierarchies, diagrams, charts and supporting graphics.
- Apply strong UX and web design principles across responsive digital layouts.
- Work fluently in Figma, including shared libraries, components, auto layout, variables and approved plugins.
- Adapt existing design systems thoughtfully while maintaining brand consistency.
- Partner with the Design Director, technical writers, motion designers and producers to bring briefs to life.
- Interpret briefs and feedback independently, identifying gaps and asking focused questions.
- Prepare organized, production-ready files for distributed teams.
- Conduct thorough self-QA for content accuracy, alignment, typography, responsiveness, accessibility and version control.
- Use approved AI and creative technology tools to support exploration, efficiency and consistency.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in digital, visual, web or product design within an agency, technology company or in-house creative organization.
- Advanced proficiency in Figma and experience working with shared libraries, design systems and workflow-enhancing plugins.
- Strong understanding of UX principles, responsive web design and accessibility.
- Demonstrated ability to organize complex information through thoughtful hierarchy, layout and visual storytelling.
- Experience creating charts, diagrams, infographics and other visual representations of technical information.
- Exceptional command of typography, composition, color, spacing and image selection.
- Strong attention to detail and a demonstrated commitment to self-QA.
- Ability to work autonomously, manage rapid turnarounds and maintain quality when priorities shift.
- Experience working effectively across regions, time zones and distributed teams.
- Interest in AI, emerging technology and production innovation.
Skills
- Figma
- Responsive Web Design
- Visual Storytelling
- Typography
- Design Systems
