Creative Director, Brand & Communications

Creative Director, Brand & Communications

Orion180 is hiring a Creative Director to lead and elevate our Brand & Communications function, ensuring our brand is expressed with clarity, consistency, and distinction across all channels and key customer and agent touchpoints.

We have recently completed a brand refresh, with a defined manifesto, purpose, and voice already in place. This role is about bringing that foundation to life at a high level: refining, scaling, and translating it into compelling creative and messaging across campaigns and channels.

You will operate as a direct partner to the SVP of Marketing, owning creative direction, campaign development, and productionespecially across video and unified marketing efforts. The focus is on raising creative quality, sharpening execution, and building a strong and efficient creative engine that supports both brand and growth.

We are targeting a Director-level hire. Exceptional candidates who are slightly earlier in their career may be considered at the Creative Manager level, with a defined path to Director based on performance. If you bring a balance of creative thinking, strong execution, and sound judgment, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do:

• Apply and evolve the existing brand voice, tone, and positioning across all communications
• Ensure consistency and quality across all customer-facing touchpoints
• Refine messaging to improve clarity, impact, and differentiation over time
• Lead development of results-driven campaigns aligned with brand strategy
• Generate ideas that are distinctive, engaging, and strategically grounded
• Elevate creative beyond category norms while staying true to brand direction
• Own end-to-end video ad production (concept, scripting, storyboarding, shoot, edit)
• Direct internal teams and external partners to deliver high-quality creative
• Ensure creative balances brand storytelling with performance objectives
• Build and manage a scalable creative production process
• Establish workflows that support both ongoing content needs and larger campaigns
• Improve efficiency while maintaining a consistently high standard
• Partner with Growth Marketing to align creative with acquisition goals
• Support Partnerships & Activations with strong storytelling and assets
• Ensure Brand contributes effectively across all marketing initiatives
• Lead and mentor designers, copywriters, and external partners
• Provide clear direction and feedback to maintain quality and consistency
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

What We're Looking For:

• 8+ years in creative, brand, or advertising roles
• Experience at a top-tier agency and/or high-growth in-house brand preferred
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality creative and unified campaigns
• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking and execution (video preferred)
• Experience managing creative teams and external agencies
• Ability to develop strong campaign ideas and creative concepts
• Experience in video production (script ? shoot ? edit)

What's In It For You:

• Dynamic Environment: On-site role with a fast-paced and collaborative team culture. Results-driven office where your contributions make a real impact.
• Compensation: Competitive base pay and performance bonuses.
• Career Growth: Mentorship, growth tracks, and professional development.
• Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, paid holidays, PTO and more!

The office environment is fast-paced and collaborative. An employee must be willing and able to work their regularly assigned work schedule onsite, and in times of need, be able to work an extended schedule depending on company or departmental needs, project requirements, or customer demands.

While performing general duties for this position, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and/or walk around (including the use of stairs). Other demands include the ability to openly communicate with others by talking, listening, comprehending, and reading; being able to lift light objects (<25 lbs); and using standard office equipment such as computers, printers, and phones. In addition, there is an occasional need to bend, twist, or squat down to open/close cabinets and reach for files or other standard office-type objects.

Orion180 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application process. Applicants who need accommodations may email hr@orion180.com to request assistance.