Senior Content Creator

Overview

The Creator & Fandom team within Microsoft's Marketing Experiences Social and Creative organization is looking for a culturally-fluent Senior Content Creator - User Generated Content to help bring our creator programs to life. This role blends content creation, user-generated content (UGC), social strategy, and copywriting capabilities, helping Microsoft's commercial brands show up in more human, resonant ways across social. We're looking for someone who gets creators, understands their audiences, and can create across formats-from a TikTok video to a thought leadership post, social video, or a phenomenal brief. In this role, you will help shape how we engage customers, employees, developers, IT pros, and business decision-makers through creator-led storytelling. 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.

Responsibilities

• Propose, concept, shoot, and edit social-first video creation, supporting content strategies across the Microsoft Commercial social organization.

• Write platform-native copy for creator campaigns, including scripts, captions, post-copy, and voice-over (VO). Collaborate with creators to refine messaging and help shape their delivery while maintaining authenticity.

• Support the development of campaign concepts, creative briefs, and content strategy.

• Lead on-the-ground content creation efforts in support of priority Microsoft Commercial events and experiences.

• Collaborate with marketing, social, events, and product teams to ensure alignment across touchpoints.

• Contribute to the tone and voice of creator and fandom content across Microsoft commercial brands.

• Embody Microsoft's culture and values in all work.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 3+ years integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related work experience OR equivalent experience.

• 3+ years of experience in content creation, copywriting, content strategy, or creator marketing OR equivalent experience.

• 3+ years of experience creating content tailored for social media platforms, with a understanding of how creators communicate across TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and other emerging channels.

• 3+ years of experience in content creation for a brand or agency, with a portfolio that demonstrates collaboration with creators or brands and showcases end-to-end content development-from concept to execution.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 2+ years integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 5+ years integrated marketing (e.g., digital, relationship, social media, campaign), event management, marketing strategy, business planning, marketing operations, or related experience OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ year(s) experience in content creation, copywriting, content strategy, or creator marketing OR equivalent experience. Experience writing in different voices for diverse audiences.

• 5+ years of experience shooting high-quality video content using DSLR and hi-res cameras.

• 5+ years of experience editing video with post-production software such as CapCut, Premiere Pro, and other relevant Adobe Creative Cloud applications. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with creators and cross-functional teams.

• 3+ years of experience of social media trends, audience engagement, and platform best practices.

#EandEJobs

Integrated Marketing IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations 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)