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Monks Middle East is looking for an Arabic Content Creator who can wield words comfortably in Saudi Arabian dialect, wisdom and wit as they cover everything from social content, web copy and newsletters to print, display advertising and e-commerce. If you’re keen to work as part of a global team, have a good understanding of Middle Eastern culture, specifically that of Saudi Arabia and keen to produce integrated work for a world-class client, this job represents the sweet spot.
Living on-site as a part of the client team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, you will be the face of the Middle East Monastery, working for one of our most important clients.
Responsibilities:
- Working as part of a global group of talent on both local and international assignments, you’ll operate across teams and time zones on projects big and small.
- Handle large-scale requests along with quick-turnaround assets.
- Specialise in creating social media video content - suitable for social media platforms, including Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube.
- Develop, plan, shoot, and edit video content with the platform and audience in mind.
- Collaborate across departments to ensure that every piece of content is relevant and helps maximize engagement and reach
- Ensure every piece of content you create aligns with the brand voice and guidelines.
- Contribute to improving our workflows, best practices and client relationships across the board.
- One of your mail responsibilities is to ensure everything makes sense, is consistent, and meets the client’s objectives.
About you
The essentials:
- You can produce quality content out of thin air as well as based on briefs or input written by others; that means shooting and producing both still and video content.
- Be creative and able to work with subject matter experts to turn ideas into compelling scripts that are shared through video.
- Work in a team environment with stakeholders from a wide variety of departments, including marketing, production/content, underwriting, and development
- Deep knowledge of social media trends and engagements.
- Knowledge of Adobe Suite and AfterEffects
- Proven experience in creating engaging content on different social media platforms—Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube
- You’re comfortable and capable of presenting work to clients in English and Arabic—always able to rationalize your choices and considerations.
- As part of a constructive feedback loop, you can give and handle critique without making it or taking it personally.
- Your attention to detail is close to annoying: typos, inconsistencies and have little chance of getting past your cursor.
- You’re comfortable jumping in and out at any stage of a project—from first ideas to final edits - always delivering tight work, even under tight deadlines.
- You have a great sense of personal responsibility and eagerly go the extra mile if that’s what it takes to make good great.
- Big projects don’t scare you, and no task is too small for a rounded and well-executed content strategy.
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
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.