Arts & Worship Director

Willow Creek Community Church is an egalitarian non-denominational, multi-site church in and across Chicagoland passionate about helping people take next steps to love God, love people, and change the world. Our church is a place where you can make a significant impact for God's kingdom based on how He has uniquely designed you, leading the people around you to become more like Jesus and showing the tangible love of Jesus.

As the Arts and Worship Director you will lead the production and worship arts teams at Willow South Barrington (SB), our broadcast campus, and serve as the weekend producer. Our production team provides technical support for all SB ministries/events including weekend and special holiday service/events, student ministries services/events, and other events/meetings. Our worship team is responsible for creating worship experiences and creative elements as part of the weekend services and other all campus services. Developing strategy, casting vision, cascading information from campus leadership and managing budget will be your key responsibilities. In this role you will also serve on the Central Arts and Worship leadership team as the Services/Broadcast Director at the central level; and work with the SB team to incorporate Central programming/production plans into SB services.

The salary range for this position is around $80,000 - $110,000 depending on experience and skill set. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement savings with company match, parental leave, generous paid time off, mental health counseling reimbursement, and more.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership to the SBR Arts & Worship ministry and represent the team at the Directional Team level.
• Contribute to services and large event planning and implementation in coordination with the Central Arts and Worship Team.
• Supervisory duties including 1:1 meetings, performance reviews and other duties as defined by HR
• Serve in the Producer or Technical Director position for SBR weekend services and large events.

Success is Defined As...

• Producing weekend services that are aligned with Central A&W planning, using our resources to take ideas to the Genius level when appropriate.
• Executing high challenge, inspiring and engaging services at the highest quality level achievable.
• Using the platform to create an environment that is spiritually catalytic; moving the congregation to take a next step in their spiritual journey.

Requirements

Preferred Skills and Experience

Skills/Competencies:

• Proficient team leadership
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent conflict resolution skills
• Strong creativity
• Demonstrated excellent collaboration
• Action orientation
• Experience in ProPresenter 7, Adobe Premiere, audio systems, lighting systems, and/or broadcast video systems preferred

Personal Characteristics :

• Relational - able to find common ground with a wide range of people, both staff and volunteers.
• Unflappable - cool under pressure
• Discerning - able to find the path forward when the team disagrees on resolution
• Self-Aware - knows where they have weakness, and finds others to fill in those gaps.
• Collaborator - able to work well with others and able to appropriately give and receive constructive feedback that leads to improvements in the technical arts.
• Aligned with Willow Creek's core values and beliefs
• Currently or willing to regularly attend a Willow Creek Community Church location and be an active part of our church family

Education and Experience:

• Prior experience leading a team in arts production
• Prior experience leading and managing creative people well
• 5+ years of experience in the worship arts & production industry
• Prior experience working in a large multi-site church is a plus

Salary Description

$80,000 - $110,000