<div>The Senior Brand Strategist plays a pivotal leadership role within Grove9, managing key client relationships and accounts, guiding brand strategy and execution, and driving growth opportunities for both clients and the agency. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, marketing, and business acumen, balancing high-level brand management with day-to-day client engagement, agency strategy, and new business development. The right candidate will bring significant experience in organizational growth to help Grove9 achieve its goals and increase impact for our agency and the clients we serve.</div><div><br><strong>Key Role Responsibilities<br></strong><br></div><div><strong>Account Management &amp; Leadership</strong></div><ul><li>Serve as the senior point of contact for key client accounts, ensuring satisfaction, retention, impact, and account growth. Lead the development and execution of comprehensive brand and marketing strategies, from positioning and messaging to campaign rollout.</li><li>Translate client objectives into actionable plans – balancing creative vision with measurable organizational impact.</li><li>Successfully set and manage budgets, timelines, and resources, ensuring account and agency profitability.</li><li>Contribute to agency leadership planning and strategy to guide and shape Grove9’s marketing and processes to maximize growth and impact.</li></ul><div><br><strong>New Business Development</strong></div><ul><li>Identify and pursue opportunities to expand existing accounts and attract new clients aligned with Grove9’s capabilities, mission, and verticals.</li><li>Partner with leadership to craft compelling proposals, presentations, and pitches that showcase Grove9’s strategic and creative strengths and heart for Kingdom impact.</li><li>Build and maintain a strong network of industry relationships within target audiences to support long-term business growth.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Qualifications</strong></div><ul><li>Exemplify and live out the Grove9 core values, mission, and code.</li><li>5+ years of experience in brand management, marketing strategy, or agency leadership.</li><li>Proven success managing large or complex client accounts with strategic oversight and project management.</li><li>Strong understanding of brand strategy, marketing communications, digital ecosystems, and AI tools.</li><li>Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.</li><li>Passion for, or experience with, faith-based child and family-serving organizations, including foster care, adoption, and/or pregnancy resource centers.</li><li>Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for building brands, growing business opportunities, and creating Kingdom impact.</li></ul><div>&nbsp;</div>

Senior Brand Strategist

<div>Precept is seeking an Art Director with a minimum of 8 years experience leading the marketing creative and visual process including, but not limited to print and digital design and branding, creative concepting, photography and videography, and podcast production.<br>This role combines creative strategic thinking and visual execution. The role is also responsible for leading the creative team of full-time graphic designers and photographers/videographers. The Art Director will act as creative lead in collaboration with fellow marketing managers / team and the marketing director. The role will include brand stewardship, creative direction, project oversight. design execution and management of the creative team.<br><br></div><div>If you have a passion for leading the creative design and visual process for an established ministry that promotes flexible work arrangements and whose mission is to engage people in a relationship with God through knowing His Word, and if you possess a bachelors' degree in Graphic Design, Creative Services, or similar education and a minimum of 8 years of experience in the design/marketing industry with 3 of those years developing and executing creative strategies and managing teams to high performance, you may be exactly who we are looking for. If you also have nonprofit and / or print book experience, that is a plus.