The Role
Leads creative development and brand stewardship across church communications. Directs designers, writers, photographers, and videographers; establishes visual, verbal, and storytelling direction; oversees campaigns, sermon series, events, and ministry initiatives; reviews deliverables; develops creative processes; and translates ministry objectives into strategic briefs. The role also coaches team members, partners with ministry leaders, and cultivates a collaborative, high-quality creative culture.
Summary Generated by Built In
Role’s Mission:
The Associate Communications Director – Creative is responsible for leading creative development while stewarding
and advancing Christ Chapel’s brand across all communications. Shepherding a team of designers, copywriters,
photographers, and videographers, this role leads the team in using their skills to exceed expectations, drive creativity
forward, and best serve the church.
Christ Chapel’s Mission:
“To stretch every involved person from the threshold of their spiritual pilgrimage toward becoming a fully-developing
follower of Christ” (Col 1:28-29).
Role’s Responsibilities:
- Develop, maintain, and champion Christ Chapel’s brand standards across all projects, ensuring all creative
- elements align with Christ Chapel’s mission, vision, values, theological convictions, organizational goals, and
- communication standards.
- Provide creative leadership for the Communications Department by establishing the visual, verbal, and
- storytelling direction for major initiatives, sermon series, ministry campaigns, events, and organizational
- priorities.
- Lead, coach, and develop designers, writers, photographers, and videographers — including staff, freelance
- partners, and volunteers — by providing clear direction, constructive feedback, and opportunities for
- spiritual and professional growth in their craft.
- Partner with the Associate Communications Director – Projects to align creative priorities, provide strategic
- creative direction, and ensure projects move efficiently from concept through final delivery.
- Serve as a creative leader to ministry partners, helping translate ministry goals into clear, compelling, and
- effective communication strategies.
- Lead the creative strategy and concept development for campaigns and key initiatives, including
- brainstorming, mood boards, messaging direction, visual identity, storytelling, and execution.
- Review and approve creative deliverables to ensure excellence, clarity, consistency, accuracy, and brand
- alignment before publication or distribution.
- Continue to “move the needle” by identifying opportunities for creative innovation and improvement to
- the quality, and effectiveness of Christ Chapel’s communications.
- Help establish and refine creative processes, workflows, and systems that allow the Communications
- Department to serve ministries with clarity and efficiency.
- Cultivate a healthy creative culture marked by humility, collaboration, excellence, encouragement, trust,
- and a shared commitment to serve the church well.
- Translate ministry objectives into clear, strategic creative briefs that successfully guide project execution.
Role’s Reporting Relationship: This role reports to the Communications Director.
Role’s Requirements:
- Maturing believer actively pursuing a deepening relationship with Christ.
- Robust and expanding knowledge of creative trends and best practices.
- Strong understanding of and proficiency with Adobe products (especially InDesign and Premiere).
- Ability to give clear, constructive creative feedback.
- Ability to balance multiple initiatives while maintaining project quality and deadlines.
- Understanding of brand system applications to ensure messaging and visual consistency across all creative
- communications.
Character-
- Must be a Christian.
- Must be living an “above reproach” lifestyle as outlined in the Bible and Christ Chapel’s Employee
- Handbook.
Calling-
- Must be committed to and supportive of the authority of the Elders, the pastoral staff, and the philosophy
- and direction of the church both in public and in private.
- Must work scheduled hours each week as unto the Lord.
- Must be a faithful steward of your work and time, with awareness that Christ Chapel employees are paid
- from the tithes and offerings of others.
Competency-
- This role is best suited for those with the gift of leadership and creativity (Rom 12; 1 Cor 12; Eph 4; 1 Pet 4).
- Chemistry-
- Viewed as a capable, competent, and compassionate team member.
- Flexible and adaptable to respond to quick changes, helping to meet the mission while maintaining a
- positive-solutions oriented approach
- Able to build and maintain relationships across Christ Chapel’s ministries and departments.
- Role’s Preferences:
- Experience in a church, nonprofit, or ministry environment is both valuable and preferred.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, brand development, campaign execution, and creative
- leadership.
Skills Required
- Maturing believer actively pursuing a deepening relationship with Christ
- Must be a Christian
- Must live an above-reproach lifestyle
- Must support the authority of church elders, pastoral staff, and the church's philosophy and direction
- Robust and expanding knowledge of creative trends and best practices
- Strong proficiency with Adobe products, especially InDesign and Premiere
- Ability to provide clear, constructive creative feedback
- Ability to balance multiple initiatives while maintaining quality and deadlines
- Understanding of brand system applications for consistent messaging and visual communications
- Leadership and creativity
- Ability to adapt to quick changes with a positive, solutions-oriented approach
- Ability to build and maintain relationships across ministries and departments
- Experience in a church, nonprofit, or ministry environment
- Strong portfolio demonstrating conceptual thinking, brand development, campaign execution, and creative leadership
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The Company
What We Do
Christ Chapel Bible Church is a Christian church based in Fort Worth, Texas, with campuses in Fort Worth, Willow Park, and Burleson. It seeks to help people be disciples, make disciples, and reach those who do not yet follow Jesus. The church offers Sunday gatherings, biblical teaching, community groups, discipleship, outreach, and global missions, including church planting, leader training, and Bible translation.
