Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy aligned with the church’s mission, vision, and ministry priorities.
• Serve as steward of the church’s brand, messaging, voice, and visual identity across all campuses and ministries.
• Partner with church leadership to communicate strategic initiatives, ministry priorities, and organizational changes.
• Establish communications goals, monitor effectiveness, and provide strategic counsel to ministry leaders.
• Oversee all communication channels, including print, digital, web, social media, email, video, and environmental communications.
• Ensure communications are clear, accurate, compelling, and aligned with biblical values and church objectives.
• Lead creative campaigns supporting sermon series, ministry initiatives, special events, and church-wide programs.
• Direct storytelling efforts that highlight life transformation, ministry impact, and community engagement.
• Recruit, develop, supervise, and evaluate communications staff, contractors, and volunteers.
• Establish effective workflows, project management systems, and production processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, Digital Media, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience in communications, marketing, public relations, or related fields
• Strong leadership, strategic planning, project management, and communication skills
• Residence within 30 minutes of the Melbourne campus
• Residence within 30 minutes of the Melbourne campus

Preferred

• Experience in a large or multi-campus church, ministry, or nonprofit organization
• Experience leading creative teams and managing digital communications
• Knowledge of church management systems, CRM platforms, and marketing technologies
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish