Art Director

At Microsoftwerebuilding 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 andoperatein agile flight formations that unite disciplines across Commercial Brand Creative and Customer Marketing.

The Commercial Brand Creative and Customer Marketing team is seeking an Art Director to help bring Microsofts commercial marketing to life through compelling visual storytelling social-first ideas and creator-led content. This role develops and executes audience-first creative across integrated campaigns social platforms creator partnerships digital experiences and emerging formats translating strategy into distinctive visual work that drives engagement and business impact.

This creative brings strong visual craft cultural awareness and deep experience developing social-first and creator-led content. They understand how audiences engage across platforms and can translate brand business product and technology stories into visually compelling work that feels native to social channels whilemaintainingcreative excellence and brand consistency.

Blending conceptual thinking with hands-on execution this role partners closely with writers strategists marketers social and creator teams producers and agency partners to shape ideas from brief through launch. This individual is equallycomfortableart directing others and creating content themselves moving from concept through final execution for select social creator and rapid-response opportunities. They can art direct creators shoots and production partners; build visual systems that scale across formats; and use modern design and AI-enabled tools to create prototype iterate and raise the quality of the work.

At Microsoft our missiontoempower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve moreguideshow we partner with customers to deliver trusted impactful solutions. With a growth-mindsetculture we innovate responsibly and measure success bysharedprogress across people teams and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shapewhatsnext for everyone.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop visual concepts and creative solutions for integrated marketing campaigns with a particular focus on social-first creator-led and culturally relevant work.

• Partner with writers strategists social and creator leads and marketers to translate briefs into compelling ideas and platform-native executions.

• Art direct creator partnerships content captures productions photography video motion and editorial shoots to ensure strategic alignment and a high level of craft.

• Create visual languages design systems storyboards layouts and campaign assets that can scale across social digital video experiential and emerging formats.

• Apply audience insights platform behaviors cultural trends and brand standards to inform creative decisions and strengthen relevance.

• Adapt integrated campaign ideas for channels including LinkedIn Instagram TikTok YouTube and emerging platforms without losing the core creative idea.

• Present concepts and creative rationale clearly to partners and stakeholders incorporating feedback while protecting the integrity of the work.

• Collaborate with internal production teams creators and external agencies to deliver work with consistency efficiency and creative excellence.

• Use AI-enabled creative tools and workflows across ideation image and video generation iteration and production and share repeatable learnings with the broader team.

• Create and produce select content end-to-end from concept through final execution particularly for social creator executive and rapid-response opportunities.

• Develop storyboards social assets presentations motion explorations and lightweight creative directly using modern design and AI-powered tools.

• Operate as both an art director and maker moving fluidly between concepting directing prototyping and hands-on content creation.

• Contribute to a culture of craft curiosity experimentation and constructive creative feedback.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or Certificate in Design Fine Arts Visual Communications Human Computer Interaction or a related art field AND 2 years of experience in art design advertising content creation or a related creative field OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in art direction visual design advertising social content or related creative disciplines.

• Portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking visual storytelling and polished execution across social creator digital and integrated campaign work.

• Experience developing and art directing social-first and creator-led campaigns including directing creators photographers videographers and production partners.

• Strong understanding of social platforms creator ecosystems audience behaviors internet culture and content formats.

• Experience creating or directing work across video motion photography illustration typography layout and design systems.

• Ability to translate complex products services and technologies into clear relevant and engaging visual stories.

• Experience collaborating with writers strategists marketers social teams product teams and production partners.

• Ability to balance strategic thinking and conceptual development with hands-on creative execution.

• Experience working in fast-paced multidisciplinary environments and managing multiple workstreams and deadlines.

• Experience leveraging AI-powered creative tools and modern design workflows.

• Portfolio demonstrating both creative direction and hands-on content creation.

• Experience independently creating content across design social presentation motion video or AI-enabled formats.

• Proven ability to move from idea to finished asset with limited oversight in fast-moving environments.

• Strong communication presentation collaboration and feedback skills.

Art IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102100 - $202200 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 $133800 - $219200 per year.

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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.

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