<div>Our mission is to engage people in relationship with God through knowing His Word.</div><div><br></div>

<div>Precept is seeking an Art Director with a minimum of 8 years experience leading the marketing creative and visual process including, but not limited to print and digital design and branding, creative concepting, photography and videography, and podcast production.<br>This role combines creative strategic thinking and visual execution. The role is also responsible for leading the creative team of full-time graphic designers and photographers/videographers. The Art Director will act as creative lead in collaboration with fellow marketing managers / team and the marketing director. The role will include brand stewardship, creative direction, project oversight. design execution and management of the creative team.<br><br></div><div>If you have a passion for leading the creative design and visual process for an established ministry that promotes flexible work arrangements and whose mission is to engage people in a relationship with God through knowing His Word, and if you possess a bachelors' degree in Graphic Design, Creative Services, or similar education and a minimum of 8 years of experience in the design/marketing industry with 3 of those years developing and executing creative strategies and managing teams to high performance, you may be exactly who we are looking for. If you also have nonprofit and / or print book experience, that is a plus.<br><br></div><div><strong>ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS<br></strong><br></div><div>Brand Stewardship and Gatekeeping</div><ol><li>Champions and protects the brand and ensures that internal teams, vendors, and partners are equipped to follow and interpret brand guidelines.</li><li>Serves as the visual brand expert in the ministry.</li><li>Keeps all visual brand guideline documents up to date.</li><li>Leads any necessary visual brand update projects or initiatives.</li></ol><div><br>Creative Direction &amp; Project Oversight</div><ol><li>Directs creative concepting of new projects from a visual standpoint in collaboration with Marketing Managers and Director.</li><li>Sets tone and direction and oversees creation of all visual brand collateral – including video, audio, photos, print and digital graphics.</li><li>Works closely with the creative lead</li><li>Is strategic and creative on how to visually bring a story to market on varying projects from print books, digital books, email, social media designs as well as product and lifestyle photography and video.</li><li>Ensures that all collateral fulfills industry best practices, brand guidelines, and ministry needs.</li><li>Encourages creative innovation within set parameters to ensure all materials are high quality and fulfill requirements.</li><li>Works with photographer (s) and videographer (s) on art direction, shot list, etc on all photography and videography projects.</li><li>In partnership with the Sr Director and Videographer, serves as a podcast producer to ensure podcast planning, recording, and production is on time and high quality. Works with outside partners regularly and owns the production process.</li><li>Manages vendor relationships with printers, content creators, and agencies where appropriate.</li></ol><div><br>Design Execution</div><ol><li>Is hands-on in the development and production of design projects, responsible for design deliverables themselves.</li><li>Collaborates across the Marketing Department and cross functionally to understand specs and requirements of deliverables and projects.</li><li>Creates efficiencies in the design process and ensures that design templates are up to date.</li></ol><div><br>Creative Team Management</div><ol><li>Manages team members and provides timely and honest feedback on performance.</li><li>Upholds performance expectations and deliverable deadlines for the creative team.</li><li>Upholds Precept's Core Values within the creative team.</li><li>Creates a positive and team-oriented atmosphere.</li><li><br></li></ol><div><strong>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:</strong></div><ol><li>Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.</li><li>Working knowledge and experience in photography, videography and production, and UX/UI design.</li><li>Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, project management tools, WordPress, online proofing tools. Working knowledge of email builder tools preferred.</li><li>Expert knowledge in print and digital design.</li><li>Possess experience working in collaborative environments.</li><li>Able to coordinate project plans with creative resources and manage expectations of key stake holders.</li><li>Experienced at creative concepting with an exceptional eye to visual storytelling detail.</li><li>Upholds and exudes Precept's core values of: Excited about God's Word, Servant Hearted, Happy to be Here, All In</li><li>A self-starter is self-directed, passionate, and results-oriented.</li><li>A highly influential communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Experience with project and agency management.</li><li>Possess exceptional creative, problem solving, and strategic thinking abilities.</li><li>Proven ability and experience in leading and growing team members and cultivating relationships in remote and in-person environments.</li></ol><div><br><strong>TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:</strong></div><div>Requires a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Creative Services, or similar education with a minimum of 8 years of experience in the design/ marketing industry, with 3 of those years developing and executing creative strategies, managing teams, and coaching team members to high performance. Any acceptable combination of training and experience. Nonprofit experience, print book experience a plus.</div>

