Responsibilities

• Strategic Communication Leadership – Develop, implement, and regularly evaluate a comprehensive church-wide communication strategy. Establish communication priorities, standards, schedules, and processes that help MeadowBrook communicate as one church. Anticipate communication needs and coordinate the timing, audience, medium, and presentation of significant ministry communication.
• Church-Wide Coordination – Serve as the central coordinator for MeadowBrook’s major internal and external communications. Maintain a church-wide communications and promotional calendar and manage appropriate processes for requests, deadlines, prioritization, approval, and distribution. Work proactively with ministry leaders to plan communication for events, initiatives, seasonal emphases, ministry opportunities, and gospel messaging.
• Digital and Print Communication – Provide leadership and oversight for MeadowBrook’s website, email, text messaging, social media, church database, digital forms and registrations, print materials, signage, and other communication platforms. Ensure that information is current, accurate, accessible, and appropriate for the intended audience.
• Content and Creative Direction – Develop and oversee written, graphic, photographic, and video content that communicates the church’s message and ministry. Work collaboratively with MeadowBrook’s graphic artist to develop creative materials and maintain consistency in the church’s voice, visual identity, branding, and quality across communication platforms. Lead and coordinate volunteers, contractors, and other creative resources as appropriate.
• Congregational, Guest, and Community Communication – Help the MeadowBrook faith family understand what is happening in the life of the church, why it matters, and how they can participate without overwhelming them with competing messages. Evaluate communication to ensure that essential information and pathways for engagement are clear and accessible.
• Promotion and Advertising – Develop appropriate promotional and advertising strategies for ministries, events, worship opportunities, and community outreach. Coordinate organic and paid media as appropriate and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Staff Support and Communication Systems – Work with pastors, staff, and ministry leaders to improve communication effectiveness through appropriate processes, standards, training, and resources. Lead the effective use of MeadowBrook’s church management database and related communication systems, including datasets, workflows, forms, registrations, and analytics.
• Special Communication – Work with the senior pastor and appropriate staff to communicate promptly and clearly during emergencies, schedule changes, significant church developments, or other situations requiring coordinated communication.

Requirements

• Have a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and a clear calling to ministry, and align with MeadowBrook Church’s beliefs, mission, and ministry philosophy.
• Possess a bachelor’s degree in communications or a related field and relevant experience, preferred.
• Demonstrate excellent writing, editing, interpersonal, and digital communication skills, along with strong visual judgment and the ability to work effectively with creative professionals.
• Think strategically about communication while also possessing the ability to carry projects through to completion.
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail, accuracy, organization, initiative, creativity, and sound judgment.
• Be comfortable learning and utilizing church database systems, websites, email and social media platforms, calendars, forms, project-management tools, and emerging communication technologies.
• Manage multiple projects, ministries, priorities, and deadlines while working collaboratively with pastors, staff, volunteers, church members, and community contacts.
• Be willing to relocate to the Gadsden, Alabama area.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in communications or a related field and relevant experience, preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Employer matching contributions of up to 5% to a 403(b) retirement plan
• Paid vacation and leave accrual
• Paid holidays