Who We Are
Lutheran Church Extension Fund (LCEF) is a trusted financial institution dedicated to starting, sustaining and strengthening Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) ministries. Since 1978, LCEF has provided financial resources, strategic guidance and innovative solutions to help congregations, schools, organizations and church workers achieve their goals. When you join our team, you’re not just building a career—you’re using your talents and applying your professional expertise to serve a higher purpose in a values-driven organization.
Why This Role Matters
This position plays a critical role in strengthening brand presence, supporting marketing objectives, and delivering engaging digital experiences across multiple channels. By designing cohesive web, email, social media, and campaign assets, the Digital Brand Designer helps ensure brand consistency, usability, and high-quality creative execution that drives user engagement and supports organizational goals.
What You’ll Do
The Digital Brand Designer combines visual design expertise, UX/UI principles, and digital marketing strategy to develop compelling assets across all digital touchpoints. This role works collaboratively with professionals across the marketing team to ensure consistency and excellence in every deliverable.
In this role, you will:
- Design webpages, landing pages, and digital experiences within established brand and design systems.
- Apply UX/UI best practices to improve usability, accessibility, engagement, and visual hierarchy across digital platforms.
- Collaborate with developers to ensure accurate implementation of creative concepts and digital designs.
- Conduct quality assurance reviews of staging and production websites to ensure visual consistency, responsiveness, functionality, and brand alignment.
- Lead and support creative execution for integrated digital marketing campaigns across web, social media, email, and digital advertising channels.
- Develop visual assets that support marketing, communications, and brand awareness initiatives.
- Support creative direction for photography and video projects, ensuring alignment with brand standards and campaign objectives.
- Provide strategic recommendations to improve campaign effectiveness, user experience, and cross-channel consistency.
- Contribute to the maintenance and evolution of digital design systems and brand guidelines.
- Partner with marketing, content, and creative teams to develop and execute integrated campaign strategies.
- Ensure all digital creative outputs align with brand standards, messaging priorities, and organizational goals.
- Stay current on emerging design trends, UX/UI best practices, and digital marketing innovations to enhance creative effectiveness.
- Prepare design files, assets, and documentation to support efficient collaboration and smooth implementation.
- Carry out other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Need
- Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, digital design, marketing, or a related field preferred.
- Minimum of four years of professional experience in digital design, brand design, marketing design, or a related creative field.
- Demonstrated experience designing webpages, user interfaces, landing pages, email campaigns, social media assets, and marketing collateral.
- Experience working within established design systems and brand standards.
- Experience collaborating with developers, marketing teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Portfolio demonstrates expertise in webpage design, digital campaigns, email marketing, social media campaigns, and print collateral.
- Experience supporting integrated brand campaigns across multiple digital and traditional channels preferred.
- Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, WordPress, or other web content management systems preferred.
- Strong visual design, typography, layout, and branding expertise.
- Strong understanding of UX/UI principles, responsive web design, and accessibility best practices.
- Proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
- Proficiency with Figma, Adobe XD, or similar interface design tools.
- Ability to provide thoughtful quality assurance reviews and implementation feedback.
- Strong communication, presentation, and collaboration skills.
- Strategic mindset with strong creative judgment and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on creative execution.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt to changing business needs.
What We Offer
- Wellness resources for spiritual growth, physical health and social connection.
- Comprehensive compensation package, including the opportunity to participate in our Employee Incentive Program.
- Generous time off, including dedicated time off between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
- Health insurance with 100% of premiums covered by LCEF, retirement benefits (pension and 403(b) employer match), paid parental leave, and so much more.
Pay: $68,290.00 - $85,362.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: Hybrid remote in St. Louis, MO 63127
