Director of Marketing

Job Title

Director of Marketing

Team

Marketing Team

Reports to

VP of Mission Advancement

Job Description Overview

You will take the lead in developing and maintaining the marketing strategy for Cafe 1040, including social media outlets, email marketing, communications, web presence, branding and brand consistency, advertising, media relations, marketing materials, and promotional ideas. Using any and all tools available, you will develop a strategy for penetrating our target audiences—potential mentorship participants, missions leaders and influencers, donors, fans, and staff—and influencing their hearts toward the mission and vision of Cafe 1040. The marketing team serves needs across the company, and you'll be collaborating to assist those teams in their specific roles in accomplishing the mission and vision of Cafe 1040. Specifically, you will help our mobilization team in lead acquisition and nurturing, and our development team in fine-tuning projects to engage our donor base.

REQUIREMENTS:

Critical Qualities

  • Mature Christian faith and agreement with Cafe 1040’s statement of faith

  • A passionate follower of Jesus Christ with a proven devotion to the habits necessary to maintain daily relationship with him

  • Possess a longing for the fulfillment of the Great Commission

  • Creative mind with a bend toward marketing and branding

  • A keen eye for simple design techniques

  • Reflect personal and public integrity in line with Biblical principles

 

Skills and Experience:

  • Eye for excellence in production

  • Demonstrated ability to create and manage a website (both visually and functionally)

  • Proven experience in use and strategies of marketing

  • Experience using various marketing platforms and analytics

  • Demonstrated ability to work on teams

  • Experience successfully leading a team(s) of people

  • Ability to influence and work within team dynamics to move projects forward in the midst of competing demands

  • Ability to meet deadlines and perform under pressure

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Strong time management skills                                                  

  • Strong interpersonal skills

  • Quick learning and self-teaching

  • Patient and adaptable disposition to changing circumstances

  • Strong multi-tasking and problem-solving ability

  • English speaking

  • Skill in MS Office Suite and Apple OS

  • Video-editing experience preferred

  • Project Management experience preferred

  • Website design experience preferred

  • Knowledge of SEO preferred

Specific Job Duties, Tasks, and Responsibilities:

  • Ensure consistent maintenance and betterment of the Cafe 1040 visual brand and voice

  • Maintain current awareness of market competitors and partners to ensure proper current positioning and anticipate future needs

  • Provide consulting for all program and product offerings to ensure that the ministry model and philosophies are current with the market for 18-29 year mission-minded Americans, as well as the best practices for frontier missions

  • Serve any design and print needs of the various teams for the company, including print materials, resources, t-shirts, stickers, partner website content, and corporate email campaigns

  • Plan, execute, and manage all public content shared on the company website, social media channels, and email communications, including

    • Corporate social media strategy and content, including any delegated social media users

    • Content calendar creation, delegation, and execution for blog and social platforms

    • Email marketing calendar for all drip and email updates for various segmented audiences

    • Advertising strategy on all platforms for major campaigns for mobilization and, as needed, development

  • Assist the US Team in mobilization through consulting on both content and process

  • Consult, as needed, for any event-based opportunities for any of our teams to ensure brand consistency

  • Support and uphold the policies, values, and statement of faith of Cafe 1040

  • Maintain sustainable funding levels for role through Cafe 1040 support-raising model

  • Actively take the opportunities to mobilize those people in the scope of your influence toward involvement and investment in the mission and vision of Cafe 1040

Nothing in this job description restricts Cafe 1040’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Responsibilities occasionally may require an adjusted work schedule, and evening/weekend hours in order to meet deadlines.