Senior Art Director, Interactive

Microsoft's Consumer Marketing team seeks a Senior Art Director, Interactive to steer conceptual creative direction and interactive design across the brand's consumer portfolio. This role centers on shaping storytelling systems, launch experiences, and immersive digital moments, collaborating with product, strategy, and engineering teams to deliver compelling campaigns. The position is onsite in Redmond, WA, with a salary range of USD 119,800 to 261,000 per year.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of concept-driven creative ideas and visual storytelling systems across digital channels.
• Translate strategic business objectives into compelling creative platforms, campaigns, launch experiences, and brand moments.
• Develop breakthrough concepts that foster emotional connection, cultural relevance, and measurable business impact.
• Create and present creative work to senior stakeholders, clearly articulating strategic rationale and creative intent.
• Elevate the overall level of craft, ambition, and originality across every project.
• Guide visual design and art direction of websites, launch experiences, interactive storytelling platforms, and digital campaigns.
• Design immersive digital experiences that blend narrative, motion, imagery, typography, and interaction into cohesive brand stories.
• Develop visual systems that scale across multiple channels while maintaining a distinctive and recognizable creative point of view.
• Collaborate closely with developers and production partners to ensure exceptional execution and performance.
• Produce prototypes, design explorations, and experience concepts that bring ideas to life quickly and effectively.
• Partner with creative, strategy, product marketing, and agency teams to shape storytelling across Microsoft's consumer portfolio.
• Contribute to integrated campaigns spanning film, web, social, experiential, retail, and emerging media.
• Ensure creative consistency and excellence across customer touchpoints while adapting ideas for each channel.
• Contribute to the evolution of Microsoft's visual language and consumer-facing creative standards.
• Leverage emerging technologies, AI tools, and new creative workflows to accelerate ideation, production, and execution.
• Explore new formats, interaction models, and storytelling techniques to connect with modern audiences.
• Identify opportunities to elevate creative quality while improving efficiency and scalability.
• Embody our Culture and Values.

Requirements

• A Master’s Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Art Direction, Fine Arts, Digital Media, or related field AND 4+ years of experience designing and shipping interactive web experiences for leading consumer or product brands.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Art Direction, Fine Arts, Digital Media, or related field AND 5+ years of experience designing and shipping interactive web experiences for leading consumer or product brands.
• OR equivalent professional experience (e.g., demonstrated success conceptualizing, designing, and launching award-winning interactive experiences, digital campaigns, and websites for leading consumer brands).
• A Master’s Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Art Direction, Fine Arts, Digital Media, or related field AND 6+ years of experience designing and shipping interactive web experiences for leading consumer or product brands.
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Advertising, Art Direction, Fine Arts, Digital Media, or related field AND 8+ years of experience designing and shipping interactive web experiences for leading consumer or product brands.
• OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience designing and shipping interactive web experiences for leading consumer or product brands).
• 8+ years of experience in art direction, creative design, interactive design, or related disciplines.
• The ability to provide a portfolio of relevant work for review.
• Experience developing original campaign ideas, visual territories, and storytelling systems across multiple channels.
• Experience creating websites, launch experiences, editorial storytelling, and immersive digital moments.
• Experience presenting creative work and strategic rationale to senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and modern creative workflows.
• Experience with front-end web capabilities and digital production processes.
• Experience working with globally recognized consumer brands or leading creative agencies.
• Experience leading integrated campaigns spanning digital, film, social, experiential, and emerging platforms.
• Experience with motion design, animation, and interactive storytelling principles.
• Experience collaborating with developers to bring ambitious creative concepts to life.
• Experience utilizing AI-powered creative tools to enhance ideation, design exploration, and production workflows.

Technologies

• Figma
• Adobe Creative Suite
• AI tools