Creative Director, Design

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Location:

United States, California, Mountain View Salary: USD $142,800 - $296,400 per year

Employment type:

Full-Time Work site: 3 days / week in-office

Role type:
Individual Contributor Travel:
Less than 25%
Profession:
Design & Creative Discipline:
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Microsoft Overview Microsoft ’s Creative, Advertising & Integrated Marketing team is looking for a Creative Director, Design to join the design organization supporting Windows, Surface and Services.  Reporting to the Head of Design, you’ll translate brand vision and visual identity into distinctive, scalable design systems and exceptional customer-facing experiences. You’ll lead the design expression of major campaigns, launches and brand initiatives across digital, web, social, OOH, retail, experiential, photography, product storytelling and other visual touchpoints. 

You are first and foremost a design creative: a conceptual thinker, systems builder and exceptional visual craftsperson with deep expertise in brand identity, typography, composition, imagery and art direction. You know how to take a powerful idea and build a visual system around it, creating work that is both creatively distinctive and capable of scaling across channels, markets, and formats. 

This is a hands-on creative leadership role. You’ll lead design projects with internal teams and agency partners, establish compelling visual directions, and guide work from early exploration through refinement, production and final delivery. You’ll collaborate closely with Creative Directors in Copy and Art & Film to ensure campaign ideas and brand systems strengthen one another without losing the integrity of either. 

You’ll be accountable for raising the quality and consistency of design across the work you lead while helping the Head of Design evolve the broader visual expression of Windows, Surface and Services.  Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities Translate brand strategy, consumer insights, cultural observations and product truths into distinctive, relevant and memorable design ideas.  Lead the design expression of major campaigns, launches and brand initiatives across digital, web, social, OOH, retail, experiential, photography, product storytelling and other customer-facing touchpoints.  Develop visual concepts and design systems that reinforce the central creative idea while building recognition and equity for the brand. 

Work in close partnership with the Head of Design to evolve and apply the visual identity systems for Windows, Surface and Services.  Turn foundational brand principles into compelling and scalable visual expressions, including typography, color, composition, layout, imagery, iconography, graphic language and other design elements.  Lead internal design teams and agency partners from brief through visual exploration, system development, production and final delivery, inspiring exceptional craft at every stage. 

Establish the design direction for projects, providing clear creative guidance, thoughtful critique and actionable feedback to designers, art directors and external partners.  Develop and art direct photography, key art, illustration, typography and other visual assets required to support brand and campaign design systems.  Partner with the Creative Director, Art & Film to ensure the design system and film expression share a coherent visual world, while respecting clear ownership of filmmaking, directing, production and motion-led storytelling within the Art & Film function. 

Partner with Creative Directors in Copy to ensure language, hierarchy, typography and visual expression work together as a unified experience.  Collaborate with Integrated Marketing, Product Marketing, Retail, Digital, Product Design and other internal…