<div>Since Billy Graham founded Christianity Today in 1956, we have lifted up the most powerful stories and transformative ideas the world has ever seen or heard.</div><div><br>Over six decades later, we reach 4.5 million leaders each month through in-depth reporting and striking commentary, redemptive storytelling, global perspective, groundbreaking podcasts and dynamic content.<br><br></div><div>It has never been more important for the church to be the church, and, in this crucial moment, CT encourages and equips her to be the hands and feet of Jesus.</div><div><br></div>

<div><strong>Description</strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Christianity Today’s (CT) Vice President of Marketing guides marketing efforts across the organization, with an emphasis on membership and revenue growth, and developing a culture of innovation within the marketing team. Under your leadership, the ideal marketing culture will embrace data-informed decision making, celebrate testing new ideas and failing fast, and seek to improve the customer experience at every step of their journey. In this role, you will be responsible for recruiting, retaining, developing, and supporting a world-class team of marketers and acting as liaison to other departments.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Job Functions and Responsibilities</strong></div><div>1. Overseeing CT’s Marketing efforts, working closely with the marketing team to innovate and grow in reach, impact, and membership.</div><ul><li>Identify key customer journeys, setting goals for each audience group, and leading effective marketing efforts to create value at every step of the customer journey.&nbsp;</li><li>Build a culture among CT’s marketing team that aims to better understand and serve the audience, establish KPIs, and improve user experience and conversion metrics across every segment of the marketing funnel (including reach, awareness, engagement, conversion, and brand advocacy).&nbsp;</li><li>Lead weekly Marketing Strategy meetings and serve liaison to other departments to ensure the marketing team’s strategy aligns with broader organizational goals and OKRs.&nbsp;</li><li>Maintain CT’s annual marketing plan and quarterly goals, communicating these priorities across the organization and to key ministry partners as needed.&nbsp;</li><li>Meet regularly with marketing staff to define goals, celebrate successes, and invest in professional growth and development.</li></ul><div><br>2. Leading CT’s Market Research &amp; Brand Strategy.</div><ul><li>Design and execute impactful quantitative and qualitative research to support marketing and communications efforts across the organization.</li><li>Work closely with CT’s creative director to develop marketing standards and voice within CT’s official Brand Book, including a messaging house, and guide marketing efforts to meet those standards.</li><li>Deliver a global POV, connecting dots and articulating actionable strategic insights that are forward-looking and consistent with CT’s mission and brand identity.&nbsp;</li><li>Offer consistent strategic consultation by building trusted partnerships with key internal stakeholders, offering a strong strategic point of view, and challenging where needed.</li></ul><div><br>3. Work closely with the UX &amp; Product Strategy team to bring new products and product versions to market, including leading pricing and messaging strategies.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>4. Hire, coach, and develop marketing team members with a goal of building a world-class team of marketers and brand strategists.<br>&nbsp;</div><div>5. Creating and evaluating annual budgets for all marketing operations, ensuring each activity/campaign contributes to a net-positive bottom line.<br>&nbsp;</div><div>6. Perform additional job-related duties as assigned.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><div>The ideal candidate is a self-driven, innovative leader who plans and oversees the strategic vision for CT’s overall marketing strategy. As a result, they have orchestrated numerous successful integrated marketing campaigns and can point to measurable increases in brand awareness, consideration, and lifetime value. This executive excels in strategic resource allocation, building collaborative, high performing teams, ensuring operational alignment, and redefining what it means to deliver excellence.</div><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree required (MBA, marketing, journalism, and/or business administration preferred).&nbsp;</li><li>Experience working directly with C-Level executives is required&nbsp;</li><li>Demonstrable experience in qualitative and quantitative research, including hands-on experience in developing discussion guides, surveys, and data analysis&nbsp;</li><li>Experience managing agencies/vendors&nbsp;</li><li>Experience with brand strategy (e.g., brand platforms, brand architecture, identity), positioning, campaign development, messaging, and copy testing research&nbsp;</li><li>Strong business acumen, including an understanding of industry trends&nbsp;</li><li>A global mindset informed by experience conducting international research&nbsp;</li><li>Strong communicator with a bias toward action to proactively collaborate across the organization</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Essential Traits</strong></div><ul><li>Spiritual Maturity – You strive to represent Christ in all you do, aiming to give God the glory for every success and relying on Him to overcome challenges.&nbsp;</li><li>Self-Motivated – You have a consistent drive to achieve your personal and professional goals.&nbsp;</li><li>Intellectual Curiosity – You have an innate desire to learn and understand concepts and ask thoughtful questions, taking initiative to develop areas of expertise and knowledge.&nbsp;</li><li>Critical Thinking – You can find and synthesize information, apply logic to problems and quickly analyze to provide a recommended course of action.&nbsp;</li><li>Humility – You are coachable, acknowledging your own strengths and weaknesses, and willing to accept feedback and adapt accordingly.</li></ul><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Additional Information</strong>&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><ul><li>Christianity Today offers a comprehensive benefits package. Check out our <a href="https://www.christianitytoday.org/careers/">careers page</a> to learn more!</li></ul><div><strong>Employment Details</strong></div><ul><li>CT's headquarters are located in Illinois.&nbsp;</li><li>This is a fully remote position.</li><li>This full time position has a workweek of 37.50 hours per week.</li><li>This is a salaried position with an Exempt FLSA status.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><div><em>Exact compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and location.</em></div><div><br><strong>Salary Description</strong></div><div>Annual Salary Range: $120,000 - $125,000</div>

