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Is God calling you to ministry?

For over 70 years, The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) has proclaimed the Gospel through its various ministries. Whether you work at our headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Billy Graham Training Center at the Cove (BGTC) in Asheville, North Carolina, Blue Ridge Broadcasting (BRB) in Asheville, North Carolina or a field office abroad, you are part of a team of committed Christians working together to reach people to the ends of the earth with the Gospel.

CHRISTIAN PURPOSE AND EXPECTATIONS:

All employees proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ through their employment, and thereby further BGEA’s religious mission.

Department Detail – The Communications Department at BGEA consists of the following areas: project management, ecommerce, email marketing, advertising, public relations/social media/promotion, creative services (graphic design, content writing/proofing and production), and Decision magazine, our official monthly publication. The department tells the story of what God is doing through the BGEA by creating print and online content that support the organization’s mission of proclaiming the Gospel, negotiating paid and leveraging unpaid promotional placements, and engaging new and existing supporters with targeted content using a combination of indirect and direct communications channels.

Job Summary – The Senior Graphic Designer develops creative visual communications that advance the ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). This role partners with internal ministry clients to transform ideas into compelling print and digital designs, leading projects from concept development through final production while ensuring exceptional creative quality and technical excellence. Success in this role requires strong creative judgment, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to adapt creative solutions in response to evolving ministry priorities and stakeholder feedback.

Ministry Requirements

• Maintains a personal, active relationship with Jesus Christ and is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ
• Faithfully upholds BGEA in prayer
• Participates in daily BGEA staff devotions including Bible reading, and leading group prayer as schedule permits
• Demonstrates behavior aligned with BGEA’s Mission Statement, Statement of Faith, Hallmarks, policies, and expectations
• Effectively represents Jesus Christ to those within both personal and professional spheres of influence

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides excellent quality layout and design for communications projects, producing detailed comps through completion of electronic graphic and layout files
• Identifies main project message or objective, translating it into a strong, effective graphic communication
• Develops creative solutions to problems, thinking through concepts both individually and with team members, and reviewing work objectively
• Performs expert skill level, “hands on” technical aspects of production work
• Works with a variety of internal clients to help define projects and to develop concepts and effective, creative solutions
• Communicates with production staff and external vendors regarding job specifications and other details
• Reviews, prepares, and collects electronic layout and support files for print vendors, clearly communicating specifications and accurately documenting job details
• Records or electronically transmits CD or DVD versions of collected project files
• Executes electronic photo color correction and design technique to the highest standards
• Performs layout corrections after proofreading review, and performs press checks to ensure that quality standards are met

Marginal Duties and Responsibilities

• Archives files and photographs
• Photographs basic still-life arrangements in photo studio or on location
• Assists with technical aspects of production work, including ensuring that departmental software and hardware are up to date; coordinates acquisition of digital photographs, original art, fonts, and other resources needed for project completion
• Designs portions of Decision Magazine and coordinates the acquisition of digital photographs, original art, fonts and other resources needed
• Operates image scanning equipment
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job Specifications

Skills and Knowledge

• Bachelor-level or technical school/college degree/certification, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent design, creativity, conceptualization and technical skills
• Knowledge and proficiency in design on Macintosh system and with Creative Suite software (InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop)
• Web design (adobe XD) and motion design (Adobe Express) experience is beneficial
• Excellent understanding of all aspects of print production process
• Ability to communicate effectively with clients, exercising discretion in interpreting their needs
• Ability to maintain a strong Christian witness to colleagues, vendors, charitable beneficiaries, and the general public, to display Christian testimony within and without the workplace, and to exhibit a passion to serve Jesus through BGEA
• Ability to work both independently and with direction
• Ability to fulfill multiple assignments, projects, and priorities simultaneously
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility when job parameters, deadlines, or directions change

Physical/Mental Demands

• Ability to work for extended periods at computer workstation
• Ability to work productively under deadline pressures and with multiple interruptions
• Ability to work closely with others in development and coordination of ideas
• Ability to work extended hours as necessary
• Note: This division is controlled by deadlines. Occasionally, working beyond standard hours and without prior notice is necessary.

Working Conditions

• Conventional office environment

Mission Statement

Continuing the lifelong work of Billy Graham, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association exists to support and extend the evangelistic calling and ministry of Franklin Graham by proclaiming the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to all we can by every effective means available to us and by equipping the church and others to do the same.

Statement of Faith

These core beliefs make up the foundation upon which all our ministry endeavors are based.

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God revealing the love of God to the world.  (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 3:16).
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
  (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6).
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15).
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, we believe that God will reward the righteous with eternal life in heaven, and that He will banish the unrighteous to everlasting punishment in hell. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7).
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10).
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15).
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  (1