What are the responsibilities and job description for the ReachOut Content and Experience Lead position at Crossroads Church?
Job Title: ReachOut Content and Experience Lead
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Status: Full-Time
ABOUT CROSSROADSCrossroads Church is a multi-site, interdenominational church in the Midwest. Our Churches are primarily located in Ohio and Kentucky, and we have an online presence that serves thousands of people monthly.
We believe that telling the redemptive story of Jesus is the best story we could ever tell, and you will notice that we love to use the best tools to get that story out to the world. We value creativity, adventure, authenticity, and tenacity.
Our desire is to model our staff and church community after the church in Revelation, where people of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues worshiped [and worked] together. Admittedly, we are not there, but we think about this with every hire and person who enters our buildings.
JOB SUMMARYThe Content and Experience Lead executes ReachOut events/experiences and produces storytelling assets focused on local and global ReachOut efforts. This role produces creative experiences, film and photography, and marketing assets.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Create immersive environments in which God’s truth and presence can transform people.
- Participate in creating key events at sites supporting Crossroads’ overall mission, vision, and goals.
- Project manages key events at sites, assisting stakeholders in discovering objectives and employing execution.
- Collaborate with the team to ensure technical elements of experience are understood and ready to execute.
- Effectively communicate mission by providing context & story around experience objective & audience.
- Plan and oversee all ReachOut-related videos and storytelling (podcasts, articles, etc.).
- Including Local and Trips-related projects.
- Will serve as ReachOut representative for all filming trips/projects related to
Local and Trips content.
- Responsible for ReachOut social media accounts and respective studio collaboration.
- Partner with Local and Trips teams to support projects through collaborative and creative approaches.
- Create new, innovative initiatives that support Local and Trips teams.
- Oversee Local and Trip Ambassador programs.
- Responsible for ReachOut volunteer care and support.
- Carry out additional tasks and assignments as needed.
- Secure travel details for international filming trips, including flights, lodging, food, and necessary documentation such as visas and passports.
- Coordinate with partners on international trips to develop a schedule that aligns with both filming needs and partner priorities.
- Serve as a fixer for international filming trips, assisting the Director in identifying locations and subjects that align with storytelling objectives.
- Research and ensure compliance with necessary permits and regulations for international travel and filming.
- Act as a key communicator between partners, video producers, and the director to ensure alignment on vision, logistics, and time management on filming trips and local video shoots.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
In office (Cincinnati) Mondays through Fridays.
Ability to travel locally and nationally, as well as internationally 5-10 times per year.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
- Ability to see needs and positively & practically respond
- Commitment to the Crossroads mission & carrier of Crossroads culture
- Alignment with leadership.
- Tithing to Crossroads & adherence to the I-Promise commitments
- Ability to make sound, critical decisions under any conditions
- Video and/or live experience production preferred.
- Ability to stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.
- Ability to lean in creatively and fill in the gaps within a production team.
- Ability to learn and comprehend each initiative and partnership, how the organization functions, and how Crossroads operates in regards to said partner/initiative.
- Ability to see needs and positively & practically respond with strength and insight.
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with partners, teams, and volunteers through empathy and understanding.
CROSSROADS STAFF QUALITIES
Qualities all staff teammates should exhibit:
- Mission Oriented: committed to the Crossroads mission and expectations in the staff “I Promise” document, including using the Bible as the ultimate standard of truth, practicing spiritual disciplines, tithing, and pursuing personal purity.
