Full Time Graphic

Alamo Heights United Methodist Church | San Antonio, TX | Full-Time

Graphic Designer

Alamo Heights United Methodist Church | San Antonio, TX | Full-Time

Alamo Heights United Methodist Church has been part of the San Antonio community for over a century. It's a congregation that takes its faith seriously and its responsibility to the people around it even more — the ones who've worshipped here for decades, the ones who walked through the doors for the first time last Sunday, the ones who aren't sure yet whether there's a place for them here at all, and the neighbors all across our city with whom we are blessed to share sacred space.

What we produce — whether a bulletin, a directional sign, a social post, a slide, or an outreach email — is often the first thing a person encounters before anyone has said a word to them. We're hiring a full-time Graphic Designer to join that team. You'll work closely with our Communications and Discipleship Pastor and Communications Director, alongside a small team who care about the community they serve, the quality of what they make, and the reason they're doing it. This is a Monday–Friday position, with the option to work from home on Fridays.

The person we're looking for shares an understanding that design matters because it matters to the people it's for. It's clarity for someone trying to find their way in an unfamiliar building; This is a role with real creative ownership and a genuine seat at the table in how we communicate who we are and who we're for. More than anything, this position is an opportunity to help build an authentic community at a time when it's needed more than ever.

Day-to-day, you'll shape how our community sees and experiences this church across print, digital, and in-person touchpoints. Designing graphics, layouts, slides, and illustrations that give our brand a consistent, recognizable visual voice

Creating original artwork each week for the Sunday bulletin

Building flexible digital templates that help individual ministries communicate well on their own, without starting from scratch each time

Collaborating on social media content and email design

Keeping our website visually current and in step with our identity

Coordinating with Print Shop interns to maintain quality and consistency across printed materials

Fielding design requests from ministry leaders and staff across the organization — translating what people need into work that actually serves them

A degree in design, visual arts, or a related field — or, as an alternative to the traditional degree, hands-on experience that makes the same case

2–4 years working across artistic media, with fluency in Adobe Creative Suite

Skill in both digital and hand-drawn illustration

Awareness of where web, social, and digital design are heading

Comfortable working across departments — fielding requests, navigating internal systems, and turning what people need into design that works for them

Able to shift comfortably between project types and scales while keeping pace with deadlines

Openness to learning new platforms and tools as the work evolves

You ask the right questions, take time to understand what someone actually needs, and make the people you work with feel heard — whether they're on the communications team or coming to you from across the building with a request they're not quite sure how to articulate.

On Creative Freedom and a Deliberate Choice About AI

We want to be upfront about something because we think it matters to the right person: we're looking for a human artist because we believe the work of reflecting the full breadth of a human community back to itself requires a human to do it.

You'll have genuine creative freedom here and the trust that comes with it. Generative AI graphic tools aren't part of our workflow by design, and we're looking for someone who finds that freeing rather than limiting.

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Health savings account (HSA) and flexible spending account (FSA)

Retirement plan

Flexible schedule

Employee assistance program

AHUMC is a community that invests in the people who work here. If this sounds like the kind of work and community you've been looking for, we'd be glad to hear from you.

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