Communications Director - Abyssinian Baptist Church

Job Description Communications Director

This person must be a big-picture conceptualizer, motivator, leader, coach, and motivator. The Communications Director will assist in amplifying The Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City's mission of winning more souls for Christ. He/she will report to the pastor and oversee all internal and external communications. All creative, digital, production, and communication staff will also report to this person.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Supports creative leadership, website social media management, and overall branding of the Abyssinian Baptist Church.
• Serves as the primary lead for conceptualizing, creating, implementing, maintaining, and coordinating all digital content
• Oversees the communications budget
• Overseas email and text communication systems 
• Work with church and Ministry leaders to define, develop and effectively communicate messages to church-wide and specific audiences
• Coordinates website content and updates in collaboration with pastor staff and external vendors 
• Develop and execute social media strategy, including developing content scheduling content releases 
• Analyzes social media trends and matrixes, such as new users' growth, likes, shares, and trends, every week. 
• Maintains an editorial calendar with posts drafts and scheduled for future publication
• Oversees production worship service media design and provides upgrade guidance 

Qualifications:

• Strong copywriting and editing skills. Communicate clearly and effectively using written words
• Must have proven leadership abilities
• Ecclesiastical work experience or training is helpful but not required
• Professional public relations experience is preferred
• Possess proven interpersonal motivational skills
• Must be very comfortable working with computers and learning new software technology as needed