<div><strong>Salary Range:</strong></div><div>$85,000.00 To $95,000.00 Annually</div><div><br>At Awana, we believe true change happens in the communities when children and youth are transformed by the gospel&nbsp; and engaged in Biblical discipleship in the presence of a caring adult. We believe that kids can come to know, love and serve Jesus, following Him for a lifetime. This is why, for 75+ years, Awana has been working with leaders in local churches in the US and around the world, providing solutions that equip these women and men to make disciples in children and youth.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Today, God is using Awana to reach over 10 million kids in 140 countries around the world. With over 500,000 equipped leaders in 91,000 clubs/churches, Awana is able to play a vital role in global evangelism and discipleship of children and youth. If you are passionate about being integral to reaching kids with the gospel, join us, and become a part of our global cause.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Summary</strong></div><div>At our ministry, we are passionate about forming lasting faith in every child, everywhere!&nbsp; As the Creative Director, you will play an important role in furthering our mission by leading the internal creative agency of Awana, resulting in outbound content to further the mission of child discipleship.&nbsp;<br><br></div><div>This individual leads internal graphic designers, photographers and filmmakers; and works with external contractors and freelancers. This strategic leader understands that the creative process is about solving problems with and for all functions of the ministry, meeting desired results, and maintaining a healthy balance for the team regarding form and function. This role will lead a team that has a reputation of being resourceful, humble, agile, highly competent, and service-minded. Ultimately, this leader is guiding the creation of work that is on-brand in look, sound, and feel while also being highly effective in desired results as we engage churches, individuals and organizations to equip leaders in order to reach and disciple kids all around the world.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>You’ll thrive in this role if you can successfully combine your experience leading high-performance teams with your expertise in the area of creative design and marketing/communications, all while having a heart for mission work that directly impacts the lives of children and youth around the world. We’re seeking someone who views creative design and communications work not just as a series of tasks, but as vital ministry work with eternal value, and has the ability to understand both church and donor markets to be able to effectively engage these groups.<br><br></div><div>This position is primarily remote with occasional travel required based on strategic organizational meetings. Primary travel locations would be our offices in St. Charles, IL or Nashville, TN.&nbsp; Other travel may include domestic US and/or international on occasion as ministry needs would indicate.<br><br></div><div>Hiring Range for this position is:&nbsp; $85,000 - $95,000</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Who We Are Looking For:&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>An exemplary leader who builds, mentors, and engages assigned team(s) in a remote-first workplace while ensuring the team’s processes and work exceed the standards of operational and cultural excellence.&nbsp;</li><li>A good steward of the assigned budget(s), allocating appropriate expenses for effective ministry in line with our vision and mission.</li><li>Team player who supports, upholds and demonstrates the Awana values in internal and external communications and relationships.</li><li>Collaborative partner who has a natural ability to cultivate genuine relationships with our internal team and external partners.</li><li>Logical problem solver who proactively communicates workflow and/or deadline status to the team.</li><li>Self-motivated, goal-oriented professional with a passion for helping fuel exponential ministry growth.</li><li>Flexible team member who is open to taking on new responsibilities and easily adapts to shifting priorities and needs.</li><li>Champion of children to belong, believe, and become resilient disciples.<br><br></li></ul><div><strong>Key Responsibilities:</strong></div><div><strong>Leadership</strong></div><ul><li>Works closely with leadership to ensure the brands of Awana, including look, feel, verbiage, and other elements, are in line with organizational standards and strategy</li><li>Directs the Creative Team in the production of print and digital advertising assets, conference materials, social media content, campaigns, promotions, videos, webinars, and other marketing collateral</li><li>Shepherds the team members in terms of professional development as well as managing budgets, projects and deadlines.