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Art Director

Location
Redmond | United States, WA
Job type
Full-time
Level
Director
Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Listed
29 days ago

Skills & highlights for this role

  • art direction
  • social-first campaign design
  • creator-led content production
  • motion design
  • AI-enabled creative tools

Also useful

  • storyboarding
  • design systems
  • video production

About the role

Develop visual concepts and creative solutions for integrated marketing campaigns, with a particular focus on social-first, creator-led, and culturally relevant work. Partner with writers, strategists, social and creator leads, and marketers to translate briefs into compelling ideas and platform-native executions.

Art direct creator partnerships, content captures, productions, photography, video, motion, and editorial shoots to ensure strategic alignment and a high level of craft. Create visual languages, design systems, storyboards, layouts, and campaign assets that can scale across social, digital, video, experiential, and emerging formats.

Apply audience insights, platform behaviors, cultural trends, and brand standards to inform creative decisions and strengthen relevance. Adapt integrated campaign ideas for channels including LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and emerging platforms without losing the core creative idea.

Present concepts and creative rationale clearly to partners and stakeholders, incorporating feedback while protecting the integrity of the work. Collaborate with internal production teams, creators, and external agencies to deliver work with consistency, efficiency, and creative excellence.

Use AI-enabled creative tools and workflows across ideation, image and video generation, iteration, and production, and share repeatable learnings with the broader team. Create and produce select content end-to-end, from concept through final execution, particularly for social, creator, executive, and rapid-response opportunities.

Develop storyboards, social assets, presentations, motion explorations, and lightweight creative directly using modern design and AI-powered tools. Operate as both an art director and maker, moving fluidly between concepting, directing, prototyping, and hands-on content creation. Contribute to a culture of craft, curiosity, experimentation, and constructive creative feedback.

Bachelor's Degree or Certificate in Design, Fine Arts, Visual Communications, Human Computer Interaction, or a related art field AND 2+ years of experience in art, design, advertising, content creation, or a related creative field, OR equivalent experience. 5+ years of experience in art direction, visual design, advertising, social content, or related creative disciplines.

Portfolio demonstrating strong conceptual thinking, visual storytelling, and polished execution across social, creator, digital, and integrated campaign work. Experience developing and art directing social-first and creator-led campaigns, including directing creators, photographers, videographers, and production partners.

Strong understanding of social platforms, creator ecosystems, audience behaviors, internet culture, and content formats. Experience creating or directing work across video, motion, photography, illustration, typography, layout, and design systems. Ability to translate complex products, services, and technologies into clear, relevant, and engaging visual stories.

Experience collaborating with writers, strategists, marketers, social teams, product teams, and production partners. Ability to balance strategic thinking and conceptual development with hands-on creative execution. Experience working in fast-paced, multidisciplinary environments and managing multiple workstreams and deadlines. Experience leveraging AI-powered creative tools and modern design workflows.

Portfolio demonstrating both creative direction and hands-on content creation. Experience independently creating content across design, social, presentation, motion, video, or AI-enabled formats. Proven ability to move from idea to finished asset with limited oversight in fast-moving environments. Strong communication, presentation, collaboration, and feedback skills.

Read the original posting

From Microsoft's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 11, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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