Associate Creative Director, Copy

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

1d • $119,800 - $234,700

About The Position

Microsoft’s Creative, Advertising & Integrated Marketing team is seeking an advertising creative to support Windows, Devices and Services. This hands-on role focuses on turning strategy and product truths into memorable advertising concepts and paid media campaigns for well-known Microsoft products and services. The work includes developing campaign ideas, writing scripts, headlines and messaging systems, and collaborating with creative and production partners from early concepts through finished work.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Arts, Humanities, Digital Communications, UX Design, Human Computer Interaction, Communications, English, Journalism, or a related field, plus 2+ years of experience working in product or service design; or bachelor’s degree in one of those fields, plus 3+ years of experience in product or service design, copywriting, technical writing, writing for marketing, advertising or e-commerce, brand design, or brand marketing; or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Strong professional experience in advertising and paid media, ideally at a leading advertising agency, an in-house consumer creative organization, or both.
• A portfolio demonstrating outstanding conceptual advertising and consumer paid media campaign work.
• Experience scripting television commercials, branded films, online video, and social content.
• Exceptional headline-writing skills across digital advertising, banners, out-of-home advertising, and short-form social formats.
• Experience developing integrated campaign ideas that extend naturally across multiple channels.
• Strong understanding of advertising strategy, storytelling, culture, and consumer behavior.
• Experience concepting collaboratively with art directors, designers, and multidisciplinary creative teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop original advertising concepts and paid media messaging platforms for Windows, Surface devices, and Services.
• Write scripts for television commercials, online films, social content, product films, and other branded storytelling.
• Create headlines and copy for advertising, banners, social media, out-of-home advertising, and campaign extensions.
• Translate strategy, consumer insights, and product truths into compelling creative ideas.
• Concept collaboratively with art directors and designers.
• Help define campaign narratives, messaging architectures, naming, taglines, and creative platforms.
• Develop social-first ideas suited to the culture, behavior, and formats of each platform.
• Present creative concepts to creative leadership, marketing partners, senior stakeholders, and external agencies.
• Partner with producers, directors, editors, designers, and production teams throughout film and content production.
• Guide work through development and production, protecting the core idea and maintaining a high standard of craft.
• Collaborate with external advertising agencies and production partners to establish creative vision and ensure high-quality work.
• Manage multiple projects and timelines while maintaining clarity, originality, and attention to craft.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level