</li><li>Proactively allocates resources, manages the team’s workload and ensures deadlines are met</li><li>Leverages production processes to improve stewardship of time and financial resources in creative project/product development</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Creative Strategy</strong></div><ul><li>Develops and maintains documented brand strategies for program and discipleship initiatives (including, but not limited to Awana Clubs, Brite, CDF, etc.)&nbsp;</li><li>Guides creative direction across the entire organization, including communications, curriculum, donor, and marketing projects, products, and programs</li><li>Builds production processes to ensure deliverables are of the highest quality and have been through the proper proofing, approvals as well as user testing and quality assurance</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Client Service &amp; Satisfaction</strong></div><ul><li>Facilitates conversations with key stakeholders to craft campaign strategies and supporting asset development</li><li>Ensures quality and consistent visual and verbal identity based on defined brand strategies across the organization</li><li>Adeptly manages agency and vendor relationships (outside agencies, art services, web designers, printers, etc.) to ensure Awana receives the best pricing for quality services and production</li><li>Supports, upholds and demonstrates the Awana cultural values in internal and external communications and relationships</li><li>Performs other duties as assigned</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>What You Need:</strong></div><ul><li>Minimum 10+ years mission-driven leadership of professional creative teams with proven track record of producing measurable results within a dynamic work environment.&nbsp; &nbsp;</li><li>Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) desired with a concentration in Graphic Design, Communications, Marketing, or similar from an accredited college or university.</li><li>Must have strong working knowledge of common graphic design technology including Mac and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Lightroom); also required strong working knowledge of printing processes and technologies.</li><li>Proven ability to effectively and artistically mentor staff on the elements of design such as: line, shape, space, color, scale, contrast, typography.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to articulate abstract ideas in order to cast vision to staff thereby prompting production of compelling visual creations.</li><li>Ability to combine creativity with technical precision in order to balance client expectations with internal deadlines.</li><li>Experience working with external vendors and printers.</li><li>Occasional local and out-of-town, overnight travel may be required.</li><li>General understanding of the Bible and the Christian Church in its various expressions preferred.</li><li>Experience with Awana Club, curriculum, resources, &amp; solutions is a plus!&nbsp;</li><li>Valid State driver’s license required.&nbsp; Valid US Passport a plus.</li><li>Eligibility to work in the United States is required; this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.<br><br></li></ul><div><strong>Spiritual Life</strong></div><div>Must be a born-again Christian. Must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Must be in agreement with the Awana Doctrinal Statement. Must be in fellowship with the body of Christ through a local church. Regularly engages in reading the Holy Bible as a guide and standard for living.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Physical Demands/Working Conditions&nbsp;</strong></div><div>While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to communicate. The team member is also required to regularly utilize computer equipment (e.g., screens and keyboards) to perform work. Awana recommends maintaining ergonomic posture, utilizing properly positioned computer equipment to minimize strain, and taking regular breaks to stretch and move around. Specific vision abilities required by this job includes close vision. Local and out-of-town, overnight travel may be required.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>What We Offer:&nbsp;</strong></div><div>As a ministry that equips leaders to reach kids with the gospel and engage them in lifelong discipleship, we value our team that makes this happen and are excited to offer:&nbsp;</div><ul><li>Mission-driven work that changes the lives of children and youth around the world.&nbsp;</li><li>Remote-first work environment, allowing you to do the majority of your work from where it is you call "home”. We also have two office locations designed for collaborative work and connection with colleagues in St. Charles, Illinois, and Nashville, Tennessee, that can be used at your convenience.&nbsp;</li><li>Workplace culture that prioritizes prayer, a Biblical worldview, intentional connection, flexibility, family, and community engagement.</li><li>Benefits package, including a variety of programs you can choose from to meet you and your family’s needs. Some of these include medical, dental &amp; vision health insurance, paid family leave, 401(k) &amp; Roth 401(k) retirement savings plans with employer match, generous paid vacation &amp; holidays, adoption assistance, college scholarship, an employee wellness program, and more!&nbsp;</li></ul>

