Design Resident

Summary

As part of the Design team at The Austin Stone Community Church, the Design Resident will be responsible for visual design and application, including but not limited to collateral material, logo development, typography, photography, and web with a priority toward the Sunday Gathering. The Design Resident will routinely develop visual designs that effectively accomplish the goal of the assigned project.

The Design Resident will report to the Design Team Manager.

Essential Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other Graphic Designers to achieve the design needs of The Austin Stone Community Church, bringing new and fresh design initiatives to fruition and ideation.
• Help in managing the design templates and trainings for the Canva software 
• Develop visual design for designated requests and projects from our ministry leaders.
• Accomplish project assignments with excellence in a timely manner.   
• Interact with copywriters to develop creative concepts and executions of assigned project(s).
• Champion the design aesthetic for specific Austin Stone ministries, while maintaining consistency with the overall Austin Stone brand.
• Provide input in various phases of the design process.
• Assist with making presentations to ministry leaders.
• Attend, serve, and lead at all required events and activities for The Austin Stone and ASW, including all staff meetings, prayer meetings, special events, staff development days, etc.

Team Culture

The Design Team creates visual elements that add color and richness to every aspect of our church. This group of artists crafts and oversees graphics, environmental signage, and digital assets to mark each sermon series, event, program, or Austin Stone occasion. With their help, we get to experience the beauty of the gospel in a way that's visually impactful.

Austin Stone Culture

The current explicit values for The Austin Stone Community Church are:

• Ruled by God’s Word
• Christ-Centered in Focus
• Empowered by the Holy Spirit 
• Reliant on Prayer
• Committed to Covenant Community
• Gospel-Saturated in Discipleship
• Devoted to Equipping the Saints
• Relentless in Mission

As a member of our staff, the employee is expected to fully embrace these core values and seek to teach them to others as well.

Employees of The Austin Stone are expected to become partners (our term for members) of the church, fully embracing the values, mission, and purposes. Additionally, all employees of The Austin Stone are expected to understand, affirm, and adhere to our Affirmation of Faith, bylaws, culture map, and other documents defining the beliefs, culture, and mission of The Austin Stone.

Disclaimer 

The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job. 

Culture and Character 

Employees of The Austin Stone are expected to become partners of the church, fully embracing the values, mission, and purposes. Additionally, all employees of The Austin Stone are expected to understand, affirm, and adhere to our Affirmation of Faith, bylaws, culture map, and other documents defining the beliefs, culture, and mission of The Austin Stone.

Employees must also possess the character qualifications of biblical leadership in the church. At a minimum, each employee must agree and aspire to maturity in these qualifications, invite the authority of church community and leaders as a means of growth in them, and pursue them humbly and faithfully by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Please read Attributes of Leaders as Employees at The Austin Stone for a greater description of cultural, character, and other aspects of joining our team at The Austin Stone. 

‍The Austin Stone Community Church is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Women, Minorities, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.