Content Editor/Digital Content Specialist | Hybrid

This role will work with our HYFI team to edit assigned products and ensure the development of trustworthy content for ministry leaders. The Digital Content Specialist ensures biblical accuracy and edits according to the Baptist Faith and Message and conservative evangelical theology. The Digital Content Specialist ensures instructional soundness and relevance of the content to the target age group and audience. The Digital Content Specialist leads in-person and virtual training sessions as assigned.

Why Lifeway? 

Lifeway is a place where you can bring your faith and work experience to join in the most important mission in the world: making disciples of Jesus Christ. Whether you’re a creator or storyteller, data guru or problem-solver, or anywhere in between, if you’re passionate about serving the church, we have a place for you. Lifeway has a strong Work from Anywhere (WFA) culture that is deeply focused on our mission and values. While headquartered in Nashville, TN, many of our positions are remote-eligible and have autonomy and flexibility with work hours. We provide equipment and resources to ensure team members have access to a productive and ergonomic workspace. We believe building relationships and community is essential to how we work together, so Lifeway hosts all-team meetings several times per year and provides travel for key team gatherings for remote-based team members. Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in our comprehensive benefits plans including healthcare, vacation and sick time, holiday pay, care days, 401(k) plan, maternity and paternity leave, adoption assistance, mission trip time, and more. If this sounds like a place where you would be excited to serve the kingdom of God, we would love for you to join our team.

Learn more about our culture at team.lifeway.com/culture-code 

This is a hybrid remote/in-office position located in the greater Nashville, TN area.

• Collaborates between publishing team and media team to develop trustworthy content that fuels ministry by aligning with Scripture, Baptist Faith and Message, and conservative evangelical theology.
• Edits manuscripts with sensitivity to potentially controversial issues and to ensure conservative evangelical theology.
• Represents publishing team by being on-set for video shoots.
• Identifies, recruits, enlists and coordinates outside curriculum writers to develop fresh content for resources. Initiates contracts and requests payments for writers. 
• Monthly collaborates with IT team to design and deliver files for platform use.
• Regularly engages in conversations with church leaders to listen, encourage, and discover ways to develop resources based on relevant church practices and customer needs; provide training, virtually and in-person 8-10 times per year.
• Stays current with cultural issues and research pertaining to students in order to inform content accuracy. 
• Assists with curating, writing, and editing content/resources for parents and volunteers.
• Writes content for sessions and session scripts as needed

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Media/Video/Film production, Bible, Christian education, English, Journalism, or Communications

Experience:

• Editorial (3-5 years)
• Church staff and denominational experience (3-5 years)

Other Requirements:

• Ability to travel to attend meetings and to lead trainings (8-10 times per year)
• Efficient self-governing time management
• Ability to meet weekly/monthly/annual deadlines