Staff Communications Strategist

Pinelake Church; Flowood (MS); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Pinelake Church is seeking a Staff Communications Specialist to join the Creative Team. The role plans, writes, and delivers clear, timely internal communications to staff across campuses, ensuring alignment with the church’s mission and vision.

You will partner with executive leadership and ministry teams to translate priorities into engaging, actionable messages. Candidates should excel in writing, editing, and project management, shaping culture and trust through consistent internal

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, English, or related field preferred.
• Three or more years of professional communication, marketing, journalism, public relations, or related experience preferred.
• Experience supporting organizational leaders through communication is highly valued.
• Experience in ministry or nonprofit communication is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop communication strategies that support organizational initiatives, ministry launches, and leadership priorities.
• Build communication plans that ensure staff receive the right information at the right time.
• Help leaders communicate organizational change with clarity and confidence.
• Maintain a strategic editorial calendar for internal communications.
• Plan, write, edit, and distribute staff communications through email, newsletters, text messaging, the intranet, and other internal channels.
• Establish consistent communication rhythms that keep staff informed without overload.
• Ensure all communication reflects Pinelake’s voice, values, and commitment to excellence.
• Partner with executive leadership, pastors, and ministry leaders to communicate vision, priorities, initiatives, and updates.
• Draft emails, presentations, talking points, FAQs, scripts, announcements, and other leadership communications.
• Serve as a trusted communication advisor by helping leaders communicate with clarity, consistency, and purpose.
• Manage and continually improve Pinelake’s internal communication platforms, including the staff intranet and other digital tools.
• Keep staff resources organized, current, and easily accessible.
• Evaluate communication effectiveness and recommend improvements to systems, processes, and rhythms.
• Capture and share stories that celebrate ministry impact, staff wins, and God’s work across Pinelake.
• Highlight organizational milestones and initiatives that reinforce mission, vision, and culture.
• Help staff remain connected to the bigger story of what God is doing through the church.
• Collaborate with designers, videographers, photographers, web developers, social media specialists, and others to create engaging internal communication.
• Ensure internal communication reflects the same level of excellence, consistency, and creativity as Pinelake’s external communication.
• Contribute to communication planning for major churchwide initiatives and campaigns.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Confidentiality

Communication strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communications or related field

Three+ years professional communication experience

Tools

Microsoft 365

Google Workspace

CMS

Project management software

Adobe Creative Cloud

Canva

Job description

Pinelake Church is seeking a Staff Communications Specialist to join the Creative Team. The role plans, writes, and delivers clear, timely internal communications to staff across campuses, ensuring alignment with the church’s mission and vision.

You will partner with executive leadership and ministry teams to translate priorities into engaging, actionable messages. Candidates should excel in writing, editing, and project management, shaping culture and trust through consistent internal