Visual Designer

ACF Church; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

ACF Church seeks a Visual Designer to shape how visuals support ministry across campuses and platforms. You will craft engaging graphics, maintain the brand, and collaborate with ministry teams to translate ideas into clear visual communication.

Responsibilities include developing visual systems for sermon series, campaigns, and events, and delivering production-ready files for print and digital. A strong portfolio and team-friendly approach are essential, with experience in church settings

Qualifications

• Strong graphic design skills with a demonstrated portfolio.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) or equivalent.
• Strong typography, layout, color, hierarchy, and visual storytelling.
• Ability to translate ideas into strong visual concepts.
• Experience designing for digital, social, print, web, screens, and physical environments.
• Maintain brand consistency while developing fresh visual approaches.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced ministry environment.
• Attention to detail and production-ready files.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Independent yet collaborative with Communications Team and ministry leaders.
• Experience in church/nonprofit/agency environments is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Create graphics and visual assets that support ACF's mission, vision, ministries, campuses, and priorities.
• Develop visual identities and graphic systems for series, campaigns, and events.
• Design assets for social media, website, email, print, signage, and environments.
• Lead concept to final execution, scalable across formats and locations.
• Partner with Communications Director on overall creative direction.
• Maintain ACF's visual brand across campuses and platforms, creating templates and systems.
• Prepare final artwork and production-ready files for print and digital.
• Manage design projects and communicate timelines and changes.
• Contribute fresh ideas and stay current with design trends.
• Support church-wide initiatives and other creative needs as required.

Skills

Graphic design

Adobe Creative Suite

Typography

Layout & composition

Visual storytelling

Brand identity

Digital & print

Production files

Project management

Communication

Team collaboration

Church experience

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesign

Job description

The ACF Visual Designer helps shape how ACF is visually experienced across every campus, ministry, and communication platform. This role creates engaging, clear, and consistent graphics and visual assets that support the mission, vision, and ministry of ACF Church.

The Visual Designer works closely with the Communications Director and ministry teams to turn ideas, messages, and ministry initiatives into thoughtful visual communication. This person helps protect and develop the ACF brand while creating visuals that feel current, excellent, unified, and distinctly ACF.

Team: Communications

Department: Communications

Supervisor: Communications Director

Position Status: Full-Time

Personal Qualifications

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  Submits their life to God and the authority of His Word.
• Understands and supports ACF's vision and values and uses vision to filter decisions.
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  Embraces ACF Staff Core Values and cultural axioms.
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  Is committed to continual spiritual, personal, and professional growth.
• Is relational, collaborative, humble, and a team player.
• Receives feedback well and approaches creative collaboration with flexibility.
• Cares deeply about the local church and understands that creative work ultimately exists to serve people and point them toward Jesus.

Professional Qualifications

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  Strong graphic design skills with a demonstrated portfolio of visual work.
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  Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, or equivalent professional design software.
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  Strong understanding of typography, layout, composition, color, hierarchy, and visual storytelling.
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  Ability to translate ideas, messages, and creative direction into strong visual concepts.
• Understanding of designing for digital, social, print, web, screens, and physical environments.
• Able to maintain brand consistency while continuing to develop fresh and creative visual approaches.
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  Comfortable managing multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced ministry environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to prepare accurate production-ready files.
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  Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Able to work independently while remaining highly collaborative with the Communications Team and ministry leaders.
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  Experience in church, nonprofit, agency, or in-house creative environments is preferred.

Primary Responsibilities

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  Create graphics and visual assets that support ACF's mission, vision, ministries, campuses, and communication priorities.
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  Develop visual identities and graphic systems for sermon series, church-wide initiatives, events, campaigns, ministries, and seasonal moments.
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  Design assets for social media, digital platforms, website, email, weekend services, print, signage, environments, and other communication needs.
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  Take creative meetings and communication goals from concept through final visual execution, creating graphics that are scalable and adaptable across multiple formats and locations.
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  Partner with the Communications Director to carry out the overall creative and visual direction of ACF.
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  Maintain and strengthen ACF's visual brand across campuses, ministries, and platforms, including creating templates and design systems that promote consistency.
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  Prepare final artwork and production-ready files for print, digital, signage, screens, and other applications.
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  Manage assigned design projects, maintain organized design files and assets, and communicate proactively around timelines, needs, changes, and deadlines.
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  Participate in creative brainstorming, contribute fresh ideas, and stay aware of current design trends and tools that strengthen how ACF communicates visually.
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  Proactively support ACF's mission, vision, core values, and goals while assisting with additional creative projects, church-wide initiatives, events, and communication needs as required.