Lead Graphic Designer
CATEGORY: Full-Time | Exempt
DEPARTMENT: Weekend Experience Team / Creative
REPORTS TO: Communications Project Manager
The Basics for All Staff
- Spiritual Growth: oversees spiritual growth of the team, both employees and volunteers, and helping others take next steps in their walk with Christ.
- VFC Culture: we “guard the culture” when we communicate, model, observe, and celebrate the vision, values, common language, and common practices of Victory with our staff and the dream team.
- Ephesians 4:12 Model: “equip the saints for the work of ministry”. Our primary responsibility is not to do the entire ministry, but to equip - train, lead, and develop - others for ministry that builds up the body of Christ. All staff are responsible for equipping others in leadership.
Creative Process and Conceptualization
- Oversees conceptualization, content, and design of all graphic content, including but not limited to:
- series graphics
- social media content
- wayfinding signage
- internal and external print communications
- promotional content
- web and multimedia Graphics
- branded merchandise
- Develops concepts based on input and vision from the Communications Project Manager and other senior staff
- Maintains a consistent and predictable creative process to move projects from concept to completion.
- Works closely with other members of the creative team to deliver modern and relevant designs that will appeal to our target demographic as well as maintain and advance the Victory Brand.
Overall Victory Brand
- Designs creative promotional material for speaker’s series/messages including PowerPoint backgrounds, lower thirds, web graphics, social media video templates, etc.
- Designs live stream lower thirds and banners.
- Designs postcards, fliers, promotions, and advertisements of church-wide events and activities.
- Designs Hometown Welcome ad and postcard.
- Creates Victory merchandise designs.
- Designs and updates visitor folder and materials.
- Creates eNewsletter graphics.
- Creates info site graphics.
- Designs and orders all signage throughout the building.
- Creates design content for social media as needed.
- Ensures the Victory brand is being used and distributed properly.
- Designs new ministry logos as needed.
Next Generation Ministries
- Designs creative promotional material for the series and events including PowerPoint slides, web graphics, social media graphics, etc.
Administration / Accounting
- Submits purchase orders and / or check requests for materials ordered to the Accounting Department.
- Submits receipts for all purchases to Accounting Department.
- Creates graphics budget annually.
- Analyzes and oversees graphics budget to make careful decisions regarding expenditures and keeps within budget.
- Has a working knowledge of Fiery Command Workstation for print needs.
- Coordinates with the Office Team for printing and mailing jobs.
- Helps with printing and cutting of materials as needed.
- Maintains working relationship with print shops.
- Communicates properly with print shops about bleeds, paper type, Pantone colors, reader spreads, etc. for predictable and accurate marketing pieces.
- Obtains competitive quotes on printing projects.
- Orders publications or materials online or through local vendor.
Maintain Design Excellence
- Always aware of current design trends in both the secular world and church world.
- Adapts current design trends into something that is relevant for us.
- Is a continual learner, watches tutorials, and implements new techniques.
- Translates ideas and vision into great design that supports the overall objective of the graphic.
- Understands typography and how it works together.
Miscellaneous
- Serves at a middle management level, which demonstrates a high degree of loyalty to the Communications Project Manager.
- Maintains a vital and growing personal walk with the Lord through committed Bible study, prayer, and meditation.
- Complies with expectations in the Employee Handbook.
- Fulfills the performance standards of the position and complies with policies, rules, and procedures of the church, including those communicated verbally or in writing.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Highly proficient in the following Adobe Creative Cloud programs: Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Proficient or basic knowledge in Adobe After Effects
- Proficient or basic knowledge in Adobe Dreamweaver and HTML
- Successfully pass a background check
Victory Family Church reserves the right to change, rescind, add, or delete the duties and responsibilities within this job description at any time.
I have read and understand the Lead Graphics Designer job description and can perform the essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation. I understand that nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. I understand that this job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, but it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. I further understand that employees are at-will, and they or Victory Family Church may terminate the employment relationship at any time for any reason.
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