Who we are
Grace Community Church is a dynamic, Christ-centered church located in the heart of our community. Our mission love God, love others, and make disciples. We believe that worship is a vital part of our faith and we strive to create authentic worship experiences that connect our congregation to God and to each other.
Type: Full-Time, Wednesday-Sunday
Key Duties:
1. Event Communication:
- Coordinate and facilitate communication for various church events, ensuring clear and timely information reaches the congregation. This involves creating promotional materials, plans for social media updates, and utilizing other communication channels.
- Scheduling Social media posts for related campaigns, and scheduling emails.
2. Church-Wide Communication:
- Oversee and streamline church-wide communication processes. Maintain a consistent and cohesive communication strategy to keep members informed about important updates, announcements, and happenings within the community.
- Create plans to present to the Creative Director, to ensure all assets and promotional assets are made.
3. Collaboration:
- Work closely with the Creative Director and ministries to create promotional copy for all printed assets, emails, and digital promotion items.
4. Technology Utilization:
- Stay attuned to communication trends and implement innovative approaches to engage the church community, and outside of the church.
- Work with software for scheduling such as; MailChimp, and Sprout.
5. Feedback Mechanism:
- Establish a feedback system to assess the effectiveness of communication strategies. Solicit input from the congregation and make adjustments as needed to enhance communication processes within the church and out.
Qualifications:
- Experience in communication, public relations, or a related field.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency in relevant communication tools and platforms. (Mailchimp, notion, sprout, etc)
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
- Understanding of the church environment and a passion for effective communication within a church.
- Preferably a Bachelor’s Degree, or years of experience within this field.
Additional skills that are valued but not mandatory for this role include photography. While not essential, possessing this skill would be advantageous, especially for further collaboration within the creative team. Additionally, familiarity with social media is welcomed but not a prerequisite for the position.
If you are interested in this position, please email our HR Manager, Milly Jones, at milly.jones@gracesarasota.com.