Vice President of Marketing

<div><strong>Description</strong></div><div>Christianity Today (CT) is looking for a Data Analyst to play a central role in CT’s Business Operations team. In this role, you will work closely with CT’s Data Architect and the VP of Marketing Operations to explore data and deliver insights to drive better business decisions and ROI across the organization, manage our various databases, automate reporting and work processes, and help integrate and connect various platforms in our tech stack.</div><div><br></div><div>By effectively managing data and delivering insights, you will assist in creating a better experience for visitors and CT members around the world, and your efforts will make an immediate difference through CT’s growing Kingdom impact.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Job Functions and Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li><strong>Reporting and Presentation:</strong> Work closely with various teams, including marketing, finance, and editorial, to share the latest insights through comprehensive reports and presentations.</li><li><strong>Visualization and Dashboarding:</strong> Create and update charts and dashboards to visualize data effectively, ensuring stakeholders have easy access to critical information.</li><li><strong>KPI Monitoring: </strong>Define and monitor business KPIs to evaluate trends and detect abnormalities, providing actionable insights for decision-makers.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Data Preparation &amp; Cleaning: </strong>Prepare and clean data according to the needs of various teams and projects, ensuring accuracy and usability.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Ad Hoc Analysis: </strong>Conduct ad hoc analyses to address specific business questions and provide timely insights for decision-making.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Data Accuracy: </strong>Ensure the accuracy of data by implementing quality control processes and regular audits to maintain data integrity.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Collaboration:</strong> Assist other data professionals to enhance data workflows and optimize analytical processes.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Education:</strong> Promote data literacy within the organization by educating staff on data-related best practices and tools, fostering a data-driven culture.&nbsp;</li><li>Perform additional job-related duties as assigned.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ul><li>Minimum of 2 years: relational databases and SQL. Knowledge of Snowflake is a plus.</li><li>Minimum of 1 year: data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI, matplotlib, ggplot2, etc.)</li><li>Degree in computer science, information systems, statistics, mathematics, or other relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience</li><li>Advanced proficiency in Excel required</li><li>Research or work experience with Python, R, or Julia preferred.</li><li>It would be a plus if you possess experience and familiarity with any of the following platforms: ActiveCampaign, BigCommerce, Blackbaud, Drift, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hubspot, Megaphone, Piano, Sage Intacct, Shopify, Squarespace, Stripe, Substack, WordPress, Zapier, Zendesk&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to present data and insights clearly, both in technical details and in layman's terms&nbsp;</li><li>Demonstrates ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written)&nbsp;</li><li>Strong data manipulation, analysis, and visualization skills&nbsp;</li><li>Ability to work in a team and independently.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Essential Traits</strong></div><ul><li>Spiritual Maturity – You strive to represent Christ in all you do, aiming to give God the glory for every success and relying on Him to overcome challenges.&nbsp;</li><li>Critical Thinking – You can find and synthesize information, apply logic to problems, and quickly analyze to provide a recommended course of action.&nbsp;</li><li>Curiosity – You have an innate desire to learn and understand systems and ask thoughtful questions, taking initiative to develop areas of expertise and knowledge.&nbsp;</li><li>Detail-Oriented – You have a natural attention-to-detail and always double-check and verify your work.&nbsp;</li><li>Organization – You are structured and thoughtful in prioritizing projects and carrying them onto completion.&nbsp;</li><li>Self-Motivated – You have a consistent drive to initiate and drive projects to completion with minimal guidance.&nbsp;</li><li>Technically-Minded – You are a technologist who loves to dig deep to understand, learn, and master new skills, and love when there is a problem to solve.</li></ul><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Additional Information</strong>&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><ul><li>Christianity Today offers a comprehensive benefits package. Check out our <a href="https://www.christianitytoday.org/careers/">careers page</a> to learn more!</li></ul><div><br><strong>Employment Details</strong></div><ul><li>CT's headquarters are located in Illinois.&nbsp;</li><li>This is a fully remote position.</li><li>This full time position has a workweek of 37.50 hours per week.</li><li>This is a salaried position with an Exempt FLSA status.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br><em>Exact compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and location.</em></div><div><strong>Salary Description</strong></div><div>Annual Salary Range: $60,000 - $65,000</div>

