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.

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.

• Portfoliodemonstratingstrong 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.

• ExperienceleveragingAI-powered creative tools and modern design workflows.

• Portfoliodemonstratingboth 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.