AI Specialist

About The Role Monks is seeking a visionary AI Specialist to join our specialized team. The hybrid role demands both technical proficiency and creative strategy. You will be the bridge between cutting‑edge AI developments and engaging social content, anticipating the future of LLMs by exploring the current AI landscape, utilizing APIs and coding knowledge to experiment and prototype. Your work will keep our social channels ahead of the curve while educating our internal teams and our external audience of AI enthusiasts. Responsibilities Technical Foresight & Landscape Analysis: Actively monitor developments from Gemini, OpenAI, and Anthropic to anticipate upcoming AI features, and maintain deep knowledge of the broader AI landscape to provide strategic insights. Advanced Content Creation & Prototyping: Create compelling social content for X and Instagram targeted at AI enthusiasts. Design and execute complex prompts and utilize API’s to prototype internal tools, test new capabilities, and produce unique images, videos, and copy. Internal Training & Enablement: Serve as the go‑to AI expert, bridging the knowledge gap within the organization. Develop and lead training sessions for creative, strategy, and design teams on new and upcoming AI features. Playbook Development & Documentation: Document internal use cases and build comprehensive playbooks on how to integrate AI tools (including the Google Work Suite) effectively across the company's strategy, creative, and operations departments. Education & Demystification: Be a key part of our strategy to demystify AI. For external content, break down the prompts and the technical details (including API usage when relevant) in an engaging, easy‑to‑understand way. Client‑Facing Engagement: You may also be called upon to engage directly with clients, leveraging your AI expertise to collaboratively problem‑solve and educate them on efficient prompting techniques. About You Technical Proficiency (Required): Proven experience in coding and hands‑on proficiency in working with AI/ML APIs. You must be comfortable exploring technical documentation and building or testing tools. A Master of Prompts & AI Ecosystems: A proven ability to get extraordinary results from generative AI tools. You must be "in the weeds" with current LLMs. A Natural Trainer and Explainer: Excellent at translating complex, technical concepts into simple, engaging language. You must have a passion for training others and documenting processes. Social Savvy (Niche Expertise): Deep understanding of what resonates with the AI enthusiast community on platforms like X, and the ability to advise copywriters on relevant technical trends. A Creative Problem‑Solver: You love a challenge and enjoy figuring out how to use new technology, including APIs, to solve creative problems, build internal tools, and optimize workflows. 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 among 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr