Employment at Northwoods Church
Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at Northwoods Community Church. Please take a few minutes to review the current job openings, then complete the application form below.
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Current Openings
Part time
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Chillicothe Campus
- Recruitment and Care: Recruit and develop volunteers to be a part of the worship and production team.
- Development: Work side-by-side with the Creative Arts Team in developing musical excellence and creativity in this ministry.
- Brainstorm: Meet as scheduled with the Music Team and Creative Arts Team for planning of the services.
- Reports: Provide regular reports to the Lead Worship Pastor and Production Pastor for the purpose of accountability and assistance in accomplishing goals.
- Train: Implement training process as led by the Lead Worship Pastor and Production Pastor to raise up volunteers who adhere to church philosophies and standards of excellence.
- Rehearsals: Leading rehearsals for Sunday services.
- Schedule: Schedule Chillicothe teams for worship and production teams.
- Technical: Oversee the care of all the technical equipment and gear for Chillicothe including set up and tear down processes.
- Lead Worship: Lead the congregation in Chillicothe Sunday services 3 times per month.
- Personal Development
- Creative Arts Meetings: Attend departmental, supervisory, and music team meetings.
- Staff Meetings: Attend Staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
- Chillicothe Meetings: Attend meeting with Chillicothe Campus pastor for campus-specific matters.
Interaction with Others
This person will work closely with Creative Arts Staff, Technical Arts Pastor and the Volunteer Worship Leaders in set planning, creative element implementation, weekend service reviews, cross-team troubleshooting, and special event planning and execution. He/she will also lead and develop relationships with Creative Arts volunteers at multisites.
Required Skills/Abilities
This person must be a creative person with leadership abilities. An understanding of a presence-driven worship is necessary. Must be a team player willing to work with others and develop teams. Pastoral training and leadership development experience is preferred. Proficiency on a rhythm sections instrument is preferred.
Beneficial Software Knowledge
Office Suite, Planning Center Online, Finale, ProPresenter, Vista, Ableton
Beneficial Spiritual Gifts
Leadership, Shepherding, and Teaching
Educational and Experience
Bachelor’s in Music or Ministry-related field helpful but not required
Full-Time / Part-Time
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Creative Content Associate advances the mission of Northwoods Church through compelling stories; primarily telling stories through video and related digital mediums [media]. The Creative Content Associate works alongside the rest of the Digital Creative Team using time and talent to help all ministries of Northwoods Church maximize the power of stories that inspire life change. The Creative Content Associate’s primary focus is leading content creation for activities beyond the Sunday service by providing production resources for classes, groups, and events.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Creative
- Collaboration: Work alongside the Digital Innovation Pastor, Production Pastor, Communications Pastor, Online & Social Media Pastor, and the entire Digital Creative Team to foster excellence and imagination across all ministries.
- Ideation: Meet regularly with the Digital Innovation Pastor and others to brainstorm creative ideas for ministry needs.
- Creation: Plan and produce digital media projects, including video, graphics, and photography to support Northwoods services and ministries.
- Innovation: Discover new music, fresh ideas, breakthrough technology, and inventive methods of communicating Northwoods sermons, activities, and related engagement opportunities.
- Production
- Live: Serve in rotation for live video production roles to support all services and special events in the auditorium and other venues. Roles include director, graphics, playback, switcher, and camera ops.
- Ministry Projects: Partner with team members to execute shoots and projects.
- Leadership
- Volunteers: Recruit, envision, and equip volunteers of different skill levels, experience, and availability to carry out Digital Innovation responsibilities.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
INTERACTION WITH OTHERS
The Creative Content Associate will work closely with the Digital Innovation Pastor, Communications Pastor, Online & Social Media Pastor, and Production Pastor, as well as have frequent interaction with other staff and with volunteers at all campuses. The Creative Content Associate is expected to develop and maintain working relationships using positive, cooperative, professional interactions with staff, outside agencies, and other individuals.
DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
The Creative Content Associate must be a creative person with leadership abilities. Organizational and time management skills are essential. Must be an effective communicator willing to work with others to develop cohesive teams. Must be able to take criticism on items produced and tailor the product for the customer’s specifications. Should have experience shooting and producing field segments and have experience in live video production.
BENEFICIAL SPIRITUAL GIFTS
Creative Communication, Leadership, and Administration
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Experience in a live video production environment with experience in graphic design, character generation, and non-linear video editing is also essential. Software: Adobe Creative Cloud. Advanced knowledge in 3D is a plus.
Full-Time
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Video Systems Associate advances the mission of Northwoods Church by designing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting digital video systems. The Video Systems Associate works alongside the rest of the Digital Creative Team to help all ministries of Northwoods Church maximize the usefulness of video systems in the context of services, activities, and online channels. The Video Systems Associate’s primary focus is live event video system support and operational maintenance.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Infrastructure and Systems Support
- Systems Support: Provide daily support, scheduling, maintenance, documentation, and asset tracking of all video, broadcast and streaming systems (as iMag, CCTV, site-to-site broadcast, streaming) and equipment including cameras, routing hardware, switches, IP infrastructure and more.
