Description

POSITION: Communications Manager - Redeemer Presbyterian Church Lincoln Square

DEPARTMENT: Communications Department

REPORTS TO: Director of Discipleship

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

WORK HOURS: Part-time; 25 hours/week with in-person hours required on Mondays and Thursdays

BAND: 6

DATE: October 15, 2024

WAGE RANGE: $42,000-$47,000/annually

Your purpose starts here! By joining Redeemer Lincoln Square, you’ll help build a great city; bringing personal conversion, community formation, social justice, and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, the world. We are FOR NYC; creating space for our community, where people’s questions are valued, and where our neighbors are known, loved, and cared for.

JOB SUMMARY

The Communications Manager is a key ministerial role responsible for developing and implementing strategic internal and external communications for Redeemer Lincoln Square (LSQ) that advance its vision, mission and values.

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. Strategy and Brand Management

a. Develop a comprehensive multi-channel communications strategy to deliver effective, engaging, and consistent messaging to reach both target internal and external audiences.

• Plan and manage the editorial calendar for each ministry year's ministry goals and priorities for all distribution channels, including the email calendar for any emails to a subset of or the entire church.
• Develop and maintain a content calendar for any and all social media content and work with communications staff to post content.
• Maintain LSQ’s worship calendar alongside the Senior Pastor.

b. Safeguard the voice, tone and brand (including design collateral) of LSQ in adherence with the LSQ Style Guide and aligned with the church’s vision and mission, including, but not limited to the following:

• Train new hires and existing staff regarding communications protocols, effective communication strategies and the LSQ Style Guide.
• Collaborate with various LSQ departments to review and edit staff-created content and communications plans to ensure implementation of high-impact communication strategies, adherence to communications protocols and the LSQ Style Guide and alignment with the church’s vision and mission. Ensure integrity of LSQ’s brand, voice and tone are maintained and any brand and design assets are utilized properly by external ministry partners.
• Build and maintain solid partnerships with various LSQ departments and external ministry partners to better develop, coordinate, direct, and facilitate strategic communications designed to meet ministry goals.
• Work with church leadership to take the pulse of overall ministry activity to identify cross-departmental opportunities and align communication efforts across ministries with LSQ’s goals.
• As needed, update the LSQ Style Guide and communications protocols to preserve the high caliber of high-impact messaging to LSQ’s target audiences.

c. Develop and manage systems to track and report on the efficacy of various

communications channels to inform LSQ’s ongoing strategies.

d. Research and understand key ministry challenges, target audiences and their behavior and environmental factors that impact programs within the church and its various departments. Stay informed of developments in trends and best practices in church marketing and communications to foster ideas and innovation and enhance communication tactics.

2. Communications Platforms and Content Creation

a. Oversee the creation and curation of content and timely execution of inspiring and impactful church-wide communications deliverables across all communications platforms and accounts, including, but not limited to LSQ’s website, mobile app, email, YouTube, podcasts, social media and Touchpoint in alignment with LSQ’s vision, mission and values.

• Update and maintain all communications platforms, events assets and collateral, photography, print and video to keep them current.
• Review, organize, and archive all photos, videos, print, graphic design, audio, raw stories, scripts and all final published material.
• Craft drafts for Senior Pastor communications in collaboration with Senior Pastor.
• Manage and implement a system of workflow and project management for all communications requests.
• Oversee crisis communications and develop strategies for managing and mitigating reputational risks.

b. Manage the content creation and timely implementation of all Sunday service communications, including but not limited to the bulletin, liturgy, special worship elements, Sunday announcements and ads, worship slides, posted signage, online registration, and announcements.

• Project manage the sourcing and editing of congregant and ministry partner testimonies and corporate prayers with input from the Pastoral Care team.
• Collaborate with Operations Coordinator to ensure the Sunday service livestream is produced with excellence.

c. Develop communications plans for all church-wide events and partnering with ministry departments leading their own events/initiatives to ensure their events/initiatives are communicated strategically and in line with the LSQ brand.

d. Plan and implement marketing campaigns to promote church-wide campaigns, initiatives and fundraising.

3. Administrative

a. Manage communications budget development and cost tracking.

b. Supervise activities and product delivery of all communications staff, independent contractors (e.g., graphic designers, photographers, livestream producer and videographers, media-production and marketing specialists) and volunteers.

Requirements

How to Apply

Please apply using this link:

https://lsq.apscareerportal.com/j/02fpbu2



Primary Contact: Evelyn Burroughs

Email: evelyn.burroughs@redeemer.com

Phone: -

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