Responsibilities

• Lead outreach for DLD, including securing podcast appearances, speaking engagements, and other ministry opportunities
• Identify and connect with influencers, creators, pastors, ministers, musicians, speakers, comedians, business owners, venue owners, donors, potential partners, and volunteers
• Create crossover, collaboration, and partnership opportunities
• Use platforms like Black Christian Influencers (BCI) to identify and develop influencer connections
• Conduct strategic KS Apparel outreach, including influencer packages and creator relationships
• Maintain positive, ongoing relationships with partners, volunteers, donors, and influencers, including during slower seasons
• Secure and coordinate speaking engagements
• Maintain Dez's speaking itinerary, appearances, travel, and related scheduling
• Manage administrative coordination for events and appearances
• Represent the brands and ministry in rooms and relationships where we do not currently have a presence

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, communications, nonprofit management, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong written and spoken English
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships from scratch, with a specific example of a cold contact that led to an opportunity
• Comfort researching and approaching U.S.-based pastors, podcast hosts, creators, and organizations you have no prior connection to
• A repeatable method for finding contacts, reaching out, following up, and tracking responses
• Willingness to learn U.S. church, media, and nonprofit culture, including how to write outreach that sounds natural to American audiences
• Experience in outreach, sales, partnerships, fundraising, or event coordination
• Comfort tracking contacts, follow-ups, and deadlines in a CRM, spreadsheet, or similar system
• Reliable internet and availability for scheduled calls with U.S. Central Time overlap
• Alignment with a Christian ministry setting and the ability to represent it with maturity

Preferred

• Preferred: grant research or writing experience; newsletter or content writing samples; volunteer coordination experience; experience working remotely with a U.S.-based team

Benefits

• A clear mission and four connected brands (Doing Life Daily, Dez Loves Burgers, Kultur Shaper Apparel, and Kultur Shaper Impact) to use as relationship-building tools
• Ready-made assets: books, apparel, podcast, media content, and one-pagers
• A creative director (Thomas) to support content and collaboration
• Training on our story so outreach is clear and consistent
• Starter target lists, outreach templates, and access to influencer platforms like Black Christian Influencers (BCI)
• Introductions to current partners and warm contacts, so early outreach isn't entirely cold
• A defined first 30, 60, and 90 days
• Direct access to Dez, with a consistent meeting rhythm and stand-ups
• A written agreement covering hours, pay schedule, and expectations
• Room to grow based on results, and a 90-day review