Creative Director

Salt Lake City, UT (Hybrid)

$160K/yr – $190K/yrSenior Level8+ years expSalaried Ft

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive Torus brand leadership by setting a unified, distinct aesthetic across hardware, software, and services to accelerate growth.

  • Own and evolve the Torus brand across all segments and touchpoints.
  • Must-have: 8+ years in brand leadership with a strong portfolio submission.
  • Standout: Proven track in scaling brands in energy, climate tech, or high tech.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Set the overall creative vision for Torus, establishing a distinct aesthetic and voice that differentiates the brand across all media.
  • Own and evolve the Torus brand across all customer segments: utilities, commercial & industrial, data centers, and government/defense.
  • Develop and enforce brand guidelines across every touchpoint: product, digital, print, events, presentations, partnerships, physical spaces, and packaging.
  • Lead development of brand architecture that aligns with product tiers (hardware, software, security) and commercial personas.
  • Guide all creative work (internal and agency) to ensure consistency, clarity, and resonance with our audience.
  • Oversee naming, messaging frameworks, visual identity systems, and tone of voice—especially as Torus expands nationally.
  • Collaborate with the content team, product marketing, sales, product, manufacturing, and customer experience to ensure our brand elevates every part of the customer journey.
  • Bridge strategy and execution — turning positioning, audience insights, and campaign goals into creative direction that teams can confidently build from.
  • Support campaign and content strategy across paid, owned, and earned channels—including LinkedIn, conferences, email, video, press, and government.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in brand or creative leadership roles.
  • A strong portfolio demonstrating creative direction across brand, campaign, and digital touchpoints. Portfolio submission is required and must be included with your application.
  • Background in managing rebrands or building new categories.
  • Strong track record of building and scaling brands in fast-growing industries—energy, hardware, climate tech, or high tech a plus.
  • Experience developing brand guidelines and systems, from positioning to visual execution to launch.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead internal creative teams and external agencies.
  • Deep understanding of the full marketing funnel and how brand influences conversion, loyalty, and pricing power.
  • Comfort collaborating across technical, sales, and executive teams to translate brand into commercial outcomes.

Preferred

  • Prior work in climate, energy, utilities, or grid infrastructure sectors.
  • Experience with product suites or tiered brands and how to unify them under a master brand.
  • Familiarity with sales cycles and the brand trust required to support long sales processes.
  • Comfort working across both digital and physical brand expressions—especially for a company with domestic manufacturing, software, and hardware components.
  • Strong understanding of technical products—energy storage, energy management, utilities, grid technology.
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Torus

2.9 Glassdoor

A growth and regeneration group with a social purpose, Torus works in partnership with Liverpool City Region and the North West to improve lives and build vibrant, thriving communities.The region’s largest affordable housing provider, Torus owns and manages around 40,000 homes in Warrington, St Helens, Liverpool and beyond.Profits generated by group members Torus Developments and HMS are reinvested into Torus Foundation, a community anchor institution, to fund projects that build social capital and fulfil the mission of ‘growing stronger communities’.Torus operates as a lead strategic partner for Liverpool, St Helens and Warrington Councils, and for the Government’s housing accelerator Homes England.

Founded in 2015
St Helens, England, GBR
520 employees (18 in marketing)
38% recommend to a friend
24% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
37.1K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
58.6%
Direct
33.1%
Referral
6%
Social
1.4%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~520

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
11 (2% of company)

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