Communications Director

The goal of the Communication Ministry of First Pres is to develop and protect the brand of First Pres and tell our story joyfully to our church and our city. The Communications Director produces an organization-wide Strategic Communications strategy integrating and aligning the ministry goals of First Pres as well as the individual goals of the various ministries of First Pres. Attending to the Discipleship Pathway as a framework through which to view the constituents (audience) of First Pres (Community, Participant, Worshiper, Disciple, Active Disciple), the Communications Director works with the Executive Pastor and Ministry Directors to develop various strategies, using existing material, ministry programs and new material to provide a strategy that consistently and effectively brands First Pres in Colorado Springs. The Communications Director must have exceptional organization and communication skills, have a strong understanding of the First Pres and Colorado Springs environment and have the ability to develop and integrate branding, marketing, research/strategy, strategic communications, campaign development, messaging, project management and business development. In addition, the Communications Director develops metrics to measure success of particular campaigns or communications strategies.

Education: Bachelor of Arts in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, English, Business Management, Marketing, or related degree from an accredited institution required.

Masters Degree in Marketing or Business desired.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years experience in communications, advertising, marketing, strategic communications or related industry experience.
• Experience working with strategic communications or marketing planning and implementation desirable.
• Experience working across multiple media including print, digital, photography and video.
• Have experienced an environment working across multiple departments with unique characteristics and design needs.
• Experience leading and managing a department including development and execution of strategic plan for department. Experience providing creative and art direction to designers to achieve organizational goals.

Skills:

• Proven ability to write and edit.
• Capacity to think strategically.
• Proven ability to develop processes to achieve efficient and excellent support to develop various communications tools for ministry.
• Working knowledge of Adobe InDesign.
• Clear ability to understand organizational goals and context and their relationship to overall strategic communications planning.

Required Traits:

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to think critically and strategically to create campaigns, messaging and communications strategies.
• Ability to receive and respond to feedback with grace.
• Must be able to work independently managing multiple priorities in keeping with overall mission goals established by Lead Pastor and Executive Team.