Video & Creative Operations Manager

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🕒 June 2

🌽 Illinois, Tennessee – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote

💵 $65k - $69k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Operations

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Awana ®

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1950

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🤲 Charity

Non-profit • Education • Charity

Awana ® is a global Christian child discipleship ministry that equips churches, parents, and schools with biblical curriculum, clubs, training, events, and resources to reach and disciple children and youth. The organization runs Awana Clubs, publishes midweek and weekend curricula, supports school and missionary initiatives (including a large Africa Child & School Initiative), and partners with churches in 140+ countries to engage over 10 million children weekly. Awana operates as a donation-supported nonprofit focused on faith formation, leadership development, and community outreach for children and families.

📋 Description

• Oversee all scheduling, assigning, and tracking project progress and tasks across the Creative Team. • Efficiently interface with project management software/tools to manage, track and report status for projects/tasks. • Manage ongoing project tracking by maintaining current information on job status, costs, deadlines, and other pertinent information for all Creative team projects. • Serve as production liaison for Creative team. • Suggest and implement specific ideas and systems for improving efficiency and productivity. • Assess team member capacity and recommend timeframes and deadlines. • Suggest alternative project completion solutions, such as balancing workloads or using outside resources. • Ensure team members are tracking with responsibilities, costs, and upcoming deadlines. • Track the Creative team’s progress within Fiscal Year expectations and goals. • Timely communication of progress back to the team leader to ensure success and changes as necessary. • Collaborate with the Creative Director regularly to review project status and plan future activity. • Lead and manage a growing video team, including video editors, animators, and contract videographers. • Oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of photo and video shoots to ensure alignment with ministry objectives and brand standards. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to translate ministry goals into clear video and storytelling deliverables. • Manage relationships with external production vendors and freelancers, ensuring quality, efficiency, and adherence to budget. • With input from the video team, develop and maintain a clear, centralized process for all video projects, from concept to final delivery. • Partner with teammates to align visual storytelling with the broader brand strategy. • Ensure consistency and excellence in all video content across ministry channels and campaigns.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum 5+ years managing projects and teams, including ad-hoc and contractual, and through use of project management software, ideally in a ministry or creative agency environment handling non-profit clients. • College degree in a related area of study desired but not required. • Strong sense of timing, pacing, storytelling, and visual aesthetics to guide engaging narratives. • Basic understanding of video editing and production principles, including color grading and composition. • Expertise in project management (e.g., Asana) and basic level video editing software understanding (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, etc.). • Demonstrated ability to prioritize, multi-task, meet deadlines, make preliminary decisions and change course of action quickly. • Basic budgeting and reconciliation experience. • Excellent ability to collaborate with and communicate ideas to team members. • Intermediate Google Suite skills. • Occasional local and out-of-town, overnight travel may be required. • General understanding of the Bible and the Christian Church in its various expressions preferred. • Experience with Awana Club, curriculum, resources, & solutions is a plus. • Valid State driver’s license and US Passport required. • Eligibility to work in the United States is required; this position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.

🏖️ Benefits

• Mission-driven work that changes the lives of children and youth around the world. • Remote-first work environment, allowing you to do the majority of your work from where it is you call "home". • Workplace culture that prioritizes prayer, a Biblical worldview, intentional connection, flexibility, family, and community engagement. • Benefits package, including a variety of programs you can choose from to meet you and your family’s needs. • Medical, dental & vision health insurance. • Paid family leave. • 401(k) & Roth 401(k) retirement savings plans with employer match. • Generous paid vacation & holidays. • Adoption assistance. • College scholarship. • An employee wellness program.