Microsoft Consumer Marketing - Creative Director (Copy)

Mountain View, CA (Hybrid)

$143K/yr – $304K/yrSenior LevelFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own cross-functional narrative leadership for multi-channel marketing, shaping launches, demos, and GTM storytelling to create cohesive, differentiated brand narratives.

  • Growth through narrative engines: collaborate across Integrated Marketing, Product Marketing, Engineering, and agencies to craft and execute campaign storytelling with clear product truth.
  • Executive storytelling and presentation craft: develop strategic narratives, messaging architecture, and editorial systems that resonate with executives and audiences.
  • Hands-on and evolving: guide creatives and production partners, apply AI-enabled ideation tools, and contribute writing and scripting when needed to accelerate innovation.

Job Description

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.
  • OR Bachelor’s Degree in a related field AND 8+ years experience working in a creative space for a global brand.
  • OR 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.

Preferred

  • 11+ years 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.
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Founded in 1975
Redmond, Washington, US
237K employees (11,715 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$143K/yr – $304K/yr

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Funding

Total Funding
$1M
Last Raise
$1M
Post IPO Equity, 3 years ago

Funding History

  • Dec 2022
    Post IPO Equity
  • Jan 2020
    Post IPO Equity
  • Sep 1981
    Series Unknown • $1M

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
1.3B
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$5.2M
Traffic Source Mix
Search
33.6%
Direct
56.9%
Referral
7.3%
Social
0.4%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~225.8K

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Microsoft Consumer Marketing - Creative Director (Copy)

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