- Preventative Maintenance: Ongoing system maintenance and strategic upgrades to foster a stable environment in video control and all client ministries.
- Strategy: Analyze organizational needs and industry trends closely working with service providers to design a long-term plan for technology improvements and upgrades. Continuously explore fresh and creative ways to deliver digital content ensuring we have the right tools to avoid becoming “stale”.
- Live Events Support Lead
- AVL Support Lead: Provide technical support during all live events in video control for iMag, site-to-site broadcast, and streaming.
- Multisite: Facilitate communication and resourcing for excellent multisite technical support.
- Creative
- Video Production: Shoot, edit and finalize video projects, and create graphics as needed.
- Training: Cross train with other team positions.
- Leadership
- Excellence: Work alongside the Digital Innovation Pastor, Production Pastor, Communications Pastor, Online & Social Media Pastor, and the entire Digital Creative Team to foster excellence and imagination across all ministries.
- Volunteers: Leverage the skills, experience, and availability of volunteers to assist with all aspects of video infrastructure. Work closely with the Live Video Associate to train and care for volunteers.
- Budget: Provide foundational input to create the plan for yearly operating and long-term capital spending plans for video equipment in across all campuses.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational maters.
INTERACTION WITH OTHERS
The Video Systems Associate will work closely with the Digital Innovation Pastor and Production Pastor as well as have frequent interaction with other staff and with volunteers at all campuses. The Video Systems Associate is expected to develop and maintain working relationships using positive, cooperative, professional interactions with staff, outside agencies, and other individuals.
DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
The Video Systems Associate must be a creative person with leadership abilities. Organizational and time management skills are essential. Must be an effective communicator willing to work with others to develop cohesive teams. Must be able to take criticism on items produced and tailor the product for the customer’s specifications. Should have experience shooting and producing field segments and have experience in live video production.
BENEFICIAL SPIRITUAL GIFTS
Creative Communication, Leadership, and Administration
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Experience in a live video production environment with experience in graphic design, character generation, and non-linear video editing is also essential. Experience supporting a broadcast environment and systems; experience with network integrated systems is a plus. Software: Adobe Creative Cloud. Advanced knowledge in 3D is a plus.
Full-Time
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Live Production Associate advances the mission of Northwoods Church by coordinating volunteer and staff teams to sustain live video production of Sunday services and other live events. The Live Production Associate also facilitates creative, visually excellent media content for Sunday services and special events. The Live Production Associate’s primary focus is overseeing video operations of our live events and preparing content for our Sunday services.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Administration: Organize and manage Sunday service and special event video production schedules, CCLI compliance, and volunteer assignments for all roles including directing, graphics, video playback, video switching, camera ops, etc.
- Content: Oversee planning and production of video content for Sunday services. Collaborate with the Digital Creative team to shoot, edit, and finalize video and graphics for Sunday services and special events. Coordinate with the Music and Technical teams to create visually appealing center & side screen content to support the Sunday worship experience.
- Innovation: Continuously explore fresh and creative ways to deliver media content. Ensure that frequently recurring projects (video testimonies, pre-service announcement videos, sermon bumpers, etc.) do not become stale.
- Creative Collaboration: Work side-by-side with the Digital Innovation Team in developing excellence and creativity thru visual storytelling for ministry projects beyond the weekend.
- Training: Cross train with other team positions.
- Innovation: Discover new music, fresh ideas, breakthrough technology, and inventive methods of communicating Northwoods sermons, activities, and related engagement opportunities.
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General Production
- Leadership
- Excellence: Work alongside the Digital Innovation Pastor, Production Pastor, Communications Pastor, Online & Social Media Pastor, and the entire Digital Innovation Team to foster excellence and imagination across all ministries.
- Volunteers: Recruit, envision, and equip volunteers of different skill levels, experience, and availability to carry out Digital Innovation responsibilities.
- Budget: Provide foundational input to create the plan for yearly operating and long-term capital spending plans for video equipment in the auditorium.
- Staff Meetings: Attend staff meetings for global, visionary, and organizational matters.
INTERACTION WITH OTHERS
The Live Production Associate will work closely with the Digital Innovation Pastor, Communications Pastor, Online & Social Media Pastor, and Production Pastor, as well as have frequent interaction with other staff and with volunteers at all campuses. The Live Production Associate is expected to develop and maintain working relationships using positive, cooperative, professional interactions with staff, outside agencies, and other individuals.
DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
The Live Production Associate must be a creative person with leadership abilities. Organizational and time management skills are essential. Must be an effective communicator willing to work with others to develop cohesive teams. The Live Video Associate will have experience producing and directing live events and field segments, as well as a working knowledge of the content creation process.
BENEFICIAL SPIRITUAL GIFTS
Creative Communication, Leadership, and Administration
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Experience in a live video production environment with experience in graphic design, character generation, and non-linear video editing is also essential. Software: Adobe Creative Cloud. Advanced knowledge in 3D is a plus.
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