<br><br></div><div><strong>ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS<br></strong><br></div><div>Brand Stewardship and Gatekeeping</div><ol><li>Champions and protects the brand and ensures that internal teams, vendors, and partners are equipped to follow and interpret brand guidelines.</li><li>Serves as the visual brand expert in the ministry.</li><li>Keeps all visual brand guideline documents up to date.</li><li>Leads any necessary visual brand update projects or initiatives.</li></ol><div><br>Creative Direction &amp; Project Oversight</div><ol><li>Directs creative concepting of new projects from a visual standpoint in collaboration with Marketing Managers and Director.</li><li>Sets tone and direction and oversees creation of all visual brand collateral – including video, audio, photos, print and digital graphics.</li><li>Works closely with the creative lead</li><li>Is strategic and creative on how to visually bring a story to market on varying projects from print books, digital books, email, social media designs as well as product and lifestyle photography and video.</li><li>Ensures that all collateral fulfills industry best practices, brand guidelines, and ministry needs.</li><li>Encourages creative innovation within set parameters to ensure all materials are high quality and fulfill requirements.</li><li>Works with photographer (s) and videographer (s) on art direction, shot list, etc on all photography and videography projects.</li><li>In partnership with the Sr Director and Videographer, serves as a podcast producer to ensure podcast planning, recording, and production is on time and high quality. Works with outside partners regularly and owns the production process.</li><li>Manages vendor relationships with printers, content creators, and agencies where appropriate.</li></ol><div><br>Design Execution</div><ol><li>Is hands-on in the development and production of design projects, responsible for design deliverables themselves.</li><li>Collaborates across the Marketing Department and cross functionally to understand specs and requirements of deliverables and projects.</li><li>Creates efficiencies in the design process and ensures that design templates are up to date.</li></ol><div><br>Creative Team Management</div><ol><li>Manages team members and provides timely and honest feedback on performance.</li><li>Upholds performance expectations and deliverable deadlines for the creative team.</li><li>Upholds Precept's Core Values within the creative team.</li><li>Creates a positive and team-oriented atmosphere.</li><li><br></li></ol><div><strong>KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:</strong></div><ol><li>Expert knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite.</li><li>Working knowledge and experience in photography, videography and production, and UX/UI design.</li><li>Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, project management tools, WordPress, online proofing tools. Working knowledge of email builder tools preferred.</li><li>Expert knowledge in print and digital design.</li><li>Possess experience working in collaborative environments.</li><li>Able to coordinate project plans with creative resources and manage expectations of key stake holders.</li><li>Experienced at creative concepting with an exceptional eye to visual storytelling detail.</li><li>Upholds and exudes Precept's core values of: Excited about God's Word, Servant Hearted, Happy to be Here, All In</li><li>A self-starter is self-directed, passionate, and results-oriented.</li><li>A highly influential communicator with excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Experience with project and agency management.</li><li>Possess exceptional creative, problem solving, and strategic thinking abilities.</li><li>Proven ability and experience in leading and growing team members and cultivating relationships in remote and in-person environments.</li></ol><div><br><strong>TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:</strong></div><div>Requires a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Creative Services, or similar education with a minimum of 8 years of experience in the design/ marketing industry, with 3 of those years developing and executing creative strategies, managing teams, and coaching team members to high performance. Any acceptable combination of training and experience. Nonprofit experience, print book experience a plus.</div>

