The Editorial Content Manager of the Brentwood Baptist Church is responsible for overseeing all content of Brentwood Baptist Church from a story and editorial perspective, under the direction of the Digital Strategy Director. Primary responsibilities include writing and editing all content published or promoted through all campuses of Brentwood Baptist Church and its various media and communication outlets.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES may include but are not limited to the following:

• Write well-researched, informative, relevant, creative, and compelling content for distribution, broadcast, publication, or posting in a manner that is consistent with the brand, look, feel, and voice of Brentwood Baptist Church.
• Ensure that all promotional pieces containing written content are grammatically, punctually, and contextually edited, proofed, and formatted to meet standards according to the Chicago Manual of Style, Christian Writer’s Manual of Style, Associated Press Handbook, and Brentwood Baptist Church Style Guide.
• Lead in the writing, editing, development, and upkeep of all written material including, but not limited to:
• Promotional copy
• Website copy
• Bulletins (weekly)
• Weekly Campus email
• Marketing email campaigns
• Press releases
• Video scripts
• Church-wide publications and special projects
• All other printed/digital materials
• Under the direction of the Digital Strategy Director, provide develop and implement marketing email campaigns through identifying audiences, writing appropriate copy and developing appropriate calls to action.
• Provide editorial direction and vision for communications team. Work with Digital Strategy Director and team to set goals and implement action for this ministry as it relates to the editorial presence of the department. 
• Provide editorial support for the Senior Pastor’s materials.
• Complete other duties as assigned by supervisor.
  
  

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES may include but are not limited to the following:

• Proactively work with other ministries to create and refine their stories and content
• Stay up-to-date on current trends and consistently update the church style guide
• Attend both Communications team meetings and Brentwood Baptist staff meetings as required
• Maintain media contact list for editorial purposes
• Provide editorial support for church leadership as needed
• Complete other duties as assigned by the Digital Strategy Director
  
  
  

COMPETENCIES AND TRAITS:

In addition to the specific responsibilities required for this role, Brentwood Baptist Church also seeks candidates that possess some general competencies and behavioral traits that enhance the effectiveness of our staff.

Individual Contribution

• Manages details, tasks and projects efficiently without frequent reminders
• Maximizes time effectively by focusing on “must do” priorities when necessary
• Anticipates/avoids problems or formulates creative solutions
• Makes timely decisions that produce quality outcomes
• Adheres to commitments, schedules and deadlines
• Demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of issues and topics pertaining to the area of his/her job specialty (for Professional Staff positions only)
  
  
  

Team Contribution

• Demonstrates flexibility, adapts well to changing priorities or situations
• Self-directed and proactive, level of supervision required is appropriate
• Is willing to take on additional responsibilities, helps with a “can-do” attitude
• Collaborates well with others to accomplish group tasks
• Uses written and verbal communication in a way that accomplishes intended results
  
  
  

Self-Development

• Prioritizes and accomplishes self-development goals
• Demonstrates an ongoing commitment to obtaining the Knowledge, Abilities, Skills, and Habits necessary to be successful in this role
• Teachable spirit with a desire to learn and grow
• Maintains appropriate gap between the current job description and the employees current abilities that allows for future growth.
  
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Can identify closely with the mission, values, vision, theology, philosophy and methodology of Brentwood Baptist Church.
• A mature Christian who is demonstrates the Fruit of the Spirit, is growing in their faith and is committed to spiritual disciplines such as Bible reading, prayer.
• Ability to collaborate, cooperate and function well in a team environment.
• Possess a strong grasp of punctuation and proper grammar to ensure clear and effective communication
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Be detail oriented and administratively minded.
• Must possess good organizational skills and be detail-oriented.
• Dependable, discreet, friendly, professional and neat.
• Must meet the Brentwood Baptist employee benchmark for computer competency (for Administrative positions only).
  
  
  

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, or English
• Five years experience with storytelling and editorial content creation and/or management is required; time in a Christian organization is a strong plus.
  
  
  

All campuses function under the governance of Brentwood Baptist Church. Each campus is an established entity operating as a whole and permanent part of Brentwood Baptist. Each maintains pre-determined alignment characteristics that uphold the Brentwood Baptist “DNA” while also containing some contextualized characteristics to allow it to best reach its target local community. Every staff member is an employee of Brentwood Baptist.