Jono Casley: CTO @ whiteGREY

The Monkeys

Cover Image for The Monkeys

Background The Monkeys is a creative agency born in Sydney in 2006, with offices in Melbourne (2017) and Auckland (2021). The agency prides itself on creating provocative ideas that live within advertising, entertainment, technology, and design. With a diverse range of services, The Monkeys has been recognised as an ad agency, collective, branded content company, and more.

Key Features The new website for The Monkeys showcases the agency's impressive film and digital craft work in advertising, using optimised CDN to deliver high-resolution video content. The site also features interactive maps highlighting the agency's three locations: Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland. Key features include:

  • A showcase of the best advertising work in APAC
  • Highly optimised CDN delivery for high-res video content
  • Interactive maps for the three locations
  • Provoke with Purpose – a modern high-energy website that embodies the agency's creative culture

Tech The Monkeys' new website is built on WordPress headless backend, utilising GraphQL and Next.js to deliver a lightweight and fast agency website. The site incorporates several nice touches, including:

  • Custom mouse ellipse effects
  • Canvas animations in combination with film-based work that has contributed to the agency's reputation
  • A robust technical foundation for showcasing the agency's creative output