Creative Director, Art & Film

Step into a leadership role on Microsoft’s Creative, Advertising, and Integrated Marketing team, partnering across Windows, Surface devices, and Services. You’ll lead hands-on art and film creative direction, guiding integrated campaigns across broadcast and online film as well as multiple digital and OOH channels, with the goal of turning strategy, culture, and product truth into creative work that stands out.

Location: California (onsite)
Salary: USD 142,800 - 331,200 per yearly

What you’ll do

• Translate strategy, consumer insights, cultural observations, and product truths into simple, surprising, memorable creative ideas.
• Concept ambitious campaign ideas in close partnership with copywriters, shaping the central idea and leading creative development.
• Lead creative teams and agency partners from brief through concept development, production, and final delivery, with a focus on exceptional craft.
• Own the film creative process from concept through pre-production, production, and post-production, making creative decisions that protect the idea and raise the standard of craft.
• Direct key production decisions across director selection, treatments, casting, locations, wardrobe, production design, cinematography, editorial, VFX, color, music, sound, and final finishing.
• Lead and creatively direct agencies, directors, production companies, illustrators, editors, VFX artists, and other creative partners.
• Maintain a strong point of view on contemporary advertising, filmmaking, design, technology, and culture, bringing that perspective into the work.
• Manage multiple campaigns and productions at once while preserving creative clarity, high standards, and attention to craft.
• Help establish a creative culture where ambitious thinking, collaboration, and world-class craft are expected.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications, or a related field, and 8+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment, or equivalent experience.
• Experience as a Creative Director at a leading advertising agency or an in-house creative team within a consumer organization.
• An outstanding portfolio showing conceptual thinking, integrated campaigns, filmmaking, creative direction, and visual storytelling at a high level.
• Significant experience developing major consumer campaigns across television, film, online video, social, digital, OOH, retail, experiential, and other channels.
• Deep hands-on experience leading commercial film and advertising productions from creative development and pre-production through shoot, post-production, and final delivery.
• Experience working 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.
• Ability to build a compelling visual world around a creative idea and extend it consistently across multiple mediums and consumer touchpoints.
• Experience collaborating with copywriters and inspiring multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Experience developing nationally or globally recognized consumer advertising.
• Creative leadership experience across a leading advertising agency, consumer brand in-house creative organization, or a combination of environments.
• Experience developing large-scale integrated campaigns and enduring creative platforms.
• Experience leading and mentoring art directors and multidisciplinary creative teams while raising the standard of creative thinking and craft.
• Experience building productive relationships with leading directors, production companies, agencies, and creative talent.
• Recognition from major advertising, design, film, or creative industry organizations is a plus.
• Experience in technology, entertainment, gaming, lifestyle, or other culturally relevant consumer categories is a plus.

Compensation and eligibility

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
• Typical base pay range across the U.S.: USD $142,800 - $296,400 per year.
• Base pay range for the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metro area: USD $188,000 - $331,200 per year.
• Additional details: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Application window: This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.