Art Director

<div><br>&nbsp;As our <strong>Social &amp; Community Manager </strong>you'll be the heartbeat of our community both in the app and on social media.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Operating under our signature account, you'll welcome users, monitor in-app activity, and manage our social media presence honing in on our unique voice. You're the friendly face that will make Faith.Online feel like home for thousands of users.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Contract: 10-20 hours/week</strong> with growth potential as we scale.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Who We’re Looking For</strong></div><div><strong><br></strong>● Mission-aligned: You believe deeply in a Gospel-centered social platform<br>● Collaborative: You work well with Content Advisors, marketing, product, and leadership<br>● People-focused: You genuinely care about users and their spiritual growth, community<br>and health<br>● Flexible: You thrive in MVP-stage ambiguity and can pivot quickly<br>● Perceptive: You notice when engagement drops or something feels off<br>● Warm communicator: You write with empathy, clarity, and authenticity<br>● Grace-filled: You assume good intent but don't ignore red flags<br>● Anti-hustle culture: You understand "less is more" in social media—intentional drops<br>over content overload on social media<strong><br></strong><br></div><div><strong>Who We’re Not Looking For:</strong></div><div><strong><br></strong>● Content advisor (we have a team handling doctrine)<br>● Content creator (you curate and engage, not produce volume)<br>● Moderator policy-maker (Content Advisors set standards)<br><br><strong>What You Bring</strong><br><br></div><div>● 5+ years in community management or social media<br>● Warm, empathetic and clear communicator who genuinely cares about people<br>● Social media fluency (Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Substack)<br>● Self-starter and fast-responder who sees what needs doing and does it<br><br></div><div><em>Bonus:</em> Background in ministry/nonprofit for a faith-based/mission-driven org is a huge plus<br><br></div><div><strong>Timeline</strong><br><br></div><div><strong><em>Phase 1:</em></strong><strong> </strong><strong><em>Pre-Launch (Weeks 1-2) — 60% Social, 40% In-App Prep</em></strong></div><div><br></div><div><em>Social Media Rollout:</em><br>● Goal: is to establish brand identity, recruit and drive to the app<br>● Philosophy: We're a movement with a message, not a content factory<br>● Strategy: Intentional drops that make people say "Wait, this exists? I need this."<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; ○ Initial brand presence posts; light posts on Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; ○ Prompt response to DMs/comments<br>● NOT: Daily posts, memes, engagement bait, content treadmill<br><br></div><div><em>In-App Prep:<br></em>● Familiarize yourself with the app, test user flows<br>● Coordinate with Content Advisors on News Feed content pipeline<br>● Prep welcome messages and onboarding materials for beta users<br><br></div><div><strong><em>Phase 2: Post-Launch (Week 5+) — 70% In-App, 30% Social</em></strong><em><br></em><br></div><div><em>In-App Community Management:<br></em>● Goal: Make Faith.Online feel like a true community, not a faceless platform<br>● Operate the Faith.Online alias account (every user's first connection)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; ○ AI sends automated welcome messages, you respond personally when users<br>engage<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; ○ Proactively check in with users, highlight testimonies, seed conversations<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; ○ Highlight testimonies, celebrate milestones, seed conversations<br>● Monitor Fellowship Stream and News Feed daily for community health<br>● Flag theological concerns to Content Advisors (AI handles spam/profanity)<br>● Track engagement metrics, report weekly to leadership<br>● Identify and nurture 5-10 "power users" who champion the platform<br><br></div><div><em>Social Media Maintenance:<br></em>● Post ~1x/week per platform (maintenance mode)<br>● Cross-post testimonies/highlights from in-app community to social<br>● Respond to DMs/comments within 48 hours<br>Compensation<br>● Competitive for highly desirable candidates<br>● Start: Mid-January 2026<br>● 3-month initial engagement<br>● Growth potential: Full-time Community Lead post-MVP</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Compensation</strong><br>● Competitive for highly desirable candidates<br>● Start: Mid-January 2026<br>● 3-month initial engagement<br>● Growth potential: Full-time Community Lead post-MVP&nbsp;</div>

