Group Head, Copy

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About the Role

Shanghai.monks, the Shanghai office of global creative company .monks, is looking for a bilingual copy-based Group Head. You understand youth audiences, digital and social trends, and inspire our clients with smart creativity and sharp copy. You thrive in a digital creative agency where you get your hands dirty and stretch far to make work that is remembered beyond today.

Responsibilities

• You’ll lead by example as a driving creative force, infusing your team with creative ambition and fostering talent
• You’ll also own the creative execution of projects, seeing them through from pitch to final delivery.
• You'll be collaborating with extraordinary creatives, copywriters, designers, innovators, tech creators, data specialists, developers and producers and a lot more talented people across our expanding MediaMonks network.
• You’ll create not just what the client asked for but what their campaign needs, guiding and fostering their ambition in close and respectful collaboration, producing beautifully crafted decks that are in line with the project’s objectives and requirements.
• Working on multiple projects at once, you go above and beyond each brief to push what’s possible on both a creative and technical level.
• Pitching directly to our clients, you’ll be shaping and selling groundbreaking concepts that live and breathe in contemporary, fully integrated campaign executions across every imaginable and relevant discipline.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of related experience.
• Experience with global sports/FMCG/lifestyle brands is highly preferred.
• You are a genuine sports fan who is as skilled at elevated product storytelling as you are at driving social and community engagement around athletes.
• Bi-lingual in English & Chinese is a must.
• This role requires you to come up with industry challenging ideas, and have the ability to present them in equally compelling decks that will make clients fall in love with your thinking.
• You know how to lead your team and provide clear creative direction and ownership over their projects.
• You can independently lead fast-paced pitches
• As part of a global company operating as one team across time zones, you need to be able to successfully direct work at a distance.

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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.