Brand & Communications Manager

The Church of The Apostles•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

The Brand & Communications Manager shapes and stewards how The Church of The Apostles communicates its mission, vision, ministries, and message to its congregation and the broader community. The role establishes the strategy, priorities, voice, and visual consistency for church-wide communications and coordinates the people responsible for executing that strategy. Serving as a central hub between pastors, ministry leaders, and the communications and media team, the manager works to unify communications across ministries. The position works closely with pastors and church leadership during a period of significant growth and change, including a new brand, website, and messaging. The manager oversees the church’s brand and communications strategy and calendar, provides direction for church-wide campaigns and materials, and develops strategies for the Jonathan Youssef Podcast and sermon-series promotion. The role manages the Communications Coordinator, collaborates with the Media Coordinator, coordinates freelance creatives, and partners with pastors and ministry leaders to ensure communications support church priorities and align with the church’s mission, voice, and brand. The overall purpose is to make church communications intentional, consistent, current, and distinctly Apostles, serving the congregation, strengthening ministries, fostering community, supporting Jonathan’s teaching ministry, and helping more people encounter the Gospel.

Requirements

Personal relationship with Jesus Christ and commitment to the mission of The Church of The Apostles, with unquestioning and wholehearted alignment to the church’s core beliefs.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
At least 5 years of experience managing marketing, branding, and creative projects.
Demonstrated ability to build and maintain a comprehensive communications calendar and manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
Proven track record of developing and executing multichannel campaigns across digital, social, email, web, video, and print.
Self-starter with energy and drive, able to read the room, galvanize a team, and turn conversations and ideas into action.
Strong written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills.
Builder’s mindset, with the ability to bring structure and order to concurrent initiatives.
Strong project management skills.
Ability to collaborate with pastors, ministry leaders, and staff while balancing individual ministry needs with church-wide priorities and brand standards.
Working knowledge of social media platforms, analytics, email marketing tools, and website content management systems.
Commitment to confidentiality and professionalism in church matters.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with podcast planning, production, and audience growth.
Membership at The Church of The Apostles is welcomed but not required.

Responsibilities

Develop and oversee the church’s overall brand, messaging, and communications strategy, ensuring a clear and consistent voice across platforms.
Develop and manage a comprehensive communications calendar covering sermon series, ministry initiatives, events, website content, social media, e-blasts, marketing, promotions, and print.
Collaborate with church leadership to create and manage the church-wide calendar and ministry planning, turning calendar decisions into actionable plans with clear creative direction and realistic lead times.
Provide strategy and direction for church-wide print and promotional materials, including community mailers, ministry guides, Easter and Christmas Eve publications, and special campaigns.
Develop and oversee the Jonathan Youssef Podcast strategy, including content planning, production coordination, promotion, and audience growth.
Create an annual strategy for promoting and extending Jonathan Youssef’s sermon series beyond Sunday morning through social media, video, digital content, email, and other opportunities.
Drive participation and engagement across streaming, social media, small groups, and other digital or community platforms.
Manage and direct the Communications Coordinator in day-to-day communications, promotions, and ministry requests.
Collaborate with the Media Coordinator to develop video, testimony, graphic, and promotional content supporting church messaging and ministry priorities.
Coordinate weekly website updates and improvements, as well as the design, production, and distribution of church-wide e-blasts.
Coordinate freelance creatives to keep deliverables aligned with strategy and on schedule.
Partner with pastors and ministry leaders to develop and coordinate communications while ensuring ministry messaging aligns with the church’s mission, vision, voice, and brand.