Social & Community Manager

<div><strong>About the role:</strong></div><div><br>Location:&nbsp;</div><ul><li>US: CA, CO, GA, FL, ID, MD, MA, MN, NC, NV, OR, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA (California, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nevada, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington)</li><li>Canada Provinces: British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta only</li></ul><div><br>With Aplos, nonprofit groups of every shape, size, and mission can seamlessly run their finances and operations, manage their business and bottom line, and proactively engage their communities and donors when it matters most. We’re a remote team, spread across North America (with peers all over the world).</div><div>Aplos is the largest nonprofit &amp; church management software on the market. We’ve served over 40,000 organizations since our inception in 2009. Our all-inclusive platform provides a dynamic CRM, fundraising &amp; giving tools, online donations &amp; payment processing, built-in fund accounting system, integrated payroll, email marketing, website builder, and much more.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The <strong>Brand Manager</strong> is a critical role that sits at the intersection of brand strategy, content marketing, and deep industry expertise. Reporting to the Director of Aplos Marketing, you will be the <strong>subject matter expert (SME)</strong> responsible for developing and distributing high-value, resonant content for our primary buyers—typically <strong>nonprofit finance leaders, bookkeepers, and treasurers</strong>. This is a high-impact position where your knowledge of nonprofit finance will be leveraged daily to drive brand authority and lead generation.</div><div><br>We are looking for someone that has prior experience working in nonprofit finance. This is a non negotiable requirement.</div><div><br><strong>What will you be doing (your role)?</strong></div><div><br><strong>Subject Matter Expertise &amp; Content Development</strong></div><ul><li><strong>SME Content Creation: </strong>Serve as the in-house expert to create and produce authoritative content (e.g., guides, white papers, blog posts, webinars, checklists) specifically addressing the unique financial and compliance challenges of non-profits and churches&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Audience Resonance:</strong> Ensure all content is tailored to resonate deeply with the needs, pain points, and terminology used by nonprofit finance leaders, positioning Aplos as the trusted solution provider.</li><li><strong>Brand Voice Ownership:</strong> Act as a custodian of the Aplos brand voice, ensuring consistency, authority, and empathy across all owned content channels.</li><li><strong>Internal Enablement: </strong>Educate and train internal teams (Sales, Customer Success) on key financial topics to ensure they can confidently discuss complex non-profit financial matters with customers and prospects.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Content Distribution &amp; Integrated Campaign Project Management&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li><strong>Distribution Strategy:</strong> Develop multi-channel distribution strategy for content in collaboration with the broader marketing (ie SEO, social media, email, partnerships, paid channels) to maximize the reach and impact of all content.</li><li><strong>Lead Generation Focus: </strong>Work closely with the demand generation team to optimize content for conversions, driving marketing-qualified leads (MQLs) and sales pipeline.</li><li><strong>Performance Analysis: </strong>Track and analyze content performance metrics (traffic, engagement, conversion rates) and iterate on the content strategy to drive continuous improvement and ROI.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Integrated Marketing Campaign Project Management</strong></div><ul><li><strong>Campaign Ownership:</strong> Act as the Project Manager to lead, plan, and execute end-to-end integrated marketing campaigns focused on key nonprofit finance topics (e.g., year-end reporting, budgeting, compliance changes).</li><li><strong>Cross-Functional Coordination:</strong> Drive collaboration and timelines across internal teams, including Product Marketing, Design, Demand Generation, and Sales Enablement, ensuring all components (content, landing pages, emails, sales scripts) are delivered on time and align with campaign goals.</li><li><strong>Define Deliverables:</strong> Translate high-level marketing objectives into concrete content and distribution deliverables for each campaign, maintaining a master content and campaign calendar.</li></ul><div><br><strong>What we’re looking for (requirements):</strong></div><div><br></div><h3><strong>Required Skills &amp; Experience</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>Nonprofit Finance Expertise:</strong> <strong>3+ years of direct, hands-on experience in nonprofit or church accounting, bookkeeping, or finance</strong> (e.g., as a staff accountant, bookkeeper, treasurer, or auditor for non-profits).</li><li><strong>Content Marketing &amp; Writing:</strong> <strong>3+ years of experience in brand management or content marketing</strong>, with a strong portfolio showcasing well-written, complex B2B or specialized content.</li><li><strong>Audience Translation:</strong> Proven ability to translate complex financial and regulatory topics into clear, accessible, and actionable content for a target audience.</li><li><strong>Data-Driven Approach:</strong> Experience using analytics tools to measure content distribution success and inform strategy.</li><li><strong>Strong Collaboration:</strong> Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for working effectively with cross-functional teams (Product, Sales, Engineering).</li></ul><div><br></div><h3><strong>Preferred Attributes</strong></h3><ul><li>Experience using fund accounting software (ideally Aplos or a direct competitor).</li><li>Certification in a relevant field (e.g., CPA, Certified Nonprofit Accounting Professional).</li><li>Experience managing vendor relationships with designers, writers, and agencies.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Why work with us?</strong></div><div>If you need more convincing, here’s the rest of it:</div><ul><li>💵 Salary – <strong>US $99,000 - $110,000 USD, CAN $90,000 - $105,000 CAD. </strong>Your base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, experience, and geographic location.</li><li>🏝️ Paid Time Off<ul><li>Canada: Everyone gets 4 weeks paid leave plus 11 days of public holidays, as well as an ‘end of year shutdown’ which is an extra 2 week company holiday. Plus, you are entitled to generous paid sick leave.</li><li>US: US employees are eligible for open or paid discretionary time off (take time when you need it), plus 11 days of public holidays, as well as an ‘end of year shutdown’ which is an extra 2 week company holiday. Plus, you are entitled to generous paid sick leave.</li></ul></li><li>🌴 Work remotely – We’re a remote-first company - live and work wherever you’re happiest.</li><li>🤷 Training – We’ll support you when you want to learn new skills or pay for conference or course tickets.</li><li>❤️ Health Coverage &amp; Retirement<ul><li>Canada &amp; US: We offer robust medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverages and have a 4% match on Retirement.</li></ul></li></ul>

