Creative Strategist – Digital Storytelling Lab

Exercise your experience in both strategic thinking and creative execution as a Creative Strategist in our newly formed Digital Storytelling Lab. You will translate marketing strategies into powerful creative outputs, helping to design and deliver the digital experiences that support how customers discover, learn about, and buy commercial services from Microsoft.  If you are a creative, resourceful data-driven strategist with a desire to bring our brand to life and deliver amazing content experiences, apply today!

 

As a Creative Strategist – Digital Storytelling Lab, you’ll report to the Executive Creative Director (ECD) of the Digital Storytelling Lab. Its charter is to drive high quality creative outputs, in the creation of customer-centric marketing assets. This team will work in close partnership with our channels (web, social, paid, etc) to understand creative asset needs, and will work with our agency partners to execute outstanding creative solutions. You will also work with integrated marketing teams, getting input on creative asset needs and leading cross-channel execution. You’ll be accountable for the delivery of content maps and creative assets in a fast-paced, strategic, and highly collaborative studio. Your creative output will deliver assets for our digital marketing campaigns, like core campaign concepts, video content, visual graphics, long-form ebooks, and much more.

 

Our Team:
The Global Demand Center (GDC) within the Commercial Marketing organization is leading the marketing transformation of Microsoft’s largest and fastest growing commercial businesses.  We are a fast-paced group with global stakeholders. We put a focus on getting things done, simplifying anything and everything, and having fun doing it. You will be in the middle of it all helping to make decisions that impact our resources, timelines, and global digital experiences.

 

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.

As a Creative Strategist – Digital Storytelling Lab, you are an:

 

Experienced creative strategist. Your background might be design, brand strategy, planning in a creative agency, marketing strategy, integrated marketing, or another marketing discipline. You have demonstrated experience in developing on-strategy, creatively innovative digital content. You have the flexibility to partner with creative teams, agencies, and business stakeholders.

 

Collaborator. You can work in highly matrixed organizations across marketing, engineering, and business operations, taking others’ perspectives with an open mind. Sometimes you’ll be driving strategy through execution; other times you’ll draft off existing channel strategies to help create outstanding creative assets. You’ll have excellent judgment in applying your skills to each situation.

 

Program manager. You can manage delivery of multiple projects at once, juggling priorities and resources against business needs. You’re organized and sweat the details, and you can manage budgets across multiple projects and vendors. You’re not afraid of a fast pace, and you can turn ambiguity into a clear and actionable process.

 

Audience-obsessed. You’re laser-focused on your audience and their needs and interests.

Other

• Embody our culture and values