Data Analyst

<div>As Christianity Today’s (CT) <strong>Marketing Specialist – Membership Growth &amp; Retention</strong>, you will play a pivotal role in driving subscriptions and paid membership growth for CT. The ideal candidate will have a passion for developing member-related marketing campaigns and experience with campaign development. Success in this role will lead to paid membership growth, increased member engagement, and great user experiences.<br><br><strong>Salary Description</strong></div><div>Annual Salary Range: $45,000 - $50,000</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Functions and Responsibilities</strong></div><div><strong>1. Develop and implement marketing strategies for subscription growth through email, social media, and other marketing channels.</strong></div><ul><li>Use A/B testing to optimize end-of-article prompts, newsletter follow-up, and affiliate promotions.</li><li>Test and implement new strategies to cultivate paid members into brand advocates, give gift subscriptions, and consider donating to CT.</li><li>Identify and implement campaigns on owned channels (e.g. social media, e-blasts, and podcasts) to increase membership engagement and retention.</li><li>Develop a calendar for campaigns, including monthly email blasts, seasonal campaigns, and other forms of membership focused marketing.</li></ul><div><strong>2.</strong> <strong>Develop incentives for subscription and renewal growth.</strong></div><ul><li>Formulate and manage paid social media strategies relating to membership engagement and retention across organic and paid platforms, collaborating with the Marketing Specialist - Inbound &amp; Engagement and Senior Editor, Audience Engagement to ensure a cohesive approach.</li><li>Work alongside the Marketing Specialist – Full Funnel Digital Experiences to optimize all member communications, segmentation, and automations, including onboarding emails, upsells, renewal reminders, and win-back efforts.</li></ul><div><strong>3.</strong> <strong>Work closely with other members of the marketing team to ensure a cohesive, integrated approach across all aspects of the marketing funnel.</strong></div><ul><li>Work closely with others on the marketing team to implement effective, brand-specific marketing campaigns.</li><li>Work closely with the Marketing Designer and others on the marketing team to establish a consistent visual identity and marketing brand guidelines.</li><li>Lead the annual budget planning process for member onboarding and retention. Manage invoice processing and monitor expenses.</li><li>Perform additional job-related duties as assigned.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Requirements</strong>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Education:</strong></div><ul><li>Undergraduate degree required.&nbsp;</li><li>B.A. or B.S., marketing, journalism, and/or business administration preferred.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Experience:</strong></div><ul><li>3-5 years in a digital marketing role required. Subscription marketing experience is strongly preferred.&nbsp;</li><li>Experience working with email marketing, copywriting, or Subscription Platform strongly preferred (especially Piano).&nbsp;</li><li>Basic or proficient understanding of budgeting is preferred but not required. &nbsp;</li><li>Experience using analytics software, including Google Analytics or Omniture preferred but not required.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Knowledge:&nbsp;</strong></div><ul><li>Strong written and oral communication skills.</li><li>Able to manage multiple tasks and meet recurring deadlines in a fast-paced environment.&nbsp;</li><li>Aptitude for creative problem solving and strong analytical skills.&nbsp;</li><li>Basic understanding of HTML/CSS.&nbsp;</li><li>Knowledge of evangelical Protestant theology, church, and culture.</li></ul><div>&nbsp;</div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><ul><li>CT offers a comprehensive benefits package. Check out our <a href="https://www.christianitytoday.org/careers">careers page</a> to learn more!</li></ul><div><br><strong>Employment Details</strong></div><ul><li>CT headquarters are located in Illinois. This is a fully remote position.</li><li>This full time position has a workweek of 37.50 hours per week.</li></ul><div><em>Exact compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and location.</em>&nbsp;</div>

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