Director of Communications

Principal Function

Lead FPC’s marketing and communications to clearly and compassionately communicate who we are and what we do to two primary audiences: the external community and our partners serving those in need as well as the internal congregation to deepen engagement with our ministries and missions. Ensure all messaging reflects the gospel and FPC’s mission, vision, and brand.

Required Skills

•     Excellent written and verbal communication for diverse audiences

•     Strategic thinking with strong planning, multi‑tasking, and organizational skills

•     Experience in community outreach, media relations, and stakeholder engagement

•     Team leadership and vendor management (staff, volunteers, and media)

•     Attention to detail, accurate data entry, and basic budgetary competence

•     Ability to produce accessible, culturally sensitive, and theologically faithful content

Work Schedule

Monday–Friday (weekend availability as required)

Key Responsibilities

External (focus: community and partners)

•  Develop and execute marketing and communications strategies that raise awareness of FPC’s programs serving the hungry, poor, unhoused, incarcerated, and other vulnerable groups.

•  Build and maintain relationships with community partners, service agencies, and local media to amplify impact and coordinate outreach.

•  Produce clear, compassionate content (e.g., print, website, social, video, ads, and signage) that communicates services, volunteer opportunities, and ways to donate or partner.

•  Manage the FPC brand in community-facing materials to ensure trust, clarity, and accessibility.

•  Track and report outreach metrics to measure community awareness, referrals, and partnership growth to the Session and church leadership.

Internal (focus: congregation and volunteers)

•  Create targeted campaigns and editorial calendars that inspire our congregation’s engagement in worship, ministries, missions, and volunteer opportunities.

•  Produce timely internal communications (e.g., email, Realm, bulletin, social media, and video posts) that make it easy for members to act, serve, give, and connect.

•  Support ministry leaders with materials, messaging, and training to improve volunteer recruitment and retention.

•  Implement feedback channels and metrics to gauge member awareness, participation, and satisfaction.

Content and Brand Management

•  Serve as creative director and managing editor for all content, including supervising staff, volunteers, freelancers, and contractors.

•  Ensure all messaging is grammatically correct, doctrinally faithful, and consistent with FPC’s mission, vision, brand, and accessibility standards.

•  Maintain quality control for campus signage and branded materials to communicate clearly to all audiences.

•  Oversee content for FPC’s website and Realm app to support both outreach and member engagement.

Operations and Leadership

•  Set project timelines, manage workflows, and meet ministry deadlines and budget guidelines.

•  Support development/fundraising and other types of communications in collaboration with the Communications Committee, other committee leaders, and the Session.

•  Report to the Director of Administration and serve on FPC’s leadership team; participate in staff meetings and retreats.

•  Follow financial transaction policies, employee handbook, and ministry objectives; interact professionally and kindly with the congregation, visitors, and partners.

•  Plan proactively, including scheduling time for rest and professional development.

Qualifications

•       Proven experience in church, nonprofit, or community communications, or equivalent.

•       Experience with media relations, digital platforms (website, email, and social media), and content production.

•       Commitment to FPC’s mission, vision and theological values.

We welcome all people, regardless of race, creed, ability, disability, health care needs, age, sexuality or citizenship status. Women are celebrated in leadership roles throughout the church. Since 1835, our congregation has fed the hungry, clothed the naked, and welcomed the stranger, feeding 300 families each week, providing a safe space and assistance for mental health support groups, and providing afternoon tutoring, care, and support to 30 under served children and their families, most of whom speak English as a second language. In this church family, the vulnerable are embraced and the dignity and humanity of each person is celebrated. If you are passing through, we pray safe travels. If you are here to stay, we welcome you home and invite you to join in our mission.