The team I lead at McLean Bible Church will soon be hiring for a Graphic & Media Design position that will become available as of January 1, 2010. The job description is below.
If you or someone you know would like more information or wants to apply for this position. Please have them contact me directly by email at annielaurie.walters@mcleanbible.org
McLean Bible Church looks for dedicated people with a wide variety of gifts and talents with a lifestyle consistent with our Vision, Values and Standards of Christian Conduct.
Please feel free to pass this on to other folks you know to be qualified for this kind of role. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to come onto an innovative and evolving team serving the needs of our multi-campus church family. I really hope we can find a leader who has experience and new ideas/perspective and is willing to dive into the challenges we are facing with gutsy imagination. This could be a real sweet spot in ministry for the right person. The position comes with room to ideate, develop, activate, and connect with other like-minded creatives. We are really praying for the person who will fill this position and are expecting great things from God as we see who he leads to apply.
Graphic & Media Designer Job Description:
McLean Bible Church, a multi-site church in the Washington, DC area, is looking for an experienced graphic designer, who is comfortable designing in both Adobe CS4 and web-based CSS(Custom Style Sheets), with the ability to mashup your graphic art and web design skills to help us communicate more effectively. What we really need is someone who can design like an artist, think like a marketer, and speaks fluent CSS. The right candidate is a leader with the imagination and motivation we need to help us cross the print to digital media divide in order to impact even more lives in Washington, DC with the message of Jesus Christ.
You are:
o Committed to making an impact on secular Washington, DC with the message of Jesus Christ.
o Extremely team-oriented and fun to work with.
o Able to manage time and meet multiple deadlines.
o Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
o Self-motivated, detailed, and adept at problem-solving.
o Flexible when last minute projects arise(and they will).
o Open to critique from fellow designers.
o Able to present many digital samples of work.
You know:
o Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and In-Design
o XHTML/CSS
o After Effects (preferably).
o Basecamp (preferably).
o Current (and future) design techniques and trends.
o Better than to use Papyrus. Ever.
You will:
o Join a team of designers who create communications materials for all MBC Campuses.
o Handle a heavy workload subject to frequent change.
o Keep multiple variations of digital files organized and accurate.
o Lead, Ideate and Innovate alongside a team of like-minded creatives
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Part of the fun of the staycation is discovering new places to eat right in your own hometown. For husband and me, we hit the town on Saturday night of our Labor Day staycation and found our new favorite restaurant in Arlington:
Located on the Wilson Blvd strip in the heart of Clarendon, Eventide offers three levels of culinary goodness, starting with bar eats and cheap drinks on level one, fine dining on level two, and rooftop fare on level three. Husband and I opted for the ground level offering and settled into a booth in the center of the restaurant.
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For dinner we both tried the Cuban Style Pan-Fried Skirt Steak with Chimichurri mashed potatoes, caramelized peppers & onions.