Creative Director

<div><strong>Responsibilities&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Design marketing assets: email graphics, landing page graphics, app store creatives, thumbnails, and light brand templates</li><li>Build and maintain a reusable template system (especially in Canva) so team can move quickly</li><li>Turn rough concepts into clean, conversion-oriented designs with minimal direction</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Desired Experience &amp; Qualifications&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Strong portfolio showing modern, simple, performance-oriented marketing design</li><li>Canva proficiency (templates, brand kits, exports, collaboration) and comfort with similar tools (Figma, Adobe, etc.)</li><li>Speed + reliability: consistent delivery, clean file organization, version control</li><li>Solid typography, layout, and visual hierarchy skills</li><li>Experience designing in-app graphics/UI assets or working alongside product team a plus</li><li>Familiarity with App Store / Google Play creative best practices a plus</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Time, Scope, Comp</strong></div><ul><li><strong>Compensation</strong>: paid hourly at market rates based on skill, fit, and experience</li><li><strong>Location</strong>: Remote</li><li><strong>Time</strong> Role starting immediately at 5-10 hours/week; likely expand quickly as company grows</li></ul><div><br><strong>About Monk Mindset&nbsp;</strong></div><div>Monk Mindset makes the wisdom of Christian monks and nuns available to the world through media and tech. Through content and productivity tools, Monk Mindset reaches a global audience of 5M+ through media and recently launched an app available on iOS.</div>

Graphic Designer

<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>

Art Director

<div>The Graphic Designer supports The Gospel Coalition’s mission by creating compelling visual designs that communicate biblical truth with clarity and excellence. This role ensures TGC’s brand identity is consistently represented across digital, print, and social platforms. They serve as both a creative contributor and design steward, helping our team present resources in a visually engaging way—while maintaining alignment with TGC’s voice, brand standards, and theological commitments.</div><div><br></div><h3>Description</h3><div><strong>Reporting:</strong> To the Vice President of Operations</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Status:</strong> Part-Time / Remote</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Qualifications, Experience and Skills</strong></div><ul><li>3-5 years of professional design experience (freelance, agency, or ministry preferred)</li><li>Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma.&nbsp;</li><li>Strong portfolio showcasing creative and versatile design work</li><li>Ability to design for print, digital, social media, and web platforms</li><li>Strong attention to detail with excellent typography, layout, and branding skills</li><li>Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines</li><li>Collaborative, flexible, and able to work with cross-functional teams</li><li>Strong communication skills and ability to translate ideas into visuals</li><li>Alignment with The Gospel Coalition’s mission, vision, and theological convictions</li><li>Servant-hearted attitude and commitment to excellence in ministry work</li><li>Understanding of marketing and the importance of compelling visual creative</li></ul><div><br><strong>Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Design graphics and visual assets for TGC’s digital platforms, social media, email, web, and print publications</li><li>Maintain consistency with TGC’s brand identity and visual standards across all projects</li><li>Collaborate with editorial, social, and development teams to translate content into compelling visual design</li><li>Develop creative concepts and layouts that support campaigns, events, and resource launches</li><li>Adapt existing designs for multiple formats, platforms, and audience needs</li><li>Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met with excellence</li><li>Provide design support for ministry-wide initiatives when necessary</li><li>Contribute creative input during planning meetings and brainstorming sessions</li><li>Ensure all designs uphold TGC’s theological commitments and mission-driven communication goals</li></ul><div><br><strong>Expectations</strong></div><ul><li>Work approximately 20 hours per week</li><li>Maintain proactive communication with the Production Coordinator regarding project status, priorities, and needs</li><li>Respond promptly to design requests and manage workload with professionalism and reliability</li><li>Stay current with design trends and best practices, applying insights to TGC’s visual communications</li><li>Ensure that all design work reflects theological clarity, organizational professionalism, and brand consistency</li><li>Uphold deadlines and deliver projects that meet or exceed quality standards</li><li>Model servant leadership and foster a collaborative, gospel-centered team culture</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>About The Gospel Coalition</h3><div>The Gospel Coalition exists to connect the contemporary Church to the ancient Gospel. We do this by providing vital resources and support to church leaders, ensuring they are equipped to faithfully serve their communities. By listening to their needs and delivering expert resources, we strengthen the foundation of pastoral work across the globe. We are an organization rooted in the local church, and we find joy in helping the church at large.</div>

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