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<div>Precept is Hiring a Social Media Specialist<br><br>Precept, a nonprofit ministry headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, exists to engage people in relationship with God through knowing His Word. In nearly 190 countries and 90 languages, our leaders are using the Precept Bible Study Method and materials to effectively carry out our vision: Every believer in Christ living out God’s Word every day.<br><br>Around the world thousands are being discipled through Precept. Their thirst for the Word is being quenched by being taught how to observe the Word through Inductive Bible Study, which is empowering people to discover truth for themselves, and the result is lives are being transformed.<br><br><strong>GENERAL SUMMARY:</strong> The Social Media Specialist is responsible for creating and executing campaigns across social channels to amplify the Ministry’s voice and message. This role owns the strategy, content creation, and execution for social media for the Precept and Yarrow brands. This role speaks into paid digital campaigns. This role works in collaboration with a creative team to bring campaigns to life. This role will play a role in the strategy, creation, and execution of all aspects of the department’s social media marketing strategy.<br><br><strong>ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:</strong></div><ul><li>Maintains a current understanding of best practices for social media marketing.</li><li>Analyzes performance metrics, providing recommendations to improve effectiveness of social campaigns.</li><li>Helps develop metric-based strategies to meet department and ministry goals.</li><li>Creates original high-quality content that builds meaningful connections to our audiences.</li><li>Regularly publishes across multiple social media platforms according to defined schedules using a social media tool.</li><li>Implements an editorial calendar to manage social media and digital marketing content and plans specific, timely marketing campaigns.</li><li>Builds and executes social media strategies through competitive audience research and industry best practices.</li><li>Monitors social media channels and responds to comments and questions quickly and appropriately</li><li>Sets up and optimizes company pages within each platform to increase visibility of company social content.</li><li>Continuously improves by capturing and analyzing appropriate social data/metrics, insights and best practices, and acts on the information.</li><li>Generates regular reports on campaign performance.</li><li>Ensures marketing messaging is conveyed clearly and delivered properly to constituents.</li><li>Ensures internal and external messages follow relevant industry policies and best practices.</li><li>Works closely with the Digital Marketing Manager, Senior Content Marketing Manager, and other departments to ensure campaign targets and timelines are achieved.</li><li>Creates a positive team atmosphere and facilitates teamwork beyond the scope of own functional area.</li><li>Actively participates in staff activities, including daily prayer, weekly Bible study, and in-person staff gatherings.</li><li>Performs other job duties as assigned.</li></ul><div><br><strong>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:</strong></div><ul><li>Strong understanding of social media marketing and analytics</li><li>Strong understanding of Hootsuite desired.</li><li>Expert understanding of social media platforms including but not limited to: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and YouTube.</li><li>Strong project management skills</li><li>Ability to work well under tight deadlines and balance multiple projects simultaneously</li><li>Able to problem-solve and prioritize work independently</li><li>Results driven and proactive</li><li>Able to work in a fast-paced environment</li><li>Problem-solving attitude</li><li>Flexible and adaptable, comfortable with change</li><li>Able to anticipate, receive, and incorporate feedback from peers and manager</li></ul><div><br><strong>TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:</strong><br>Bachelor’s degree preferred in marketing, public relations, advertising or related field. 2-4 years of experience in media, marketing, PR, or copy writing. Proven track record of performance with professional writing. Fundraising experience in a philanthropic or non-profit organization preferred.</div>

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