Microsoft’s Creative, Advertising & Integrated Marketing team is hiring an Associate Creative Director, Copy to support Windows, Devices and Services. This is a hands-on creative role where you translate strategy, consumer insights, and product truths into advertising concepts, paid media messaging, and copy that shows up across integrated, multi-channel campaigns.
You’ll partner closely with art directors, designers, producers, directors, editors, and production teams to build creative ideas together from the first concept through development and production. The role is grounded in strong craft, clear storytelling, and the ability to help raise the level of quality while protecting the core idea.
What you’ll do
- Develop original advertising concepts and paid media messaging platforms for Windows, Surface devices, and Services.
- Create scripts for television commercials, online films, social content, product films, and other branded storytelling formats.
- Write sharp, memorable headlines and campaign copy for advertising, banners, social, OOH, and campaign extensions.
- Translate strategy, consumer insights, and product truths into simple, compelling creative ideas.
- Concept in close partnership with art directors and designers, collaborating as one creative unit rather than separating copy and visuals.
- Help define campaign narratives, messaging architectures, naming, taglines, and creative platforms.
- Develop social-first ideas that fit the culture, behaviors, and formats of each platform.
- Present creative concepts clearly to creative leadership, marketing partners, senior stakeholders, and external agencies.
- Partner with producers, directors, editors, designers, and production teams throughout film and content production.
- Guide work through development and production while protecting the core idea and raising craft.
- Collaborate with external advertising agencies and production partners to establish a clear creative vision and maintain a high standard.
- Manage multiple projects and timelines while staying clear, original, and detail-focused.
What you bring
- Master’s Degree in Arts, Humanities, Digital Communications, UX Design, Human Computer Interaction, Communications, English, Journalism, or related field AND 2+ years experience working in product or service design.
- OR Bachelor’s Degree in one of the fields above AND 3+ years experience in product or service design, copywriting, technical writing, writing for marketing/advertising/e-commerce, brand design, or brand marketing.
- OR equivalent experience.
- Strong professional experience in advertising and paid media, ideally in a leading advertising agency, in-house consumer creative organization, or both.
- A portfolio demonstrating outstanding conceptual advertising and consumer paid media campaign work.
- Demonstrated experience scripting television commercials, branded films, online video, and social content.
- Exceptional headline-writing skills across digital advertising, banners, OOH, and short-form social formats.
- Experience building integrated campaign ideas that extend across multiple channels.
- Strong understanding of advertising strategy, storytelling, culture, and consumer behavior.
- Experience concepting collaboratively with art directors, designers, and multidisciplinary creative teams.
Location and pay
Location: Redmond, WA (onsite)
Salary: USD 119,800 - 261,000 per year.
Base pay range (U.S.): USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year.
A different base pay range may apply to specific work locations in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area: USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.
