Responsibilities

• Develop, write, and proofread insightful, targeted, faith-minded, and effective marketing and storytelling content on a regular basis in a variety of formats; print and digital. (Minimum of three directed assignments per week, with drafts due on Fridays.)
• Research, write, and produce directed and strategic marketing content, achieving the highest level of quality and ensuring consistency within brand identity, messaging, and style guide.
• Develop and pitch creative themes for major marketing campaigns and initiatives, while collaborating with internal strategy team to share ideas and create cohesive multi-channel campaign content.
• Build brand awareness through carefully crafted and strategic, goal-oriented content for campaigns, major appeals, and disaster relief fundraising.
• Provide clear communication of the strategic/thematic goal behind the creation of written content to team members and internal stakeholders.
• Carefully select photos and other pertinent material to enhance writing and work with graphic designers to create effective marketing material.
• Conduct interviews to gather human-interest stories of ministry partners and beneficiaries, and write up harvested stories and trip notes as Library references. (Includes maintaining integrity, respect, and care for interview subjects.)
• Collaborate with photographers and videographers to plan, create, and execute successful content gathering strategies and ensure capture of relevant in-country assets during travel.
• Develop deep knowledge of organization history, philosophy, ministry partners/programs, and places we work via ongoing participation in program and team meetings, field visits, and active information seeking.
• Help mentor newer content writers and encourage/guide them as they learn and grow to familiarize themselves with brand voice, editorial standards, processes, etc., within brand identity and the ministry’s strategic alignment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, or creative writing
• Fundraising and/or marketing background preferred.
• At least 5+ years of experience in professional or marketing agency-based writing
• Experience writing promotional or marketing copy.
• Experience writing for a digital/web audience.
• Experience with writing/editing in a variety of tones and audience-specific styles.
• Video script writing experience.
• Must be able to propose (and implement) viable solutions/improvements when challenges arise.
• Kno​wledge/familiarity with the teachings and values of the Catholic Church
• Ability to incorporate strong and motivational Catholic, biblical, and spiritual themes and ideas into writing across various platforms (print, digital, social media, etc.)
• Proven understanding of how to create content that draws and motivates an audience to a specific call-to-action.

Preferred

• Bilingual intermediate Spanish, Haitian Creole, or French preferred.
• Working knowledge of SEO strategy/practices a plus, as well as digital writing tactics.

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance