Director of Communications & Culture

Boston, MA (Hybrid)
• Full-Time • $55,000–$65,000 benefits

Bethel AME Church is hiring a Director of Communications & Culture — a strategic and creative leader who shapes how Bethel shows up in words, visuals, experiences, and digital presence. This role strengthens internal culture, external visibility, and storytelling while building a volunteer communications ministry. You will steward the church’s communication identity, ensuring clarity, consistency, and cultural resonance across every platform and touchpoint.

• Lead Bethel’s overall communications and digital strategy across web, email, social media, and Sunday content.
• Own Bethel’s digital presence — website updates, digital messaging, social channels, online engagement, and digital-first storytelling.
• Lead and implement a unified communications & culture strategy aligned with Bethel’s mission and ministry priorities.
• Ensure a consistent visual and verbal identity across all communications and materials.
• Oversee Sunday Digital (slides, screens, service messaging) and keep Planning Center aligned.
• Support internal communications by helping staff and ministry leaders communicate clearly and consistently.
• Maintain Bethel’s voice across all platforms: clear, timely, culturally relevant.
• Partner with pastors, the COO, Media Arts, and Worship & Arts to coordinate messaging.
• Build and mentor a volunteer communications team (writers, storytellers, content creators).
• Manage social‑first content development, analytics, and platform health.
• Coordinate photo, video, and graphic workflows with staff or contractors.
• Serve as the quality and consistency steward for all external‑facing communications.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 4 years leading communications, digital strategy, or culture/identity work in a church, nonprofit, or mission‑driven environment.
• Excellent writing/editing and strong project management.
• Strong understanding of digital content production workflows (photo, video, graphics).
• Experience leading volunteers or creative teams.
• Tools:
  Planning Center, Mailchimp (or similar), Canva/Adobe Express, website CMS, social management tools.

• Health & dental insurance, PTO holidays, 403(b) with match, hybrid schedule.

For decades, Bethel has been a trusted anchor in Boston with a meaningful local, national, and global impact in faith, justice, and community leadership. Our church continues to mobilize people, shape public conversations, and serve communities through ministries that support whole‑person wellbeing, spiritual formation, and creative expression. In this role, you will help carry that voice across digital and in‑person touchpoints, ensuring clarity, consistency, and cultural resonance as Bethel continues its mission.