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You’ll develop big campaign ideas alongside writers, drive creative projects with internal teams and agency partners, and help guide work from the first idea through production and final delivery. You’ll art direct film, collaborate directly with directors and production partners, and work with creative leadership to protect the integrity and quality of the work throughout the creative process.\nYou’ll be expected to bring ambitious ideas, exceptional taste, and a high standard of craft to every project while helping make the work around you better.\nResponsibilities\nKey Responsibilities\nTranslate strategy, consumer insights, cultural observations, and product truths into simple, surprising, and memorable creative ideas.\n\nConcept ambitious campaign ideas in close partnership with copywriters, helping shape the central idea and drive creative development.\n\nDrive creative projects with internal creative teams and agency partners from brief through concept development, production, and final delivery, continually pushing for stronger ideas and exceptional craft.\n\nWork directly with agencies, directors, production companies, illustrators, editors, VFX artists, and other creative partners to bring ideas to life at the highest level.\n\nEstablish compelling visual approaches and creative worlds that strengthen the central campaign idea and can extend across multiple consumer touchpoints.\n\nGive clear, actionable creative direction and feedback to art directors, designers, agencies, and multidisciplinary creative partners.\n\nPresent creative thinking clearly and persuasively to creative leadership, marketing partners, and stakeholders.\n\nMaintain a strong point of view on contemporary advertising, filmmaking, design, technology, and culture, bringing that perspective into the work.\n\nManage multiple creative projects and productions simultaneously while maintaining a strong point of view and exceptional attention to craft.\n\nContribute to a creative culture where ambitious thinking, collaboration, and world-class craft are expected.\n\nYou must submit a portfolio to be considered for this role.\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications or related art field AND 4+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment. OR equivalent experience.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nSignificant professional experience as an Associate Creative Director, senior art director, or equivalent at a leading advertising agency or in-house creative team at a consumer organization.\n\nAn outstanding portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, integrated campaigns, filmmaking, art direction, and visual storytelling at a high level.\n\nStrong experience developing consumer campaigns across television, film, online video, social, digital, OOH, retail, experiential, and other channels.\n\nHands-on experience taking commercial film and advertising productions from creative development and pre-production through shoot, post-production, and final delivery.\n\nExperience working directly with directors, production companies, producers, cinematographers, editors, VFX partners, photographers, and other production specialists.\n\nStrong understanding of filmmaking and production craft, including cinematography, production design, casting, editorial, VFX, color, music, sound, and post-production.\n\nDemonstrated ability to develop a compelling visual world around a creative idea and extend it across multiple mediums and consumer touchpoints.\n\nExperience developing ideas collaboratively with copywriters and multidisciplinary creative teams.\n\nExperience developing nationally or globally recognized consumer advertising.\n\nExperience working on high-profile television, film, and integrated advertising campaigns from initial concept through final delivery.\n\nExperience within a leading advertising agency, consumer brand, in-house creative organization, or a combination of these environments.\n\nExperience contributing to large-scale integrated campaigns and enduring creative platforms.\n\nExperience mentoring or providing creative direction to art directors, designers, and multidisciplinary creative partners.\n\nExperience building productive relationships with leading directors, production companies, agencies, and creative talent.\n\nRecognition from major advertising, design, film, or creative industry organizations is a plus.\n\nExperience working in technology, entertainment, gaming, lifestyle, or other culturally relevant consumer categories is a plus.\n\nArt IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft 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. 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