Creative Director of Media, Marketing, & Communications

icreatives•Birmingham, AL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Creative Director for Media, Marketing, and Communications provides visionary creative leadership over the organization's brand identity, creative strategy, and media production across all departments, locations, events, and digital platforms. Partnering closely with the Communications Executive, this leader co-creates the strategic direction for how the organization looks, sounds, and tells its story — while serving as the chief creative architect and hands-on producer who brings that vision to life. This individual moves seamlessly between strategic planning, creative brainstorming, hands-on production environments, and leadership development, building and developing high-capacity volunteer and staff teams along the way. This role reports directly to the Executive Pastor and works as a strategic peer alongside the Executive Director of Communications.

Requirements

5–10 years leading media production and/or creative teams
Experience in broadcast, television, film, agency, brand/marketing, or large nonprofit environments
Advanced proficiency in video production and editing
Brand strategy or creative direction experience
Experience partnering with communications or marketing leadership in a peer capacity
Experience managing volunteer-driven organizations
Strong understanding of storytelling, brand, and creative development
Experience producing live events and livestream broadcasts
Proven ability to lead teams while maintaining a high standard of excellence

Nice To Haves

A Leader — Can build teams, create systems, and develop people
A Strategic Partner — Can sit at the table as a peer, contribute creative and brand thinking, and co-own strategic outcomes alongside communications leadership
A Producer — Can execute large-scale productions with excellence
A Storyteller — Understands narrative, emotion, testimony, and impact
A Creative — Can conceptualize and execute compelling ideas across media, marketing, and brand
A Developer — Can raise up volunteers into leaders
A Builder — Can create scalable systems and workflows
A Problem Solver — Can operate calmly under pressure and meet deadlines

Responsibilities

Lead the organization's creative and media production efforts
Oversee video, photography, livestream, editing, motion graphics, and content creation teams
Develop annual creative and media goals aligned with organizational initiatives and overall communications strategy
Build systems that allow creative and media teams to operate with excellence and consistency
Create standards for production quality and brand consistency across all locations and departments
Lead department planning, scheduling, budgeting, and execution
Co-create brand identity, visual standards, and creative strategy alongside the Communications Executive
Translate communications and marketing strategy into compelling visual and media execution
Partner on campaign concepts for key initiatives, events, and organization-wide programs
Ensure creative consistency across all marketing, media, and communications touchpoints
Bring creative and production expertise into strategic planning conversations as a peer voice — shaping strategy, not just executing it
Support organizational leadership and creative teams through media execution
Serve as the organization's lead storyteller
Identify impact stories, produce testimonies, and create documentary-style content
Write and produce promotional campaigns and marketing content
Capture organizational impact and develop social-first video content
Produce content that drives engagement and connection to the mission
Serve as Executive Producer for major projects
Oversee video production, photography, livestream production, podcast production, multi-camera production, event capture, motion graphics, editing workflows, asset management, and media archives
Manage production schedules, deadlines, staffing plans, and project workflows
Recruit, train, coach, and develop videographers, editors, photographers, camera operators, graphics operators, producers, directors, storytellers, and social content creators
Build leadership pipelines so that every department has capable creative and media leaders
Oversee media production equipment, camera systems, video switching systems, production software, digital asset management, livestream infrastructure, and production workflows
Recommend and implement technology solutions that improve effectiveness and efficiency