Freelance Visual Communication Design Jobs in Texas

Job Type
Full-time
Description
Texas Baptists is a convention of more than 5,300 Baptist churches. Active membership at a church supportive of Texas Baptists is a condition of employment. Texas Baptists makes all employment decisions based on its religious mission, purpose, and beliefs while otherwise complying with all federal, state, and local employment laws. The BGCT is dedicated to fair hiring practices and only relies on lawful exemptions to employment laws to the extent necessary to protect its religious mission, purpose, and beliefs.
BASIC FUNCTION:
The Design Manager leads the design team to deliver high-quality visual communications that advance the mission of Texas Baptists. This role combines creative direction and hands-on design with team leadership, ensuring consistent brand expression across print and digital platforms. The Design Manager builds strong relationships with internal clients, collaborates across Communications teams, and works with vendors as needed to support the production of effective and innovative design solutions.
Requirements
RESPONSIBILITIES/TASKS:
NOTE: Some descriptions may have more specific duties and/or goals and objectives attached to this form. Such attachments normally reflect unique aspects of specific locations, shifts, departments, etc.

1. Manage the work of the design team positions, such as graphic designers, production designers, and freelance designers.
2. Design original graphics, including logos, themes, and promotional pieces in a timely manner and with the highest quality output.
3. Follow established brand management guidelines and provide revisions as needed.
4. Maintain awareness of and integrate into daily work industry standards, best practices, and current trends in design.
5. Participate in design proofing and provide criticism and constructive feedback.
6. Maintain and improve internal client relations through meetings, consultations, presentations, giving and receiving feedback.
7. Maintain working relationships across teams within the department, including content, web, marketing, and project management, as well as ministries outside of the department.
8. Support relationships with print vendors, including factors such as color and paper options and quality, and press checks.
9. Participate in Communications Leadership team meetings.
10. Proactively collaborate with other Communications team members to conceptualize, produce, and deliver engaging content across a variety of platforms.
11. Where needed, train Texas Baptists staff on design and visual communication best practices and in-house standards to ensure all content is consistent with style and usage guidelines.
12. Attend meetings, training, and continuing education courses in person and online to stay current with new trends in design as required.
13. Assist Texas Baptists churches with design questions as time allows.
14. Promptly answer phones, take messages, and respond to requests for information accurately.
15. Maintain compliance with Texas Baptists' policies and procedures. Maintain compliance with all state and federal laws and regulatory requirements.
16. Perform other duties as required.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
NOTE: These requirements represent minimum levels in order to perform the job on a satisfactory basis. Candidates must have the ability to satisfactorily perform the essential functions of the job.
1. Active membership in an affiliated church.
2. A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Design, Art, Philosophy, or related fields from an accredited educational institution.
3. A minimum of three years of experience in Graphic Design or a related field.
4. A clear calling to serve in a ministry role.
5. Ability to continually demonstrate creativity through problem-solving with relevance and novelty.
6. Ability to design original graphics, logos, themes, promotional materials, publications, and other print and digital materials.
7. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
8. Ability to proof design content to ensure the highest possible quality of output.
9. Able to give and receive constructive criticism.
10. Excellent organizational skills, ability to manage multiple projects at the same time.
11. Ability to perform self-directed duties and supervise the work of others.
12. Proficient in Adobe Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop).
13. Commitment to continual development of design skills/abilities.
14. Experience with out of house printing and outsourcing of design projects.
15. Ability to conduct research and gather information to inform design.
16. Experience with budgeting, project management, graphic design, production design, and illustration.
17. Bilingual is preferred
18. Commitment to Christian principles and teachings both professionally and personally, with an understanding and commitment to Baptist distinctives.
19. Proficient task management skills.
20. Proficient ability to exhibit detail-oriented skills necessary to understand and manage a wide range of information from a vast amount of entities.
21. Proficient ability to speak, read, and write English.
22. Ability to travel to various geographic locations and some overnight stays.
23. Ability to speak clearly and make self-understood in face-to-face interactions; to articulate with accuracy on the telephone.
24. Ability to hear and receive verbal instructions, answer phones, and proficiently communicate in situations with some background noise.
25. Ability to concentrate on fine detail with some interruption; ability to focus attention on tasks for 45-60 minutes at a time on a continuous basis.
26. Ability to understand and relate to the theories behind several related concepts; ability to remember verbal and written tasks/assignments from a few hours to long periods of time.
27. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, vendors, churches, committees, organizations, etc.
28. Excellent organizational skills; ability to multitask.
29. Professionalism in the workplace to include professional and accurate communication with others.
30. Proficient working knowledge and ability to use various office software, including, but not limited to, Microsoft Word, Excel, Google email, and internet skills.
31. Ability to relate positively, influentially, and sensitively to a broad spectrum of persons in a variety of multi-tiered relationships and settings to include but not limited to clergy, laity, institutional staff/faculty, various Baptist organizations, churches of all sizes, cultural identities and worship styles, board and council members, Baptists of Texas and beyond.
32. Proficient ability to plan, administer, and report budgets.
33. Ability to provide strategic and logistical planning and facilitate meetings, conferences, workshops, and retreats as required.
34. Excellent listening skills, interpersonal skills, and relationship-building skills.
35. Excellent demonstrated leadership skills necessary to appropriately influence people to achieve a desired outcome.
36. Ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 10 pounds continuously to move objects.
37. Work deals mostly with areas such as preparing and reading data and figures, reports, and visual inspection involving small details. Although important, depth perception and field of vision (peripheral) are not as critical as the ability to distinguish small details and markings very near to the observer.
38. Ability to grasp, push, pull, carry, or otherwise manipulate objects; ability to perform tasks requiring action of muscles or groups of muscles and foot and/or hand-eye coordination.