Associate Communications Director

Role’s Mission:

The Associate Communications Director – Creative is responsible for leading creative development while stewarding

and advancing Christ Chapel’s brand across all communications. Shepherding a team of designers, copywriters,

photographers, and videographers, this role leads the team in using their skills to exceed expectations, drive creativity

forward, and best serve the church.

Christ Chapel’s Mission:

“To stretch every involved person from the threshold of their spiritual pilgrimage toward becoming a fully-developing

follower of Christ” (Col 1:28-29).

Role’s Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain, and champion Christ Chapel’s brand standards across all projects, ensuring all creative
• elements align with Christ Chapel’s mission, vision, values, theological convictions, organizational goals, and
• communication standards.
• Provide creative leadership for the Communications Department by establishing the visual, verbal, and
• storytelling direction for major initiatives, sermon series, ministry campaigns, events, and organizational
• priorities.
• Lead, coach, and develop designers, writers, photographers, and videographers — including staff, freelance
• partners, and volunteers — by providing clear direction, constructive feedback, and opportunities for
• spiritual and professional growth in their craft.
• Partner with the Associate Communications Director – Projects to align creative priorities, provide strategic
• creative direction, and ensure projects move efficiently from concept through final delivery.
• Serve as a creative leader to ministry partners, helping translate ministry goals into clear, compelling, and
• effective communication strategies.
• Lead the creative strategy and concept development for campaigns and key initiatives, including
• brainstorming, mood boards, messaging direction, visual identity, storytelling, and execution.
• Review and approve creative deliverables to ensure excellence, clarity, consistency, accuracy, and brand
• alignment before publication or distribution.
• Continue to “move the needle” by identifying opportunities for creative innovation and improvement to
• the quality, and effectiveness of Christ Chapel’s communications.
• Help establish and refine creative processes, workflows, and systems that allow the Communications
• Department to serve ministries with clarity and efficiency.
• Cultivate a healthy creative culture marked by humility, collaboration, excellence, encouragement, trust,
• and a shared commitment to serve the church well.
• Translate ministry objectives into clear, strategic creative briefs that successfully guide project execution.

Role’s Reporting Relationship: This role reports to the Communications Director.

Role’s Requirements:

• Maturing believer actively pursuing a deepening relationship with Christ.
• Robust and expanding knowledge of creative trends and best practices.
• Strong understanding of and proficiency with Adobe products (especially InDesign and Premiere).
• Ability to give clear, constructive creative feedback.
• Ability to balance multiple initiatives while maintaining project quality and deadlines.
• Understanding of brand system applications to ensure messaging and visual consistency across all creative
• communications.

Character-

• Must be a Christian.
• Must be living an “above reproach” lifestyle as outlined in the Bible and Christ Chapel’s Employee
• Handbook.

Calling-

• Must be committed to and supportive of the authority of the Elders, the pastoral staff, and the philosophy
• and direction of the church both in public and in private.
• Must work scheduled hours each week as unto the Lord.
• Must be a faithful steward of your work and time, with awareness that Christ Chapel employees are paid
• from the tithes and offerings of others.

Competency-

• This role is best suited for those with the gift of leadership and creativity (Rom 12; 1 Cor 12; Eph 4; 1 Pet 4).
• Chemistry-
• Viewed as a capable, competent, and compassionate team member.
• Flexible and adaptable to respond to quick changes, helping to meet the mission while maintaining a
• positive-solutions oriented approach
• Able to build and maintain relationships across Christ Chapel’s ministries and departments.
• Role’s Preferences:
• Experience in a church, nonprofit, or ministry environment is both valuable and preferred.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, brand development, campaign execution, and creative
• leadership.