Director of Integrated Creative

Overview

At Microsoft, we're building 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, and operate in agile flight formations that unite disciplines across Commercial Brand, Creative, and Customer Marketing.

The Commercial Brand, Creative, and Customer Marketing team is seeking a Director of Integrated Creative to help shape the ideas, storytelling, and creative experiences that power Microsoft's commercial marketing. This role develops compelling creative concepts and campaign expressions across global marketing initiatives, from high-visibility brand moments to social-first and creator-led storytelling, helping Microsoft connect with audiences in relevant, differentiated ways.

This leader brings creative instincts, cultural awareness, and modern marketing experience across integrated campaigns, social, digital, and emerging content formats. They understand how to translate business priorities, audience needs, and technology stories into clear, engaging creative work.

Blending conceptual thinking with executional leadership, this role partners closely with strategy, marketing, production, and agency teams to develop ideas that are grounded in insight and built to perform across channels and audiences.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative development and concepting for integrated marketing campaigns and social- and creator-adjacent work.
• Develop campaign ideas, creative platforms, and storytelling approaches that can scale across channels and formats.
• Translate audience insights, business priorities, and cultural trends into compelling creative solutions.
• Partner with creative strategy, brand, social, creator, and product marketing teams to deliver cohesive campaign experiences.
• Contribute to campaign architecture and help define creative approaches that support business objectives.
• Provide creative direction and feedback throughout concept development and execution.
• Manage and mentor a team of creatives, including writers and art directors.
• Partner with internal production teams and external agencies to ensure work is delivered with high creative standards.
• Support agency relationships and contribute to the development and delivery of integrated campaign work.
• Champion innovative creative approaches, including the use of AI-enabled tools and workflows.
• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelors Degree AND 5+ years integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work experience
• OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Masters Degree AND 3+ years integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related experience
• OR Bachelors Degree AND 7+ years integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related experience
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years people management experience.
• 6+ years of experience in creative leadership, integrated marketing, advertising, or related creative disciplines.
• Experience developing integrated campaign concepts and creative programs.
• Experience leading work across multiple channels, including digital, social, and brand marketing.
• Experience working with agencies and external creative partners.
• Experience translating complex products, services, or technologies into clear and engaging stories.
• Experience leveraging AI and modern creative tools.
• The ability to provide a portfolio of relevant work for review

Integrated Marketing M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 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 $165,600 - $272,300 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This 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.