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Communications Director

Company Name: St. Mark's Church
Location: Burlington, NC United States
Job Category: Non-Profit / Volunteer
Job Type: Full Time- Direct Hire
Salary: United States dollar (USD)

Rocky Barra
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Required Skills & Job Description

Must Have Skills: 1. lead the branding process 2. project management skills 3. Develop Communications Team 4. Align with doctrinal belief's of St. Mark's Church
Education: High School or equivalent

Description:

The Slingshot Group www.slingshotgroup.net is partnering with St. Mark’s Church in search of a Communications Director to join the team. SMC is a healthy, thriving church that has embraced 21st century technology and methods to communicate God’s Word and build strong relationships among its church body and beyond. Numbering approximately 1800 in weekly attendance, it enjoys great momentum and “critical mass” in its 3 services that meet in a high-tech 1100-seat auditorium. They embrace the arts wholeheartedly, including a band-driven worship environment featuring visual media and, on occasion, other performing arts elements. Their thematic approach to programming is not “over the top” but keeps the elements congruent to teaching that is relevant, engaging and biblical.

The campus encompasses approximately 80,000 square feet of space under one roof, which includes ample children’s and student ministries. SMC is both artistically and technically savvy. The facility has a variety of compelling environments, venues and a video production suite. They understand where they are today and where they are going.

However, until a forward-minded leader is hired to facilitate next steps in the area of communication, they are cautious to outrun themselves. They are looking for high-level leadership that will facilitate their aggressive vision to reach “forward” in a way that is most effective as well as inclusive of others.

After hiring a new Worship Arts Pastor in 2010, SMC is ready to continue a re-branding process of the church. This would include vision, values, logos, social media, website and other communication avenues. SMC is in need of a leader who understands how to lead the branding process and champion this effort across all departments in the church. This individual will be able to spread their creative wings across multiple ministries and communication mediums. SMC has also developed an internship program with a local college possessing a highly developed communications program.

We are looking for a creative leader with the right blend of abilities to do the following:
-champion the DNA branding change throughout the entire church
-create a project management structure for communication flow within the church
-develop interns while working with contracted and volunteer creative contributors
-leverage the specific skills of this new leader based around their strengths which could include video production, graphic design, set design, website management, social media and other skills in the creative communication toolkit.

SMC is a very attractive environment both as a church and community. Located in one of the most attractive regions of the country, the ocean and mountains are just a few hours in either direction. Burlington comprises a wide range of demographics in North Carolina. The surrounding area has many colleges including Elon University located within a 5-minute drive, and its vast textile industry provide for a wide age range of audience to reach. The region is rich in resources yet highly affordable. Above all else, SMC’s senior leadership is a team where high-caliber leader can be freed to thrive in an environment that promotes ingenuity and interdependency. The ministry culture aims to bring ultimate glory to God in everything they do. The new communications director will be provided the opportunity to make a significant difference throughout the church in a very short period of time. They will find great satisfaction as a leader, creative communicator and artist.

To find out more about St. Mark’s Church, feel free to visit www.stmarkschurch.org

If you sense that this would be a good fit for you, please contact Rocky Barra and the Slingshot Group.

Instructions for applying: Please do not contact St. Mark’s Church Directly. Please do not apply through this website.

To apply for this position or learn more details, please email rocky@slingshotgroup.net with a copy of your resume. Please have online portfolio ready of some of your work. Please put a link to your portfolio somewhere near the top of your resume.