VP, Branding & CommunicationsLocation: Miamisburg, OH – Onsite About Accelevation
We build what the future runs on. Accelevation designs, manufactures and installs the physical infrastructure that powers today’s most advanced technologies. We’ve grown over 440% in the last 18 months because we take ownership, solve hard problems, and build with purpose. Join us to build the future. Your ImpactAccelevation has built an incredible business. Now we need to build a brand that is just as powerful. As VP, Brand & Communications, you will define, bottle, and scale the Accelevation brand, turning what makes this company special into a clear, compelling story that people recognize, remember, and want to be part of. You will own how Accelevation looks, feels, sounds, and shows up across every audience and touchpoint. This is a builder role. You will take the energy, culture, people, products, and story already inside Accelevation and turn them into a distinctive brand that can scale with us.
Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities - Define and build the Accelevation brand. Codify our brand positioning, identity, voice, personality, messaging, and creative standards into a brand platform that can scale with the company.
- Tell the Accelevation story. Turn our growth, people, products, customers, culture, and role in powering the future into compelling stories that make people understand why Accelevation is different.
- Create a distinctive market presence. Own how Accelevation shows up across our website, social channels, video, photography, events, presentations, recruiting materials, facilities, and other major brand touchpoints.
- Build a world-class content engine. Develop the stories, campaigns, creative assets, and content that bring the brand to life consistently and authentically.
- Make our people part of the brand. Capture the builders, engineers, operators, and leaders behind Accelevation and turn their stories into a meaningful part of how we represent the company.
- Elevate our employer brand. Partner with Recruiting and People to make Accelevation a destination for exceptional talent and bring our culture and employee experience to life externally.
- Partner with the CEO and executive team. Shape the narratives, presentations, and moments that define how leadership communicates Accelevation's strategy, vision, and story.
- Build brand consistency at scale. Establish the tools, standards, templates, and governance that allow teams across the company to represent Accelevation consistently without slowing the business down.
- Own key external communications. Oversee public relations, media engagement, executive visibility, thought leadership, and major company announcements as extensions of the broader brand strategy.
- Protect and strengthen our reputation. Ensure Accelevation communicates with clarity and good judgment during major milestones, acquisitions, organizational changes, and high-visibility moments.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience building and scaling brands, ideally within a high-growth, category-defining, or rapidly evolving organization
- Demonstrated experience developing a brand strategy and translating it into a compelling, recognizable identity and market presence
- Exceptional storyteller with the ability to find the human story inside complex, technical, or operational businesses
- Strong creative instincts and a high bar for brand, design, content, photography, video, digital experiences, and storytelling
- Experience building integrated brand campaigns and content across digital, social, experiential, employer brand, and executive channels
- Ability to move between strategy and execution, from defining brand architecture to reviewing creative work to rewriting a headline
- Strong understanding of how brand can influence reputation, talent attraction, customer perception, and long-term enterprise value
- Experience partnering directly with CEOs and senior executives to shape company narratives and high-profile moments
- Experience managing creative agencies, external partners, and internal creative or brand teams
- Strong writing and presentation skills with an ability to simplify complex ideas without losing what makes them interesting
- Experience in a high-growth, founder-led, industrial, technology, manufacturing, infrastructure, or similarly complex environment preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Branding, Communications, Journalism, or related field preferred
- Strong judgment, curiosity, creative ambition, urgency, and willingness to build
Benefits - Competitive salary and performance bonus
- Paid time off
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Collaborative, high-energy workplace
Our Core Values
- Safety - We proactively protect our people and environment
- Inclusion - We respect and appreciate diverse perspectives and backgrounds
- Speed - We move fast, act decisively, and stay agile
- Innovation - We challenge assumptions and simplify processes
- Judgment - We make sound decisions with the business in mind
- Accountability - We take ownership and deliver results
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Accelevation LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Inclusion is one of our core values. We build teams that celebrate and embrace diversity while fostering a culture of respect for all. As part of our pre-hire process, we may conduct a background check and use E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility.
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