What are the responsibilities and job description for the Music Director position at The Crossing?
Our church... is a non-denominational multi-site church with four St. Louis-area campuses where we gather each weekend to study this ancient story found in Scripture that is still transforming lives today. We believe church should be a place where believers in Jesus and skeptics can stand side-by-side to study truth and ask tough questions. We blend teaching and worship with art and technology to create a service where you can experience the message of Jesus in practical and life-changing ways.
Music Director...this full-time 40-hour week position will oversee music team staff and related staff to assist and develop the worship music and music team members of The Crossing in a way that consistently upholds the values and beliefs of The Crossing.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Music Director...this full-time 40-hour week position will oversee music team staff and related staff to assist and develop the worship music and music team members of The Crossing in a way that consistently upholds the values and beliefs of The Crossing.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Be responsible for team development & leadership
- Stay current with team members through written and oral communication on a regular basis
- Develop training opportunities and resources for team members
- Be active part in the potential & new team members' process
- Contribute to the creative processes for music and programming
- Bring fresh and innovative music ideas
- Song and idea demos
- Recording/song production
- Songwriting
- Oversee the execution of all worship-related music and staffing details for weekend services and specified events
- Staff musicians & worship leaders for weekend and specified events, alongside campus music lead
- Based on programming needs and teams per campus
- Oversee musical aspects of baptism concert and work with production staff to accommodate
- Communicate details from programming meetings to music staff and oversee Planning Center Online
- All musical details properly loaded to Planning Center (charts, mp3’s, etc.)
- Ableton details (i.e. looped section for pivot)
- Song forms
- Communicate details from programming meeting to musicians and worship leaders
- Confirm key signatures with leads at all sites
- Specific music details to musicians (i.e. drum pad for an instrument)
- Work with music lead and production team to assign vocal leads for each campus as needed
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Advanced knowledge of industry-standard pre-production technology including, but not limited to, Ableton Live, Pro-Tools or comparable DAW, and other software
- Be willing to learn and train others on new music production technology
- Ability to play at least on instrument and communicate effectively details for all instruments used at a worship venue at The Crossing
- Experienced worship leader and vocalist
- Humble
- Flexible
- Teachable
- Team Player
- Authentic
- Attend a service at one of The Crossing campuses on a weekly basis
- Passionate about their relationship with God
- Baptized after making the thoughtful decision to follow Christ
- Regard the Bible as God’s final authority in all areas of Christian life and desire to be wholly obedient to it
- Wholeheartedly affirm The Crossing’s Statement of Faith, including our view on Baptism
- Live a lifestyle consistent with scriptural principles
