Senior Manager, Creative Art

The Global Marketing Engines & Experiences (GME&E) team is driving the marketing transformation of Microsoft’s largest and fastest-growing commercial cloud businesses. We are seeking a Senior Manager Creative Art to spearhead the visual and storytelling strategy across our commercial social ecosystem. This role will bring brand affinity and audience engagement to life across Tik Tok, Instagram, Threads, You Tube, Facebook, X, Reddit, and more.

You’ll ideate, produce, and evolve social‑native creative that resonates with commercial and technical audiences. In this role, you will demonstrate an understanding of internet culture, apply design intuition, and contribute a blend of strategic thinking, creative design, and production capabilities.

Job Location:

The primary location for this position is Redmond, WA. Additionally, there are three other locations where this role may be based. Candidates who do not reside in one of these four areas will be relocated to Redmond. This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home. 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.

• Partner with designers and strategists to shape creative concepts aligned to platform trends and business goals.
• Lead ideation and development of social‑first campaigns, content series, and real‑time activations.
• Translate insights, trends, and cultural moments into breakthrough visual and editorial concepts.
• Design or oversee design of quick‑turn assets across formats (video, animation, stills).
• Use AI‑powered creative tools to concept, produce, and refine compelling videos and stills that reflect trending visuals (e.g., glass fruit cutting, made of water, etc.). Document and maintain brand lookbooks, style guides, and creative best practices. Advocate for audience‑first creative by applying performance insights and testing frameworks.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure creative output is brand‑right, platform‑optimized, and strategically sound.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’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.
• Creative portfolio and design samples are required. Bachelor’s Degree or Certificate in Design, Art Direction, Marketing, Communications, or related field AND 4+ years experience in art direction, visual storytelling, or integrated campaign development OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience in social‑first content creation, including video, animation, and real‑time visuals.
• 3+ years experience in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or related mobile editing tools (e.g., Cap Cut, Instagram, Tik Tok).
• 3+ years experience managing creative projects and agency/in‑house creative relationships.

• Bachelor’s Degree or Certificate in Design, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications or related art field AND 12+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience using related software and packages (e.g., Maya, 3DS Max, Photoshop/Adobe suite, Mental Ray, Substance Designer/Painter/Zbrush, SideFX Houdini, After Effects, Unity, Softimage).
• Experience shipping 2+ multiple projects or products end to end.
• 2+ years of experience in social creative, content marketing, or visual storytelling OR equivalent experience.
• Experience and understanding of commercial audiences and B2B (business‑to‑business) social storytelling.

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