Brand Manager - Aplos

<div>The Graphic Designer supports The Gospel Coalition’s mission by creating compelling visual designs that communicate biblical truth with clarity and excellence. This role ensures TGC’s brand identity is consistently represented across digital, print, and social platforms. They serve as both a creative contributor and design steward, helping our team present resources in a visually engaging way—while maintaining alignment with TGC’s voice, brand standards, and theological commitments.</div><div><br></div><h3>Description</h3><div><strong>Reporting:</strong> To the Vice President of Operations</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Status:</strong> Part-Time / Remote</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Qualifications, Experience and Skills</strong></div><ul><li>3-5 years of professional design experience (freelance, agency, or ministry preferred)</li><li>Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and Figma.&nbsp;</li><li>Strong portfolio showcasing creative and versatile design work</li><li>Ability to design for print, digital, social media, and web platforms</li><li>Strong attention to detail with excellent typography, layout, and branding skills</li><li>Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines</li><li>Collaborative, flexible, and able to work with cross-functional teams</li><li>Strong communication skills and ability to translate ideas into visuals</li><li>Alignment with The Gospel Coalition’s mission, vision, and theological convictions</li><li>Servant-hearted attitude and commitment to excellence in ministry work</li><li>Understanding of marketing and the importance of compelling visual creative</li></ul><div><br><strong>Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Design graphics and visual assets for TGC’s digital platforms, social media, email, web, and print publications</li><li>Maintain consistency with TGC’s brand identity and visual standards across all projects</li><li>Collaborate with editorial, social, and development teams to translate content into compelling visual design</li><li>Develop creative concepts and layouts that support campaigns, events, and resource launches</li><li>Adapt existing designs for multiple formats, platforms, and audience needs</li><li>Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met with excellence</li><li>Provide design support for ministry-wide initiatives when necessary</li><li>Contribute creative input during planning meetings and brainstorming sessions</li><li>Ensure all designs uphold TGC’s theological commitments and mission-driven communication goals</li></ul><div><br><strong>Expectations</strong></div><ul><li>Work approximately 20 hours per week</li><li>Maintain proactive communication with the Production Coordinator regarding project status, priorities, and needs</li><li>Respond promptly to design requests and manage workload with professionalism and reliability</li><li>Stay current with design trends and best practices, applying insights to TGC’s visual communications</li><li>Ensure that all design work reflects theological clarity, organizational professionalism, and brand consistency</li><li>Uphold deadlines and deliver projects that meet or exceed quality standards</li><li>Model servant leadership and foster a collaborative, gospel-centered team culture</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>About The Gospel Coalition</h3><div>The Gospel Coalition exists to connect the contemporary Church to the ancient Gospel. We do this by providing vital resources and support to church leaders, ensuring they are equipped to faithfully serve their communities. By listening to their needs and delivering expert resources, we strengthen the foundation of pastoral work across the globe. We are an organization rooted in the local church, and we find joy in helping the church at large.</div>

Graphic Designer

<div><strong>About Grove9<br></strong><br></div><div>Grove9 is a full-service, mission-driven marketing agency based in Wichita, KS, dedicated to helping faith-driven organizations clarify their brand, grow their revenue, and make a greater impact.<br><br></div><div><strong>Description<br></strong><br></div><div>The Senior Brand Strategist plays a pivotal leadership role within Grove9, managing key client relationships and accounts, guiding brand strategy and execution, and driving growth opportunities for both clients and the agency. This role requires a blend of strategic thinking, marketing, and business acumen, balancing high-level brand management with day-to-day client engagement, agency strategy, and new business development. The right candidate will bring significant experience in organizational growth to help Grove9 achieve its goals and increase impact for our agency and the clients we serve.</div><div><br><strong>Key Role Responsibilities<br></strong><br></div><div><strong>Account Management &amp; Leadership</strong></div><ul><li>Serve as the senior point of contact for key client accounts, ensuring satisfaction, retention, impact, and account growth. Lead the development and execution of comprehensive brand and marketing strategies, from positioning and messaging to campaign rollout.</li><li>Translate client objectives into actionable plans—balancing creative vision with measurable organizational impact.</li><li>Successfully set and manage budgets, timelines, and resources, ensuring account and agency profitability.</li><li>Contribute to agency leadership planning and strategy to guide and shape Grove9’s marketing and processes to maximize growth and impact.</li></ul><div><br><strong>New Business Development</strong></div><ul><li>Identify and pursue opportunities to expand existing accounts and attract new clients aligned with Grove9’s capabilities, mission, and verticals.</li><li>Partner with leadership to craft compelling proposals, presentations, and pitches that showcase Grove9’s strategic and creative strengths and heart for Kingdom impact.</li><li>Build and maintain a strong network of industry relationships within target audiences to support long-term business growth.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Qualifications</strong></div><ul><li>Exemplify and live out the Grove9 core values, mission, and code.</li><li>5+ years of experience in brand management, marketing strategy, or agency leadership.</li><li>Proven success managing large or complex client accounts with strategic oversight and project management.</li><li>Strong understanding of brand strategy, marketing communications, digital ecosystems, and AI tools.</li><li>Exceptional communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage multiple priorities, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced environment.</li><li>Passion for, or experience with, faith-based child and family-serving organizations, including foster care, adoption, and/or pregnancy resource centers.</li><li>Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for building brands, growing business opportunities, and creating Kingdom impact.</li></ul>

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