The Creative & Story Senior Manager works directly with the Creative & Story Director to manage the Creative & Story team as they develop and implement creative strategies/ideas that move the mission of Bethel Church forward—to see revival change the world.

Under the direction of the Creative & Story Director, the Creative & Story Senior Manager is responsible for managing the people, processes, and systems that bring the vision from various Bethel leaders to life of how God is moving in and through the church, and inviting our global audience to join in.

This role is both creative and administrative, and the ideal candidate has both creative experience and a mind for processes.. As the Creative & Story Senior Manager, you will oversee team operations, budgets, and timelines, while ensuring that Bethel's Creative & Story core values are upheld. With an eye for visual design and a knack for details, this role utilizes the secret sauce of strategy to ideate, implement, and improve. Once an idea is envisioned and agreed to with the Creative & Story Director, the Creative & Story Manager develops the roadmap for implementing it alongside specialized leads/team managers (i.e. Communications, Marketing, Design and Video) and empowering them to accomplish objectives with their respective creative functions.

You will also play a vital role in shaping and developing a team of thriving creatives who value creating in relationship with the Excellent Creator Himself and the hearts of one another, alongside the teams they serve.

Responsibilities

Meet with the Creative & Story Director on a regular basis to manage and steward the resources of the Creative & Story team (whether people, time, or tools) in alignment with the vision and goals of Bethel Church and Bethel's leadership. This includes the team's budget and resource needs, hiring and staff planning
Meet with Creative & Story Specialized Team Managers (i.e. Communications, Marketing, Design and Video) on a regular basis to ensure that their teams are meeting their goals and objectives when it comes to Bethel's Creative & Story needs. This includes the health of the team being stewarded both through project workflow as well as people management
Overseeing the Project Managers of the Creative & Story team and acting as Program Manager, in order for the various projects to be followed through from strategy to implementation and review within budget. This includes developing the Project Management function of the team, and charting the course for growth of Project Managers
Working with the different specialized team managers to oversee the Creative & Story operational needs. This includes the project management platform of Monday.com and asset storage (from Google Drive, to the shared server and more). You should be comfortable not just improving and refining existing systems, but also developing new workflows should the need arise
Leading in partner/client management, and stewarding the relationships with Bethel's ministries and teams to develop and implement creative/marketing strategies as partners

Skillset

Superb critical thinking skills
Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
Flexibility
Passionate customer advocacy
Knowledge of marketing principles, design, brand, product, and service management
Entrepreneurial spirit
Focused on audience experience
Multidisciplinary skill sets in video production, graphic design, marketing and copywriting
Team development
Ability to articulate vision and big ideas
Creative thinker with an eye for brand consistency
A good storyteller
Analytical and insightful attention to detail
Flexible yet able to stay on point
Works without supervision
Organized and efficient multitasker
Expert communicator and cool under pressure
Skills in graphic design with a good sense of layout best practices
Digital or print production guru
Sales and/or customer service experience
A strong, decisive decision-maker
A people person with excellent interpersonal skills
Project management expert
Excellent change manager
Jack-of-all creative trades and master of a few
Able to handle multiple high-pressure deadlines
Proven ability to manage and lead people, across multiple functions

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years relevant experience
Excellent communicator and creative thinker with strong written and verbal communication skills
Strategic with the ability to use both data and intuition to inform decisions and develop a plan to meet objectives and goals
A good understanding of the different specializations of Creative & Marketing functions (i.e. Project Management, Communications, Marketing, Copy, Design and Video) and the usage of different media channels for effective strategic communication, including digital marketing campaigns
Planning, program and project management skills—knowledge of how to set goals, make a plan to achieve them, manage the process to reach said goals, as well as review for future learning; ability to create, maintain and improve Monday.com systems is a plus
Good analytical skills—must be able to assemble and interpret data, create executive summaries and deliver business insights
Good problem solving skills—able to identify, analyze and propose solutions to various business or execution issues
Capable of working on multiple projects simultaneously with varying scope and priorities
Ability to remain calm and work under pressure with the ability to navigate tight deadlines—finding best courses or action to deliver speed to market whilst maintaining quality of work
Collaborator that knows the whole is greater than the sum of its parts and ability to work with several stakeholders
Good knowledge and understanding of content/digital marketing platforms/systems and synchronization of data (e.g. Google Analytics, Website Data & Content, Active Campaign, Klaviyo, YouTube Data Suite, Mailchimp, etc.)

Benefits

Health Insurance
HealthiestYou (24hr doctor/prescription access)
403(b) Retirement Fund Matching
Group Life and AD&D of $30,000 paid for by Bethel
Optional Voluntary Term Life Insurance
Paid vacation, holidays, sick leave, jury duty & bereavement leave
Optional Vision and Dental
Free Staff Lunch (twice a month)
Bethel.com Email Address and Premium Bethel TV access
Discount on Most Items in the Bethel Bookstore
Invitation to Attend Select Conferences

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