Responsibilities

• Define and lead the visual creative direction across integrated, multi-channel marketing efforts including launches, campaigns, demos, executive storytelling, and ongoing go-to-market (GTM) communications.
• Shape breakthrough creative rooted in conceptual thinking, visual storytelling, and craft execution.
• Serve as a cross-functional creative lead, partnering across Integrated Marketing, Advertising, Product Marketing, Engineering, and agency teams to solve complex business and narrative challenges.
• Lead and influence across visual disciplines including art direction, graphic design, UX, typography, motion, photography, film, illustration, 3D, presentation design, and emerging digital experiences.
• Develop and present compelling creative frameworks and narratives to executive stakeholders with clarity, confidence, and precision.
• Guide internal creatives, freelancers, production partners, and agencies to deliver strategically grounded, digitally native creative work.
• Ensure creative consistency and best practices across fast-moving, ambiguous workstreams while maintaining a high bar for taste, detail, and execution.
• Incorporate AI tools and emerging technologies thoughtfully into the creative process to accelerate ideation, production, and innovation.
• Contribute hands-on creative development when needed, including concepting, visual direction, storytelling, reviews, and refinement.
• Embody our Culture and Values

Requirements

• Master's Degree in a related field AND 6+ years experience creating and leading breakthrough creative work for globally recognized brands.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in a related field AND 8+ years experience creating and leading breakthrough creative work for globally recognized brands.
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience creating and leading breakthrough creative work for globally recognized brands).
• Master's Degree in a related field AND 8+ years experience creating and leading breakthrough creative work for globally recognized brands.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in a related field AND 12+ years experience creating and leading breakthrough creative work for globally recognized brands.
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience creating and leading breakthrough creative work for globally recognized brands.).

Preferred

• 6+ years experience shipping products, services, or games and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process.
• Experience across multiple visual disciplines including digital design, motion, branding, typography, UX, and storytelling.
• Experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, motion/design tools, Microsoft products, and AI-enabled creative workflows.
• Experience presenting to senior executives and shaping narratives with confidence and clarity.
• Experience with modern production workflows across digital, social, web, experiential, and content ecosystems.
• Experience working in both agency and in-house creative environments.
• Experience with digital storytelling, and premium consumer brand craft.
• The ability to provide a portfolio of relevant work for review.

Benefits

• Benefits and pay information may be available here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay