Monks
Creative Director
2025 – Present
I'm a Creative Director and Designer from London, UK. Currently living and working in Montreal, Canada.
Specializing in Branding and Marketing campaigns, working across the full project cycle; from strategy to brief to concepts to execution to final delivery.
Explore what I do below through a few of my recent projects, and scroll further to find out how we could potentially work together... Thanks for visiting!
Dedicated to growing brands, teams and relationships.
My name’s Michael Elkeslassy, I'm a Creative Director specializing in Branding and Marketing Strategies and Campaigns.
With 12 years of Creative Direction and another 11 years of Design and Art Direction experience, I've worked at agencies including: B-Reel, Hi-Res!, IBM, Leo Burnett, Media Monks, MPC Creative, Mr President, Ogilvy, R/GA, Razorfish, Tribal DDB, Publicis, Sapient and Syzygy.
Along the way, I've helped global brands including: Amazon, Audi, Beats by Dre, Burberry, Chanel, Child Helpline International, Dolce & Gabanna, eBay, Google, Greenpeace, Gucci, McLaren, Mont Blanc, Nike, Renault, Skype, Starbucks and Tate Modern.
I work hands-on as a designer; and as a director, I hire, train, mentor and manage teams of art directors, writers, designers, illustrators, animators and developers.
My skills and experience cover a wide range of areas including Brand, 360 Campaign Activations, Microsite Experiences, Responsive Design for Web & Mobile, Film (Animation, Video, Motion projects) Ai, and Digital Experiential.
2025 – Present
2022 – 2024
2017 – 2022
2015 – 2016
2015
2014
2012, 2013 + 2015
If you'd like to chat about a project — feel free to email me on michael@elkeslassy.com ...or let's grab a coffee and I can bore you with stories about my music label and adventures making kombucha.
Currently based in Montreal, Canada — open to opportunities around the world.