Graphic Artist

Graphic Artist

Job Description

Reports to: Worship Pastor

Date Revised: January 2025

The Graphic Artist will serve to further the mission, values, and strategy of Westover Hills Church through creative arts and multimedia design. The primary role of the Graphic Artist is to assist the church, staff, and ministry teams with all print and digital media. This is a full-time salaried position with benefits and reports to the Worship Pastor.

What You Will Do:

• Provide consistent, excellent, reliable, and productive service to the church staff, ministries and community within scope of responsibility.
• Develop structure and systems to make the Creative Ministry more effective.
• Increase volunteer participation in Creative Ministry.
• Steward and advance the mission of the church through creative elements.

• Work with the Creative team on a range of print and digital projects for weekends, ministry projects and promotions, and special events.
• Collaborate with staff and ministry leaders to develop creative projects from concept (brainstorming, conceptualizing, presentation) to completion (file packaging and sharing, publishing, coordinating with outside services and printers).
• Maintain brand standards, style, and overall message of Westover Hills Church.
• Can work both collaboratively and individually to accomplish creative tasks and goals.
• Lead volunteers to accomplish creative tasks to further ministry projects.
• Shepherd and invest in the lives of ministry volunteers
• Maintain a regular schedule of office hours during the week and attend staff meetings and events as necessary.
• Become active in the life of Westover Hills Church by attending weekly services, upholding our core beliefs and values, and living out the mission of the church
• Able to create within the Westover Hills Church brand standards.

Skills Needed to Succeed:

• Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
• Well-organized and able to work on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Highly detailed with an affinity for consistency, typography, and color use.
• Website and/or mobile app experience
• Church or non-profit experience
• Experience setting up artwork and working with printers for t-shirts, print materials, banners, and outdoor signage.
• Experience with photography, video and animation.
• Proficient in After Effects, Premiere, Lightroom and other Adobe CC products.
• 2 years of experience

Our Beliefs and Expectations:

• Agreement with the doctrines and statement of faith of the Assemblies of God. See https://ag.org/Beliefs/Statement-of-Fundamental-Truths for detailed information.
• Serving on a church staff places a person in a ministry context. This necessitates personal integrity, moral godliness, spiritual attitude, a serving heart, and spiritual excellence. (Eph.4:25-32; 5:1-7, 15-18; Phil. 4:8-9; 2:14; Gal. 5:19-21)
• Extend the heart and spirit of the church, and ultimately the Lead Pastor.
• Respond with respect, loyalty, confidentiality, compassion, and care.
• As a representative of the church both during specified work hours and personal time, model and guard Westover Hills culture in word and deed, fully supporting the values and ministry initiatives above personal preferences.
• Demonstrate a history of financial generosity in the local church.
• Maintain healthy and friendly relationships, conducting oneself in a professional manner with other employees, volunteers and vendors.
• Foster high standards of excellence, efficiency, and professionalism.
• Be a team player and work well with others.
• Demonstrate the ability to be creative and do what is needed to accomplish the mission.
• Prefer a fast and flexible work environment.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills.
• Detail oriented, thriving on product excellence.
• A pro-active work ethic including a self-motivated drive for efficiency and organization.
• Commitment to the notion of servanthood, humility, and flexibility in the exercise of responsibilities.
• Ability to plan and pace oneself in order to meet deadlines with quality.
• Quick and creative problem solver; able to manage last-minute changes.
• Ability to multitask several projects at one time.
• Willingness to work outside normal business hours should the project at hand require.
• Able to work weekends to support weekend worship services (Sat evenings/Sunday mornings and early afternoons).

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Westover Hills Church is an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants are considered without regard to race, sex, national origin, age, marital status, or disability. As a religious organization, Westover has the right to hire in accordance with our religious beliefs.