Associate Creative Director Job at Microsoft Corporation in New York

The Brand Creative Lab is looking for a bold, insights-driven? Associate Creative Director ?who can elevate storytelling through video, inspire teams to push creative boundaries, and deliver work that moves culture and drives business impact. This role is ideal for someone with a deep expertise in video production. You thrive on crafting high-impact visual narratives and collaborating with internal and external creative teams through the full production lifecycle - from concept to final delivery. You bring precision, craft, and strategic thinking to every phase of production, ensuring that every piece of content is emotionally resonant and aligned with brand goals. The Brand Creative Lab is Microsoft's in-house creative team within the Consumer Marketing Organization supporting consumer-facing businesses including Copilot, Copilot+ PCs, Surface, Microsoft 365, Windows, Edge, and Bing.

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

Video Production Leadership:

• Partner with producers and editors to bring ideas to life with precision and impact.

• Oversee all phases of video production-from pre-visualization and scripting to post-production-ensuring excellence in shot selection, graphics, music, and pacing.

Audience Centric Storytelling:

• Craft compelling, emotionally resonant narratives with a deep understanding of consumption behavior, attention patterns, and platform-specific pacing.

• Shape story arcs that maximize impact across video, digital, social, and experiential formats.

Social-First Format Strategy:

• Apply a strong understanding of social-first content formats to develop creative that retains audiences for extended durations.

• Leverage platform-native behaviors, pacing techniques, and interactive storytelling to drive sustained engagement and cultural relevance.

Creative Execution:

• Provide hands-on direction and feedback throughout the creative process-from ideation to execution-ensuring work is bold, cohesive, and on-brand.

• Provide clear direction on tone, pacing, and visual storytelling.

Strategic Partnership:

• Collaborate closely with brand strategists, product marketers, and business stakeholders to ensure creative aligns with business goals and audience needs.

• Translate insights and feedback into accessible, high-impact creative concepts.

Mentorship & Collaboration:

• Inspire and mentor junior creatives while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.

Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about) .

Qualifications

Required/Mminimum Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in professional production environment or post-production environment

• OR equivalent experience.

• 4+ years of experience in advertising, design, or digital content creation, with a strong focus on social and video platforms.

• 4+ years of experience leading the visual direction of content, with a focus on crafting authentic, human-centered narratives through compelling imagery and artful storytelling.

• 4+ years of experience of working directly within creative software (i.e., Figma, Adobe Suite, Microsoft products) and video editing software (i.e., Final Cut Pro, After Effects)

Other Required Qualification

• Portfolio showcasing conceptual thinking, storytelling, and craft across video and digital platforms.

Additional/Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in professional production environment or post-production environment.

• OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years of experience in advertising, design, or digital content creation, with a strong focus on social and video platforms.

• Proven ability to lead concept development and deliver integrated campaigns that drive brand and business impact.

• Expertise in digital-first creative marketing and exceptional campaign development.

• Proven experience in leveraging AI and machine learning technologies to enhance creative processes and deliver innovative solutions.

• Understanding of storytelling, narrative structure, pacing, graphics, music, shot selection and all key aspects of audio-visual content.

• Creative agency experience preferred.

• Experience working with cross-functional teams and external creative partners.

Video Production IC4 - 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 6, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .

In Summary: The Brand Creative Lab is Microsoft's in-house creative team within the Consumer Marketing Organization supporting consumer-facing businesses including Copilot, Copilot+ PCs, Surface, Microsoft 365, Windows, Edge, and Bing . This role is ideal for someone with a deep expertise in video production . The typical pay range for this role across the U.S. is $234,700 per year . En Español: El Brand Creative Lab está buscando un director creativo asociado que pueda elevar la narración a través del video, inspirar a los equipos para empujar fronteras creativas y ofrecer trabajo que mueva cultura e impulse el impacto empresarial. Este papel es ideal para alguien con una profunda experiencia en producción de vídeo. Prospera en crear narrativas visuales de alto impacto y colaborar con equipos creativos internos y externos durante todo el ciclo de vida de producción - desde el concepto hasta la entrega final. Trae precisión, artesanía y pensamiento estratégico a cada fase de producción, asegurando que todos los contenidos sean emocionalmente resonantes y alineados con las metas de marca. Responsabilidades Liderazgo en Producción de Video: Colaborar con productores y editores para dar vida a ideas con precisión e impacto. Supervisar todas las fases de la producción de video, desde pre-visualización y guión hasta postproducción que aseguran excelencia en selección de disparos, gráficos, música y ritmo. La narración centrada en la audiencia: crear narrativas convincentes y emocionalmente resonantes con una comprensión profunda del comportamiento de consumo, patrones de atención y ritmo específico de plataforma. Formar arcos de historia que maximizan el impacto en los formatos de vídeo, digital, social y experiencial. Estrategia Social First Format: Aplicar un sólido conocimiento de los formatos de contenido social primero para desarrollar perspectivas creativas que retengan al público durante períodos prolongados. Aprovechar técnicas estratégicas creativas para asegurar comportamientos nativos, pacing y diseñar historias interactivas cerradas con un entendimiento profundo del proceso de desarrollo de productos e interacciones culturales. Incorporar nuestra cultura (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) y valores ( https://www.microsoft.com /en-us/about) . Calificaciones Requeridas/Minimal Qualifications 4+ años de experiencia en entorno profesional de producción o posproducción O experiencia equivalente. 4 + años de experiencia en publicidad, diseño o creación de contenido digital, con un fuerte enfoque en plataformas sociales y video. Experiencia probada en aprovechar las tecnologías de IA y aprendizaje automático para mejorar los procesos creativos y ofrecer soluciones innovadoras. Comprender la narración, estructura narrativa, ritmo, gráficos, música, selección de fotos y todos los aspectos clave del contenido audiovisual. Se prefiere experiencia con agencias creativas. De acuerdo con la ley aplicable, todos los solicitantes calificados recibirán una consideración para el empleo sin importar su edad, ascendencia, ciudadanía, color, licencia de cuidado médico o familiar, identidad u expresión de género, información genética, estado migratorio, condición matrimonial, condición médica, origen nacional, discapacidad física o mental, afiliación política, estatus militar o veterano protegido, raza, etnia, religión, sexo (incluyendo embarazo), orientación sexual o cualquier otra característica protegida por las leyes, regulaciones y ordenanzas locales aplicables. Si necesita asistencia y/o un alojamiento razonable debido a una discapacidad durante el proceso de solicitud, lea más sobre solicitar alojamientos (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) ..