Coordinator of Marketing and Digital Evangelization

Hours per week: 40

Position Summary:

St Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Cary, NC is seeking a Coordinator of Marketing and Digital Evangelization to join its team! The Coordinator of Marketing & Digital Evangelization role focuses on both internal and external communications and media, seeking to keep current parishioners engaged and in-the-know while also creating and maintaining marketing and communication strategies that allow the parish to reach out into the community and continue to build disciples.

Key responsibilities:

• Developing and implementing the parish-wide communication strategy with an evangelizing mindset
• Keep apprised of Catholic news and share relevant information with the wider parish
• Develop and maintain parish branding for church, school, and preschool
• Designing flyers, signage, and other print and digital materials
• Working with parish stakeholders to implement a single, unified voice for all communications
• Understanding and promoting all program, membership, and ministry offerings
• Leads efforts to gather stories of impact to share with parishioners across multiple mediums
• Developing and executing communications plans for parish events and initiatives
• Create videos for publicity, summary, and recap
• Managing and maintaining the parish website; coordinating events calendar with scheduling coordinator
• Enhance SEO for website landing pages
• Maintain printed marketing and communications materials & member communication templates
• Analyze digital metrics to determine success of communication efforts
• Creating, planning, and scheduling dynamic social media campaigns in collaboration with parish leadership
• Execute end-end email campaigns using MailChimp or similar
• Engage with current and prospective parishioners on social media
• Manage all digital marketing efforts including photography and video production
• Staff point of contact for the parish communications ministry
• Work with St. Michael School Communications personnel to coordinate campus communications plan

Other Duties and responsibilities

• Develop proficiency in parish software.
• Some evening and weekend hours required due to parish events schedule.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, digital media, or journalism field.
• 1-2 years’ experience with marketing activities and events.
• Writing clearly and concisely, using correct grammar, vocabulary, and appropriate tone for the message or audience; speaks in a clear, articulate manner; maintains regular, clear, and concise communication within area of responsibility; adopts a personal leadership style or approach to influence others.
• Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office experience required; portfolio of work available upon request.
• Knowledge of WordPress environment or similar webpage framework required.
• Ability to think creatively and work collaboratively with other parish staff, clergy, and ministry leaders.
• Ability to relate effectively and compassionately, as well as interact in a friendly, enthusiastic, energetic, and outgoing manner with our parishioners and those in our community.
• Strong project management skills: ability to work efficiently and meet multiple deadlines and oversee projects through from concept to completion.
• Ability to generate and implement creative ideas.
• Proficiency with all forms of social media, including video and their use in evangelization
• Employment is contingent upon applicant satisfactorily passing criminal background and reference checks
• Must complete diocese-sponsored Safe Environment Training.

Preferred Qualifications

• A practicing Catholic with thorough knowledge of the Catholic faith and ability to communicate it in both word and action
• Photography and/or videography experience
• Bilingual (English/Spanish)
• Familiar with live-streaming set-ups
• Familiar with basic audio visual for meeting rooms and digital display outputs

Position Start Date: June 1, 2024.