Associate Director

Position Summary: This position is a ministry and its sole purpose is to advance the mission of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. This ministry and position requires the ability to serve as an associate leader within the Professional Services department, supporting the Director in the planning, implementation, coordination, and management of the department's mission and objectives within the North American Division.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides leadership to a team of mass media communicators, including project management, graphic design specialists, digital marketing specialist, social media specialists, media services specialists, video editors, web designers, web developers, web maintenance personnel, and newsletter content creators.
• Creates a talent pool of vetted external creatives and serves as the primary point of contact on behalf of the departments.
• Ensures the use of relevant project management software to track project status and initiates and modifies team assignments.
• Supervises and directs workers, materials, and software usage.
• Supports supervisor in the preparation of the departmental budget and tracks metrics related to time, requests, cost, and staff allocation per project.
• Engages in the hiring process, leads, trains, mentors, and evaluates staff.
• Liaises with departmental directors and other department contacts, providing guidance throughout the creative process.
• Demonstrates thorough understanding of service level agreements (SLA) for all applicable projects.
• Promotes and accomplishes brand consistency in all projects by working collaboratively with NAD Communication.

Education/Experience/Credentials: Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in a related field such as communication, marketing, or advertising; Master's degree is preferred. Project Management Certification is desired. Minimum of eight years in a related field, with denominational or ministry experience at higher levels of church organization.

Benefits: Healthcare, flexible spending accounts (FSA), life insurance, long-term disability, retirement, continuing education, student loan repayments, moving/relocation assistance, tuition assistance for students who attend Adventist schools, paid time off for holidays, paid vacation and sick leave.