Marketing & Communications Director

Marketing & Communications Director

Sunset Hills Campus - St Louis, MO 63127

Overview

Position Type Full Time

Description

Summary: The Marketing & Communications Director will provide strategic direction, leadership, and oversight for the Faith Church marketing team and manage the church's communication strategies across digital, design, and video platforms. This role will oversee three key departments: the Digital Team (responsible for digital marketing and managing all digital platforms such as social media, the church website, YouTube, and the church app), the Graphic Design Team, and the Video Team. As well as The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker, a strong leader, and someone with a passion for using communication to advance the church's mission and connect with the congregation and broader community.

This position requires its primary duty must be the performance of work requiring invention, imagination, originality or talent in a recognized field of artistic or creative endeavor.

Essential Functions Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Personal:

• Maintain the God ordained priorities in your life putting Jesus Christ at the center of everything including your spouse, children, and the ministry
• Passionate about tithing at least 10% of your income to what God is doing through the vision of Faith Church
• Invest in and lead a Faith Church connect group
• Be responsible for developing & multiplying Dream Team
• Avoid the appearance of evil, let no hint of immorality exist and conduct life with the upmost of integrity in all situations
• Attend services regularly with your entire family
• Maintain loyalty to the vision and staff of Faith Church and always protect the unity God has given this church
• Believes and operates in the gifts of the Spirit
• Wholeheartedly believes in the empowerment of women in Pastoral leadership
• Fully devoted follower of Christ
• Person of Godly character and integrity
• Loves Faith Church and lives our vision and culture
• In alignment with "What We Believe" and "Leadership Core Values"
• Attend weekly Staff Meeting
• Personal social media posts in regards to Church activity must be aligned exclusively with Faith Church

Supervisory Related:

• Approve timecards for all direct reports.
• Conduct Annual Reviews for team.
• Approve PTO requests.
• Direct oversight of Video Team.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Leadership and Team Management:

• To provide professional leadership, development, and manage the marketing team, including all members of the digital, graphic design, and video departments.
• Develop and implement cohesive marketing and communications strategies that align with the church's mission and goals.
• Provide vision and direction for all marketing campaigns, digital outreach, and creative projects.
• Ensure clear communication and collaboration between departments for cohesive messaging across all platforms.

Digital Team Oversight:

• Work with the Digital Team Director to oversee the digital marketing strategy, ensuring effective use of the church's digital platforms such as the website, social media, YouTube channel, and church app.
• Guide the digital team in optimizing online presence through content creation, SEO, social media engagement, and digital advertising.
• Track digital performance analytics and adjust strategies to increase online engagement and grow the church's digital footprint.

Video Team Oversight:

• Supervise the video team, cast vision, and monitor quality for all produced and distributed video content across all the church's creative outlets.
• Ensure the church's video content is engaging, relevant, and effectively communicates the message to both in-person and online audiences.
• Creative oversight over live broadcast production, weekly television programs, promotional ads for marketing, creative event openers, and anything else related to video for Faith Church.
• Ensure pastoral care of the employees and volunteers on the Video Team working to create a positive environment for spiritual formation and growth.

Graphics Team Oversight:

• Lead the graphic design team in creating visually compelling materials that represent the church's brand across print and digital platforms.
• Provide Art Direction of the process, proofing, brand compliance, and quality of all graphic design and ensure all designs are consistent with the church's visual identity and contribute to the overall communication goals.
• Collaborate with the design team on promotional materials, event graphics, sermon series branding, and other creative projects.
• Ensure that the church brand remains current and consistent and that the "look and feel" of all communications, creative elements, and church facilities spaces are in line with the mission of Faith Church, series, and event themes.

Creative Team Direction:

• Collaborate with the Lead Pastor, Worship, and Production team to ensure excellence in weekend service experience. This includes leading and executing planning meetings to creatively develop the elements of services/experiences that will reinforce and support the Pastor's message & key initiatives.
• Work with the Worship and Production/Tech Directors in conducting weekly meetings to plan and coordinate music, video, technical, and creative elements to be used in weekend service programming and all other environments.
• Partner with all other ministry environments of Faith Church, helping to develop and evaluate proper execution of all Creative Arts environments and elements.
• Enlist, equip, and encourage qualified volunteers such as dancers, actors, costume designers, set builders, decorators, artists, videographers, designers, photographers, and writers to support the ministry of Faith Church.
• Stay in touch with cultural trends to effectively connect the culture with the gospel and provide input and direction to the Leadership Team around relevant worship culture.
• Lead regular evaluations and critique sessions to maintain a bar of excellence and monitor the impact of elements, events, and experiences.
• Provide thought leadership in all creative disciplines.

Strategy and Innovation:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive marketing calendar that includes all digital, design, and video projects.
• Stay up-to-date on communication trends, digital marketing best practices, and new technologies to continuously improve the church's outreach.
• Collaborate with ministry leaders and staff to support their communication needs and promote church events, services, and initiatives.
• Execute the timeline/communication for the creative process for proofing, executive review, and finalization of all content.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong leadership and team management skills to guide digital, design, and video teams effectively.
• Expertise in digital marketing strategies, including SEO, social media, email campaigns, and content optimization.
• Proficient in graphic design (Adobe Creative Suite) and video production tools (Premiere Pro, Final Cut).
• Project management and multitasking abilities to oversee multiple campaigns and initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for storytelling and crafting compelling messaging.
• Ability to analyze marketing data and adjust strategies for improved engagement and growth.

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Digital Media, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• 5+ years of experience in marketing, communications, or media leadership, preferably in a church or nonprofit environment.
• Strong leadership skills with experience managing creative teams (digital, design, video).
• Proficient in digital marketing strategies, social media management, SEO, and content creation.
• Experience with graphic design software (Adobe Creative Suite) and video production tools.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A passion for using communication to advance the church's mission and connect with both the congregation and community.

Work Environment This job operates in a professional office environment (routinely uses standard office and video equipment) and on filming shoots.

Physical Demands Office time is mostly a sedentary role (stationary at desk and working on a computer); during video shoots, services and events, must have high energy for multiple hour segments.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work The weekly schedule will include 40-45 hours per week and will be the same every week. In addition to your