Digital Content Editor | Hybrid

Lifeway is seeking a Digital Content Editor for our Kids Publishing Team! The Digital Content Editor ensures biblical accuracy and edits according to the Baptist Faith and Message, conservative evangelical theology, and high editorial standards. The Digital Content Editor ensures instructional soundness and relevance of the content to the target age group and audience. The Digital Content Editor is a key liaison between the publishing team and media team. 

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.

Relocation assistance available. #LI-Hybrid

• Lives out Lifeway’s mission and values, showing deep commitment to Kingdom work
• Oversees process of writing/finalizing manuscripts of video scripts.
• A key liaison between the publishing team and media team, including, but not limited to, setting meetings, coordinating script collaboration, and representing the publishing team by being on-set for video shoots, as assigned.
• 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.
• Regularly engages in conversations with church leaders to listen, encourage, and discover ways to develop resources based on relevant church practices and customer needs.
• Stays current with cultural issues and research pertaining to children and parents in order to inform content accuracy.
• Ability to travel to attend meetings and to be on video shoots (8-10 times per year)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Theology, Christian Education, English, or Communications- required

Masters degree- preferred 

Advanced graduate degree (PhD, etc.)- not required

Skills, Knowledge, & Experiences, required

• Editorial or writing experience (3-5 years)
• Ability to learn Ministry Grid platform
• Video Shoot experience (language and etiquette)
• Ability to come to the office in Brentwood, TN a few times a week for video shoots

Actively involved in an evangelical Christian church

Skills, Knowledge, & Experiences, preferred 

• Church staff or ministry experience, especially within kids ministry (preferred)
• SBC Church experience (preferred, not required)