Date Posted: 2/21/2025
Creekwood United Methodist Church, Allen, TX
Job Description
Primary Areas of Leadership:
Internal and External Marketing and Promotion
Website Development and Maintenance
Social Media
Associated Tasks for Marketing and Promotion:
- Create and maintain an effective communication request and approval platform for Creekwood staff and lay teams with clear deadlines for needed content.
- Ensure communication delivery methods are effective and up to technological trends.
- Attend bi-monthly staff meeting to receive feedback, share ideas, and gain information to best promote the ministries of Creekwood.
- Maintain education levels personally, and with any additional personnel, on new technologies that can be advantageous to church ministry.
- Utilize statistical analysis to ensure efficacy of church communications.
- Oversee all church branding consistency and creative direction.
External Marketing/Promotion
- Keep all church communication vehicles up to date, attractive, accurate, and easily accessible (ex: website, News and notes e-mail, etc.)
- Create and distribute press releases for community-wide events or take advantage of local magazines.
- Create, edit, or procure all necessary media to best reach current congregation members and for evangelical reasons OR assign to Worship and Technology Director.
- Collaborate with Worship Director on special evangelistic projects such as a podcast or other means of teaching outside of the local church.
- Work with PaceGFX to create and hang banners on the barn and entrance in a timely manner.
- Alongside Director of Operations, remove non-relevant banners in a timely manner and store them appropriately if re-usable.
In-House Marketing/Promotion
- Create and distribute weekly newsletter communication to congregation via e-mail.
- Create, edit, update, or procure print literature or media for displays in lobby area of the church.
- Create all graphics for publicity or assign to staff member/volunteer.
- Ensure organization and a cleanly state of affairs in information areas of church lobby.
- Update scrolling TV’s regularly with up to date and attractive announcements and photos of church life.
Photography/Videography
- Schedule and ensure coverage of photography/videography for major church events, utilizing Worship Director.
- Utilizing a team or personally, ensure consistent photography/videography of regular church happenings for use in marketing and communication.
- Maintain a system that allows volunteers to easily share pictures for usage in promotion, recap, or event celebration.
- Maintain an organized library of media that is easily accessible and navigable.
Welcome Lunch
- Ensure “Welcome Folders” are updated and appealing.
- Work with Office Manager to ensure Welcome Packets are available, especially for Welcome Lunches.
Associated Tasks for Worship Support:
- Create sermon series graphics in collaboration with Worship Director
- Schedule appropriately timed announcements for worship and input them into Planning Center Online.
Associated Tasks for Online Ministry/Social Media:
- Develop a strategy for online ministry engagement for both current members/regular guests and evangelistic purposes and pastoral care.
- Administer a social media strategy for the church.
- Edit and post all media to the website, YouTube, and/or social media for easy access.
- Edit and post the sermon on the website.
- Highlight sermon clips, or other evangelistic methods, on social media.
- Schedule regular, relevant, and attractive social media posts to highlight upcoming events, past events, and any other content that tells the story of the church.
- Respond promptly to social media comments or inquiries or direct them to appropriate staff person.
- Maintain an active social media presence on behalf of Creekwood to build relationships with other churches, businesses, or people in the community.
- Ensure appropriate media is captured or created for promotional and celebratory content.
- Create, edit, or procure all necessary media for online ministry.
How to Apply
Please send a resume, cover letter, and graphic design samples to David Lessner, [email protected]
Contact Email: [email protected]
Contact Phone: 214-544-8050