Responsibilities
- Define and lead the narrative creative direction across integrated, multi-channel marketing efforts including launches, campaigns, demos, executive storytelling, and ongoing go-to-market (GTM) communications. - Craft breakthrough storytelling rooted in audience insight, product truth, cultural relevance, and strategic clarity. - 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 storytelling disciplines including campaign development, copywriting, scripting, UX writing, editorial systems, presentation storytelling, naming, messaging architecture, and brand voice. - Develop and present compelling strategic narratives and creative frameworks to executive stakeholders with confidence and precision. - Guide internal creatives, freelancers, writers, production partners, and agencies to deliver strategically grounded, digitally native creative work. - Ensure consistency and excellence across fast-moving, ambiguous workstreams while maintaining a high bar for storytelling craft and creative judgment. - Incorporate AI tools and emerging technologies thoughtfully into creative development workflows to accelerate ideation and innovation. - Contribute hands-on writing and creative development when needed, including concepting, scripting, editing, messaging refinement, and presentation storytelling. - Embody our Culture and Values Requirements - Master\'s Degree in a related field AND 6+ years experience working in a creative space for a global brand. - Bachelor\'s Degree in a related field AND 8+ years experience working in a creative space for a global brand. - equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in a creative space for a global brand). - 6+ years experience shipping products, services, or games and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process. - 10+ years of experience creating and leading breakthrough creative work for globally recognized brands. - Experience across multiple narrative disciplines including copywriting, scripting, digital storytelling, UX writing, messaging systems, and brand voice development. - Experience presenting to senior executives and shaping complex narratives with clarity and impact. - Experience with modern content ecosystems across digital, social, web, experiential, and product marketing. - Experience with creative collaboration tools, presentation systems, Microsoft products, and AI-enabled creative workflows. - Experience working in both agency and in-house creative environments. - The ability to provide a portfolio of relevant work for review. Nice to Have - Master\'s Degree in a related field AND 8+ years experience working in a creative space for a global brand. - Bachelor\'s Degree in a related field AND 12+ years experience working in a creative space for a global brand. - equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in a creative space for a global brand). - 6+ years experience shipping products, services, or games and/or delivering to customers as a result of an end-to-end design process. - 10+ years of experience creating and leading breakthrough creative work for globally recognized brands. - Experience across multiple narrative disciplines including copywriting, scripting, digital storytelling, UX writing, messaging systems, and brand voice development. - Experience presenting to senior executives and shaping complex narratives with clarity and impact. - Experience with modern content ecosystems across digital, social, web, experiential, and product marketing. - Experience with creative collaboration tools, presentation systems, Microsoft products, and AI-enabled creative workflows. - Experience working in both agency and in-house creative environments. - The ability to provide a portfolio of relevant work for review. Benefits Compensation - Product Design IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year. - Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay How to Apply - This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. About Microsoft - Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. - As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. - In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.