Creative Art Director & Team Leader

The Crossing; Chesterfield (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Crossing is seeking an experienced Art Director to lead the Creative Team across weekend services, campaigns, events, video, design, and digital content. You will translate ministry goals into clear, compelling creative work and mentor a team toward excellence.

You will maintain brand integrity, guide visual storytelling, and collaborate with ministry leaders to serve their needs while delivering high-quality outputs across channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, marketing, media production, advertising, communications, or a related field
• Ten or more years of progressive experience in art direction, creative direction, design leadership, communications, agency work, church media, nonprofit communications, or a comparable environment
• Three or more years of direct experience leading, coaching, and developing creative professionals or creative project teams
• A portfolio demonstrating high-level design, strategic creative thinking, brand stewardship, visual communication, and ideally, work across both design and video

Responsibilities

• Lead The Crossing’s Creative Team, building a healthy team culture marked by trust, curiosity, collaboration, spiritual maturity, creative courage, ownership, and a shared commitment to excellent work.
• Lead regular team meetings, creative reviews, brainstorms, planning conversations, and project debriefs that strengthen both the work and the people creating it.
• Provide overarching creative direction for The Crossing’s visual communication and storytelling across weekend services, ministries, campaigns, events, print, video, social media, web, and other digital channels, translating ministry goals, teaching themes, organizational priorities, and stories of life change into thoughtful, compelling, and executable creative work.
• Maintain, protect, and help develop The Crossing’s brand by establishing a high standard for creativity, storytelling, design, visual quality, clarity, editorial judgment, brand alignment, and the overall audience experience.
• Review creative work and provide clear, constructive feedback that strengthens final deliverables and develops the people responsible for them.
• Serve as a working manager, contributing directly to creative development and stepping into design projects, video shoots, production problem-solving, and high-priority work when needed.
• Partner with the Communications Director to develop, manage, and steward the Creative Team budget, including staffing needs, contractors, equipment, software, subscriptions, freelance support, and other creative resources.
• Build relationships with leaders across all of our ministries, helping uncover ways our team can serve their needs.

Skills

Creative leadership

Team development

Multi-channel design

Brand stewardship

Typography & layout

Video production knowledge

Budget stewardship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, visual communication, marketing, media production, advertising, communications, or related field

10+ years of progressive experience in art direction/creative leadership

3+ years leading creative teams

Portfolio demonstrating high-level design and video work

Tools

Typography

Layout & composition

Brand systems

Video production

Editing workflows

Job description

The Crossing is seeking an experienced Art Director to lead the Creative Team across weekend services, campaigns, events, video, design, and digital content. You will translate ministry goals into clear, compelling creative work and mentor a team toward excellence.

You will maintain brand integrity, guide visual storytelling, and collaborate with ministry leaders to serve their needs while delivering high-quality outputs across channels.