Send Network Communications Strategist

** About the position
** The Send Network Communications Strategist serves on NAMB’s Resources and Marketing team, which supports ministry partners through ongoing vision, planning, and implementation of marketing and communications. In this role, you will lead, design, and carry out a coordinated marketing and communications effort that promotes Send Network initiatives, events, resources, mobilization opportunities, and campaigns.

You will partner closely with Send Network leaders and field teams, guide a multidisciplinary marketing team, and help establish Send Network as the premier church planting network in North America. All staff positions at NAMB are considered ministerial in nature due to the purpose and mission of the North American Mission Board.
** Key Responsibilities
**** Collaborate with Send Network
*** Lead the relationship between the Marketing and Resources team and Send Network executive leaders, directors, and field teams, helping shape expectations and maintain high-quality service.
* Direct communications strategy in alignment with Send Network’s vision, mission, and goals.
* Assess and report results to Send Network leadership and the NAMB executive team, offering expert advice and counsel to support sound decisions.
** Communication Plans
*** Work with stakeholders to conceptualize, build, and oversee multi-faceted communications plans.
* Integrate messaging, tactics, and creative direction, leading and collaborating across a multidisciplinary marketing team and enterprise systems to achieve clear, strategic, and achievable goals.
* Ensure targeted, consistent messaging across diverse channels and audiences to raise brand awareness, affinity, and engagement.
* Coordinate with the Vice President of Marketing and Resources, the Strategic Communications Director, and other Marketing and Resources leaders to align projects with strategy goals.
* Balance competing interests and meet high-pressure deadlines by building consensus and ensuring alignment with executive-level strategic direction.
* Collaborate with the NAMB Communications Strategist, Strategic Communications Director, and others to synchronize communications across the organization.
** Manage Contractors and Outside Vendors
*** Direct the day-to-day work of a contractor and a Hispanic marketing agency executing marketing initiatives for Send Network Español.
** Communicate with NAMB Executives
*** Advise executive leadership and manage responses to sensitive issues and public controversies, in consultation with the Strategic Communications Director, Executive Director of Public Relations, and others.
** Brand Management
*** Manage brand presence and calls to action at ministry events in support of the overarching communications strategy and ministry partners’ goals.
* Identify, direct, and manage brand sponsor ships to leverage their full potential.
** Leadership and Team Responsibilities
*** Follow organizational policies and applicable laws.
* Train NAMB staff on processes.
* Address complaints and resolve problems while maintaining confidentiality with sensitive data.
* Develop and implement strategy and tactics to meet expected results.
* Plan and run effective meetings that foster unity and common goals.
* Adhere to budget limits and maintain high ethical standards of fiscal control.
** Qualifications & Skills
**** Education and Experience
*** Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with five or more years of experience and/or training in marketing strategy and leadership, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
** Skills and Qualities
*** Strategic marketing and communications planning, with the ability to integrate messaging, tactics, and creative direction.
* Strong leadership and the ability to guide a…