Microsoft Creative Director 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

989691517

We are looking for a talented Creative Director to help articulate and bring to life the creative vision for one of our in-development titles. Reporting to our Head of Studio, this role will ground our internal and external teams with clear, compelling goals for our gameplay experience. This includes initial product vision, overall tone and feel, story and world creation, product differentiators, and high-level gameplay experiences. In close partnership with our art, design, and franchise leaders, you will be responsible for developing and communicating how we create and execute memorable worlds, characters, and stories at a high level of quality and fidelity across our game. You will also collaborate with the internal cinematic and audio teams to create a center of excellence for storytelling. Roles at our studio are flexible, and you can work from home up to two days a week in this role.

Required Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Computer Science, Art, Writing, Behavioral Science, Game Design, or related field AND 8+ years experience in game development and design, systems design, content production, or related field

  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Art, Writing, Behavioral Science, Data Science, Game Design, or related field AND 6+ years experience in game development and design, systems design, content production, or related field

  • OR equivalent experience.

• Have shipped at least 2 title released to consumers/shipped game.

• 5+ years people management experience.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements isfor this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:

• requiredto pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Art, Writing, Behavioral Science, Data Science, Game Design, or related field AND 14+years’experiencein game development and design, systems design, content production, or related field

• OR equivalent experience.

• Have shipped at least 3 titles released to consumers

• 7+ years people management experience.

• Shipped multiple, high-quality games asaCreative Director, Design Director, Art Director, or equivalentcreative leadershiprole

• Superb communication skills with a track

• working across

• Experience working with Unreal Engine tools

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Responsibilities

• Own theprocess of developingone of our titlesfrom start to finish, working withart,design, andfranchiseleadership to develop the settings, characters, themes,and world that will bring to life the magic of the Halo universe.

• creative leads, executive producers, and co-dev partnerstodevelopa shared vision around core player fantasiesfor the titleand how we will deliver against them.

• areas of opportunityandindustry innovationthat focusonplayer needs.

• compellingvisual materials for gameplay pillars, creative/brand philosophies, and core gameplay loops that are comprehensive, concise, and inspirational.

• cinematic and audiodirectors with an eye towardscreating memorable worlds, characters, and

• stablish andmaintaina regular review cadence with Art, Design,and Franchiseleadsto align oncreativedirection and goals