Microsoft’s Event Creative Experiences (ECE) Team mission is to design, ideate and architect creative experiences for Microsoft’s business-to-business events, which deliver value to our customers, build brand love and empower audiences to achieve more. We aim to drive operational excellence within the organization and deliver breakthrough creative programming for Microsoft’s flagship event portfolio around the globe.

The ECE portfolio covers events of various sizes and complexities, both in terms of audience size & composition, first party & third party, and delivery methodologies. This role will lead experiences and design throughout ideation, development, production, and execution phases of every assigned project.    

As the Director, Experiences, you will manage a team of six Event Experience Leads within the creative team; focused on ideating, designing and architecting experiences and activations for Microsoft’s commercial events such as Ignite, Build, AI Tour and more. You will report directly to the Creative Director, Experiences and Design within the Event Creative Experiences team. This role is pivotal in developing unique, creative, and engaging activations and experiences alongside a team of Creative Directors, tailored for business and technical senior decision-makers. This candidate should thrive on collaboration, curiosity, and a growth-oriented mindset while embracing Microsoft leadership principles.

You will work to drive operational and creative synergy across the event experience leads and their counterparts such as event executive producers and the event production teams. You and your team will bring to life the Creative Directors strategy and vision for Microsoft’s portfolio of events and contribute to out of the box thinking for onsite, online and hybrid experiences. You will analyze experiential performance with internal and 3^rd party research agencies, measure effectiveness, provide insights and recommendations to optimize impact and inform key performance. Additionally, you will work closely with the partnerships team and key stakeholders on joint co-marketing initiatives, uncovering and developing new sponsorship opportunities and experiences for Microsoft’s portfolio of events.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.