Communications Intern

Responsibilities

• Assist with weekly communications projects and help ensure deliverables are completed accurately and on time.
• Collaborate with church staff and ministry leads to create communication materials to help support ministry initiatives and needs.
• Support communications for church-wide events, seasonal initiatives (particularly Fall Festival, Christmas, Good Friday, and Easter), sermon series, and ministry programs.
• Use in-house printing to professionally produce sermon notes, handouts, posters, and other printed communication materials.
• Help ensure communications are clear, accurate, visually consistent, and aligned with Crossroads' mission and brand.
• Create and publish content for social media, the church website, email campaigns, and other digital communication channels.
• Assist with developing engaging content that promotes ministry initiatives, events, and church-wide priorities.
• Support basic graphic design and digital content needs using established church branding.
• Capture and edit photography for church services, events, ministries, and storytelling.
• Work closely with the Communications Team on creative projects, brainstorming, content planning, and project execution.

Requirements

• A growing relationship with Jesus Christ and desire to serve the local church through creative communication.
• Strong interest in communications, marketing, digital media, photography, videography, graphic design, or related creative field.
• Basic experience with graphic design, social media, and photography
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Ability to receive feedback, work collaboratively, and take initiative.
• Commitment to Crossroads Bible Church's mission, values, and statement of faith.

Preferred

• Pursuing or recently completed coursework in communications, marketing, media, graphic design, photography, or related field.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Illustrator, Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, or Premiere Pro.
• Experience creating content for Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, or other social platforms.
• Experience with video editing, motion graphics, or photography.
• Experience working in a church, nonprofit, ministry, or other mission-driven environment.
• Experience using Microsoft 365 applications, including Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive.