At Microsoft, we’re building a modern, AI-forward marketing organization that learns faster, activates smarter, and drives measurable impact. Our approach blends human creativity with AI-powered insights to fuel bold, culturally inspired creative strategies at scale. We prioritize outcomes over outputs, embrace rapid learning loops, and operate in agile flight formations that unite disciplines across Commercial Brand, Creative, and Customer Marketing.
The Commercial Brand, Creative, and Customer Marketing team is seeking a Director of Integrated Creative to help shape the ideas, storytelling, and creative experiences that power Microsoft’s commercial marketing. This role develops compelling creative concepts and campaign expressions across global marketing initiatives, from high-visibility brand moments to social-first and creator-led storytelling, helping Microsoft connect with audiences in relevant, differentiated ways.
This leader brings strong creative instincts, cultural awareness, and modern marketing experience across integrated campaigns, social, digital, and emerging content formats. They understand how to translate business priorities, audience needs, and technology stories into clear, engaging creative work.
Blending conceptual thinking with strong executional leadership, this role partners closely with strategy, marketing, production, and agency teams to develop ideas that are grounded in insight and built to perform across channels and audiences.
At Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth‑mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress, people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.
Responsibilities
Lead creative development and concepting for integrated marketing campaigns and social- and creator-adjacent work.
Develop campaign ideas, creative platforms, and storytelling approaches that can scale across channels and formats.
Translate audience insights, business priorities, and cultural trends into compelling creative solutions.
Partner with creative strategy, brand, social, creator, and product marketing teams to deliver cohesive campaign experiences.
Contribute to campaign architecture and help define creative approaches that support business objectives.
Provide creative direction and feedback throughout concept development and execution.
Manage and mentor a team of creatives, including writers and art directors.
Partner with internal production teams and external agencies to ensure work is delivered with high creative standards.
Support agency relationships and contribute to the development and delivery of integrated campaign work.
Champion innovative creative approaches, including the use of AI-enabled tools and workflows.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications or related art field AND 8+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment OR equivalent experience.
- 5+ years people management experience (e.g., serving as a Lead Artist, Art Manager, Creative Director, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
6+ years of experience in creative leadership, integrated marketing, advertising, or related creative disciplines.
4+ years of people management experience.
Experience developing integrated campaign concepts and creative programs.
Experience leading work across multiple channels, including digital, social, and brand marketing.
Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working with agencies and external creative partners.
Ability to translate complex products, services, or technologies into clear and engaging stories.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on creative development.
Experience leveraging AI and modern creative tools.
Portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and integrated creative leadership.
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Art M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $296,400 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 - $331,200 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications, or a related art field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of people management experience, such as Lead Artist, Art Manager, or Creative Director
- 6+ years of experience in creative leadership, integrated marketing, advertising, or related creative disciplines
- 4+ years of people management experience
- Experience developing integrated campaign concepts and creative programs
- Experience leading work across digital, social, and brand marketing channels
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working with agencies and external creative partners
- Ability to translate complex products, services, or technologies into clear and engaging stories
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on creative development
- Experience leveraging AI and modern creative tools
- Portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and integrated creative leadership
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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What We Do
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world.
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