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Job Details
Posted date: Feb 05, 2026
Category: Integrated Marketing
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $164,500
Range: $106,400 - $222,600
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 3 days / week in-office
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewMicrosoft’s Consumer Marketing Organization’s Social Marketing team is revolutionizing the art of storytelling in the age of AI. We are seeking a creator partnership professional to discover and build key relationships with rising stars that connect them to the right moments, delivering authentic content, efficient execution, and breakthrough results. As Sr. Creator Partnerships Manager, you’ll discover emerging talent, building high impact relationships, activating creators across YouTube, Snap, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and emerging platforms.
This role focuses on identifying rising creators who are authentic, innovative, and deeply passionate about our products and brands. You’ll codevelop creative concepts with creators and partner with Strategy, Creative, Integrated Marketing, and Production teams to shape and execute creator-led campaigns, experiences, and content. This candidate is in tune with the creator economy across fashion, beauty, tech, entertainment, and gaming, understands how culture moves on social platforms, and has experience negotiating talent deals that are mutually beneficial. This individual will partner closely with external creator managers and agencies, and with internal Legal, Finance, Operations, Tools, and social teams to bring creator activations to life at scale.
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.
Responsibilities
Identify rising and established creators across North America and other markets who authentically align with our brands, audience priorities, and cultural moments. Build and maintain long term relationships with creators, managers, talent agencies, and production partners. Maintain a structured approach to evaluating creator fit, including relevance, audience quality, platform strength, creative identity, and brand affinity. Develop a robust creator pipeline spanning lifestyle, fashion, gaming, tech, family, entertainment, and niche communities. Lead creative strategy for creator-driven campaigns from brief to execution, partnering with internal creative, strategy, and production teams. Concept content ideas with creators to ensure innovation, authenticity, and platform first creative thinking. Guide creators to produce social-native work that elevates brand storytelling and performs across key channels. Oversee all aspects of creator activations including briefing, contracting, content reviews, and performance tracking. Manage execution across tentpole moments, product launches, live experiences, and always-on creator programs. Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Operations, and internal tools teams to ensure smooth onboarding, contracting, and compliance. Work closely with talent agencies and creator reps to negotiate fair, transparent, and mutually beneficial partnerships. Manage budgets, partner compensation, usage rights, and deliverables with clarity and precision. Partner with Social, Integrated Marketing, Creative Studio, Research, Public Relations (PR), and Media to bring unified creator strategies to life. Collaborate with analytics and insights teams to measure creator performance, impact, and return on investment (ROI). Maintain dashboards and reporting to communicate performance and insights to stakeholders. Champion creator-first thinking across internal teams, helping the organization stay current with platform changes, creator culture, and emerging talent. Stay informed on creator economy developments to ensure approaches remain modern, competitive, and culturally relevant.Embody our Culture and Values
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 3+ years experience in creator marketing, influencer programs, creator partnerships, social media, or related work experienceOR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualifications
Master's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 2+ years experience in creator marketing, influencer programs, creator partnerships, social media, or related work experience, or related experienceOR Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, Economics, Public Relations, or related field AND 5+ years experience in creator marketing, influencer programs, creator partnerships, social media, or related work experience or related experienceOR equivalent experience.Experience working directly with creators, creator managers, talent agencies, or influencer programs. Experience developing and executing creator led marketing strategies. Experience with social media platforms and platform-native storytelling. Experience managing budgets and negotiating talent contracts. Experience collaborating cross functionally in a complex, matrixed organization.Experience in creator culture, emerging platforms, and digital trends.Experience within lifestyle, fashion, tech, entertainment, or gaming industries. Experience in talent management, influencer marketing, production, or social content development. Experience with paid social, analytics platforms, and creator activation tools.
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.
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