We are looking for an Advertising Production Manager to lead the delivery engine behind our global advertising campaigns. This role will orchestrate the complex interplay between world-class creative agencies, internal stakeholders, and emerging in-house capabilities to ensure our campaigns launch on time, on budget, and at the highest quality. You’ll help define and scale the operational infrastructure that supports our expanding creative ambitions—balancing structure with flexibility, and agency collaboration with growing internal production. If you thrive in fast-paced environments and love building systems that help great creative work shine, this role is for you. This position is based in Redmond and you’ll be at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, with the opportunity to make your mark far beyond it. 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** + **Orchestrate campaign process** across integrated, multi-channel advertising efforts—including broadcast, digital, social, out-of-home (OOH), etc.—ensuring operational excellence from brief to launch. + **Manage agency relationships** with clear scopes, timelines, deliverables, and performance expectations. Serve as the central point of coordination & operations for external creative and production partners. + **Drive operational discipline** by orchestrating internal creative workflows, asset review cycles, resource planning, campaign playbooks, tooling systems, and process frameworks that bring clarity and efficiency across teams. + **Own production budgets** across all campaign efforts, including agency fees, shoots, and post-production. Track spend, forecast needs, and ensure financial accountability. + **Coordinate cross-functional teams** , aligning marketing, media, legal, brand, product, and compliance partners around campaign timelines and deliverables.. + **Identify and solve bottlenecks** , tracking delivery Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and driving continuous improvement across creative operations. + Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture) **Qualifications** **Required/Minimum Qualifications** + Bachelor's Degree in Business, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, or related field AND 4+ years experience in advertising production, creative operations, or integrated marketing campaign delivery OR equivalent experience. + 5+ years campaign management experience, digital marketing experience, and/or product, project, or site management experience. + Experience with creative production lifecycles across formats (TV, digital, social, etc.) and channels. + Experience working with external creative and production agencies at scale. + Experience with digital asset management. **Additional or Preferred Qualifications** + Master's Degree in Business, Advertising, Marketing, Communications, or related field AND 6+ years experience in advertising production, creative operations, or integrated marketing campaign delivery + Experience working successfully cross functionally. Advertising 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 Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 25, 2025. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 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) .