Associate Creative Director, Art & Film

Microsoft is seeking an Associate Creative Director, Art & Film to help shape integrated advertising and launch campaign concepts across film and a range of consumer touchpoints. In this onsite role in Redmond, WA, you will guide projects from early concept through production and final delivery, including art direction for film and close collaboration with writers and production teams.

What you’ll do

• Translate strategy, consumer insights, cultural observations, and product truths into creative ideas that feel simple, surprising, and memorable.
• Partner with copywriters to build campaign concepts, shaping the central idea and supporting creative development.
• Lead creative projects with internal teams and agency partners, moving work from brief through concept development, production, and final delivery, while raising the bar for craft and idea strength.
• Work directly with agencies, directors, production companies, illustrators, editors, VFX artists, and other creative partners to bring concepts to life at the highest level.
• Create compelling visual approaches and campaign worlds that can extend across multiple consumer touchpoints.
• Provide clear, actionable creative direction and feedback to art directors, designers, agencies, and multidisciplinary creative collaborators.
• Present creative thinking clearly and persuasively to creative leadership, marketing partners, and stakeholders.
• Maintain a strong point of view on contemporary advertising, filmmaking, design, technology, and culture, applying that perspective to the work.
• Manage multiple creative projects and productions simultaneously while keeping focus on craft and sustaining a strong point of view.
• Contribute to a creative culture that expects ambitious thinking, collaboration, and world-class craft.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications, or a related art field, plus 4+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment. Equivalent experience is also acceptable.
• Significant professional experience as an Associate Creative Director, senior art director, or equivalent in a leading advertising agency or an in-house creative team within a consumer organization.
• An outstanding portfolio showing conceptual thinking, integrated campaigns, filmmaking, art direction, and visual storytelling at a high level.
• Strong experience building consumer campaigns across television, film, online video, social, digital, OOH, retail, experiential, and other channels.
• Hands-on experience taking commercial film and advertising productions from creative development and pre-production through shoot, post-production, and final delivery.
• Experience collaborating directly with directors, production companies, producers, cinematographers, editors, VFX partners, photographers, and other production specialists.
• Strong understanding of filmmaking and production craft, including cinematography, production design, casting, editorial, VFX, color, music, sound, and post-production.
• Demonstrated ability to develop a compelling visual world around a creative idea and extend it across multiple mediums and consumer touchpoints.
• Experience collaborating with copywriters and multidisciplinary creative teams to develop ideas.
• Experience developing nationally or globally recognized consumer advertising.
• Experience working on high-profile television, film, and integrated advertising campaigns from initial concept through final delivery.
• Experience within a leading advertising agency, consumer brand, in-house creative organization, or a combination of these environments.
• Experience contributing to large-scale integrated campaigns and enduring creative platforms.
• Experience mentoring or providing creative direction to art directors, designers, and multidisciplinary creative partners.
• Experience building productive relationships with leading directors, production companies, agencies, and creative talent.
• Ability to submit a portfolio for consideration.

Compensation

USD 119,800 - 261,000 per year.

Benefits

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.