Creative Director, Design

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Microsoft is seeking a Creative Director, Design to lead the design expression of major campaigns and brand initiatives for Windows, Surface, and Services. This hands-on role requires translating brand vision into scalable design systems and exceptional customer-facing experiences, with a focus on visual craft and conceptual thinking.

Ansvarsområden

Translate brand strategy, consumer insights, and product truths into distinctive design ideas.
Lead the design expression for major campaigns, launches, and brand initiatives across various touchpoints.
Develop visual concepts and design systems that reinforce creative ideas and build brand equity.
Evolve and apply visual identity systems for Windows, Surface, and Services in partnership with the Head of Design.
Turn foundational brand principles into scalable visual expressions including typography, color, composition, imagery, and iconography.
Lead internal design teams and agency partners from brief through final delivery, inspiring high craft.
Establish design direction, providing creative guidance, critique, and actionable feedback.
Develop and art direct photography, key art, illustration, and typography.
Partner with other Creative Directors to ensure coherent visual expression across different media.
Collaborate with integrated marketing, product marketing, and other internal partners for cohesive design experiences.
Present design thinking to leadership and stakeholders, articulating rationale and advocating for outcomes.
Lead and creatively direct brand design agencies, studios, photographers, and illustrators.
Ensure final work adheres to design ideas and brand principles while allowing for innovation.
Identify opportunities to improve existing design systems, tools, and frameworks.
Maintain a strong point of view on contemporary brand design, typography, image-making, technology, fashion, culture, and visual communication.
Lead multiple design initiatives simultaneously with creative clarity and high standards.
Mentor designers and art directors to strengthen their conceptual thinking, systems thinking, and visual judgment.

Krav

Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Human Computer Interaction, Visual Communications or related field AND 8+ years experience in art design or a related art field working on computer games or entertainment OR equivalent experience.
Must submit a portfolio to be considered for this role.

Önskade kvalifikationer

Creative Director, Design Director, Associate Creative Director or equivalent at a leading brand design studio, advertising agency or in-house creative team at a consumer organization.
Outstanding portfolio demonstrating excellence in brand identity, visual systems, campaign design, typography, image-making and visual storytelling.
Significant experience developing design systems and visual expressions for major consumer brands, campaigns, launches or culturally relevant products.
Deep hands-on expertise in typography, composition, color, layout, photography, image-making, identity design and visual systems.
Demonstrated ability to translate a foundational brand identity into flexible campaign and launch systems that work across multiple channels, formats and customer touchpoints.
Experience building scalable design systems that maintain clarity and distinctiveness across global markets, audiences and execution partners.
Experience leading design initiatives from early creative exploration through system development, production, implementation and final delivery.
Experience directing multidisciplinary design teams, agencies, studios, photographers, illustrators, typographers and other specialist creative partners.
Strong conceptual thinking and the ability to connect brand strategy, customer insight and product truth to a clear visual idea.
Experience partnering with copywriters, advertising creatives, filmmakers, marketers and other disciplines while maintaining a clear point of view on design.
Ability to present, defend and evolve design ideas with creative leadership, cross-functional partners and senior business stakeholders.
Exceptional visual taste, attention to detail and a strong point of view on contemporary design, technology and culture.
Experience developing or evolving identity and design systems for nationally or globally recognized consumer brands.
Experience leading the design expression of high-profile integrated campaigns, product launches and brand initiatives.
Creative leadership experience within a leading brand design studio, advertising agency, consumer brand, in-house creative organization or a combination of these environments.
Experience developing large-scale campaign systems that extend across digital, web, social, OOH, retail, experiential and other customer-facing channels.
Experience applying foundational visual identity systems to campaign and launch work without compromising brand consistency or creative ambition.
Experience developing photography frameworks, key art systems, typographic systems and distinctive approaches to product storytelling.
Experience balancing long-term brand stewardship with the distinct creative needs of individual campaigns, launches and business priorities.
Experience mentoring designers and art directors while raising the standard of conceptual thinking, systems thinking and visual craft.
Experience building productive relationships with leading design studios, agencies, photographers, illustrators, typographers and creative talent.

Förmåner

Potential for benefits and other compensation.

Färdigheter

TypographyVisual IdentityArt DirectionBrand IdentityCompositionGraphic DesignDigital MarketingWeb DesignSocial MediaPhotographyProduct Storytelling

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