Principal Director, Creative Brand & Advertising
Microsoft
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Redmond, WA · Posted October 12, 2026
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About the job
Overview Microsoft’s Creative Brand & Advertising organization is building the future of in-house creative excellence. We’re looking for a visionary and operationally strong Principal Director to lead our newly established Global Creative team — a world-class in-house creative capability at the intersection of brand strategy, advertising, production, and global storytelling. This Principal Director will be a founding leader of something genuinely new: an in-house creative capability built from the ground up to produce breakthrough creative work at the scale and standards Microsoft’s businesses demand. Reporting to the VP, Creative Brand & Advertising, this leader will shape the creative vision, and talent strategy for the team — collaborating closely with partners across Microsoft to deliver integrated, on-brand work across every touchpoint. This is a rare opportunity to build inside one of the world’s most influential technology companies, to set the creative standard, and prove that…
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