Creative Director
About The Position
Microsoft's Brand & Advertising organization is building the future of in-house creative excellence. We're looking for a Creative Director on our newly established Global Creative team — a world-class in-house capability at the intersection of brand strategy, advertising, production, and global storytelling. This Creative Director will be a founding member of something genuinely new: an in-house creative capability built to produce breakthrough work at the scale and standards Microsoft's businesses demand. Reporting to the General Manager, Global Creative, this leader will own the creative output of a major discipline or portfolio area — partnering across Microsoft to deliver integrated, on-brand work across every touchpoint. This is a rare opportunity to help shape the model from the inside, set the creative standard, and prove that in-house can be best-in-class.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience working in product or service design
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience working in product or service design
- equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
Nice To Haves
- 10+ years of experience in a senior creative role at an in-house creative organization, top-tier advertising agency, or comparable organization
- A portfolio demonstrating breakthrough creative work across brand advertising, content, and digital — with clear evidence of range, craft, and impact at scale
- Proven ability to lead concept-through-delivery on complex, multi-channel campaigns
- Experience managing project budgets and articulating creative rationale and ROI to senior stakeholders
- Executive communication and influencing skills, with experience presenting to VP- and CVP-level leadership
- Experience inside an in-house creative organization at a global technology or consumer brand company
- Demonstrated experience integrating AI tools into creative workflows in a meaningful and responsible way
- Background spanning both brand marketing and advertising creative disciplines
- Experience working alongside agency partners in hybrid internal/external models
- Advanced degree in design, marketing, communications, or a related field
Responsibilities
- Set and uphold the creative bar for your portfolio — driving quality, craft, innovation, and cultural relevance across all output
- Lead end-to-end creative development across brand campaigns, advertising content, digital, social, video, and experiential touchpoints
- Serve as a senior creative voice in brand and advertising decisions, ensuring work reflects Microsoft's brand ambition and drives measurable business impact
- Concept, direct, and ship work hands-on alongside your team — modeling the standard rather than only directing it
- Partner with internal business stakeholders to translate briefs into breakthrough creative, running efficient brief-to-output and review processes
- Collaborate with agency partners and external vendors on assigned work, contributing to the right blend of in-house and external resourcing
- Manage your portfolio's project budgets and resourcing, delivering on time, on scope, and within plan
- Help build the team's operating rhythms, creative review frameworks, and quality benchmarks as the org scales
- Integrate AI-powered tools and workflows into your creative production responsibly and ambitiously — helping define what AI-enabled creative looks like at Microsoft's scale
- Stay ahead of emerging creative technologies, platforms, and cultural trends, and bring that perspective into the work
- Present creative work, strategy, and rationale to senior stakeholders, including CVP- and VP-level partners
- Partner with the GM, Global Creative and peer Creative Directors to ensure creative coherence, resource alignment, and shared priorities across the team
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
