Business Director, SEA

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 economy, we live an AI-first culture internally while helping enterprise clients shift from manual workflows to AI-native orchestration—scaling custom agent solutions, 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.

Monks is seeking a Business Director to lead and grow business accounts across APAC from our Singapore office — acting as the strategic partner clients turn to for digital campaign strategy, creative, and production, and driving long-term account growth for major portfolios.

Role & Responsibilities

As a Business Director at Monks, you are the first point of contact for our clients, who seek Monks for the strategy, creative and production of their digital campaigns.

You’ll work side by side with your clients to engage new production projects from the start, proposing transformational solutions, assessing feasibility and driving change for your brands

The work is centred around creating innovative digital work across the customer decision journey, working on both product launches and brand campaigns.

You are responsible for growing an essential FMCG company, working across various brands within it managing multiple business accounts, and making sure the work being produced exceeds the client’s expectations.

Delivering against monthly and annual targets, you help to grow business accounts into long-term success for all parties.

Requirements

This senior role requires someone with at least 8 years of experience managing business accounts in digital advertising or production.

You have experience working with clients across the APAC market

You have extensive experience writing proposals and can propose solutions from a basic technical or a creative/commercial perspective.

With the backing of our senior producers and tech directors, you need to be confident in managing the business of digital production projects in a fast-paced environment.

You love to geek out when it comes to new technologies because while managing relationships is your foremost responsibility, you’ve got to grasp technology in a way that allows you to help scope and propose target-driving quotes and timings.

With your strategic mind and presentation skills, you can sell people on Monks by showcasing our cases, capabilities and culture to (potential) partners at every turn.

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