Cross Catholic Outreach is hiring: Lead Editor in Pompano Beach

Position Title: Lead Editor

Department: Marketing

Reports to: Director of Creative Communications

Position Summary:

The Lead Editor is responsible for leading Cross Catholic Outreach’s team of writers. This role is crucial in translating campaign and fundraising plans into compelling written content that aligns with our mission, brand identity/guidelines, and strategic direction. In addition to editing written content and providing support and oversight to the team, this position will also create and produce written content as needed with a journalistic and marketing focus. The position is remote-based and will report to the Director of Creative Communications.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

· Conceptualize, review, and edit editorial content to ensure adherence to ministry style and voice according to guidelines and reshape for clarity.

· Copy-edit and proofread marketing deliverables, ensuring editorial improvements to flow, style, tone, grammar, usage, logic, sense, and placement.

· Collaborate with writers and strategists to conceive and develop compelling written content.

· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to coordinate project kick-offs, status checks, internal handoffs, and final deliveries.

· Ensure milestones are achieved on a day-to-day basis, communicating schedule and creative scope changes to ensure consistent team alignment.

· Build and foster internal relationships through effective communication and management of expectations.

· Develop deep knowledge of organization history, philosophy, ministry partners/programs, and places we work via ongoing participation in program and team meetings, field visits, and active information seeking.

· Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and emerging storytelling fundraising, communication, and marketing techniques to continually enhance the quality and effectiveness of our work.

· Collaborate with team members to achieve common goals and meet deadlines.

· Onboard new staff to become familiar and comfortable with ministry, brand voice, processes, etc.

· Advocate for storytelling and marketing best industry practices.

· Develop basic design and print awareness, as needed (pagination, visual content flow).

· Make recommendations to improve organization efficiency and productivity with good stewardship in mind.

· Serve as MarComm representative on special organization projects and/or serve as MarComm project manager as needed.

· Other duties as assigned.

Educational or Certification Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Public Relations, writing or another related field.

Experience Requirements

· 10+ years of direct work experience in a lead editor role and as a concurrent professional marketing/fundraising copywriter with superb storytelling skills and meticulous diligence.

· A fast, creative editor/writer who understands writing for the digital and print worlds, possesses both a firm grasp of grammatical rules and an ear for dialogue.

· Fundraising and marketing background required.

· Proficient in AP style.

· History of fostering positive team dynamics and solution-based mindsets.

· Advanced proficiency in PC-based environment and MS Office Suite, Dropbox, and SharePoint platforms.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required/Preferred

· Strong knowledge and understanding of teachings and values within the Catholic Church to ensure messaging is accurate and resonates with donor audiences.

· Strong ability to incorporate convincing and motivational Catholic, biblical, and Christ-based spiritual themes and ideas into marketing deliverables across various platforms (print, digital, social media, etc.)

· Expert understanding of how to create content that drives and motivates an audience to a specific call to action.

· Ability to write and amplify powerful and engaging human interest stories of ministry partners and beneficiaries (including maintaining integrity, respect, and care for subjects).

· Ability to translate complex/technical/specialty language/ideas and distill them into a clear, simple copy that audiences will understand and connect with.

· Ability to consistently produce quality and effective content that meets ministry standards.

· Comfortable conducting interviews (often through a translator).

· Foster innovation, teamwork and unique creative solutions.

· Manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and meet deadlines while maintaining a high standard of quality and attention to detail.

· execution expert. An exceptional multitasker. Quick, organized, and work with a sense of urgency (time management to meet deadlines).

· Keen ability to anticipate the needs of others to ensure a seamless and positive collaboration between the MarComm team, various departments, and stakeholders.

· Must have an elevated level of interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

· Must be able to propose (and implement) viable solutions/improvements when challenges arise.

· Ability to work with minimum supervision.

· Must have proven experience crafting successful fundraising and marketing campaigns.

· Strong verbal and written communication skills.

· Possess a positive, service-oriented attitude.

· Enthusiasm for organizational development, specifically enhancing organization effectiveness and impact through individual and collective contribution.

Other Requirements

· Ability and willingness to travel internationally and/or domestically (1-2x times per year, as needed.

We are a Catholic ministry with an ecumenical staff of Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox believers working in unity to provide food, water, housing, education, orphan support, medical care, micro-enterprise, and disaster relief — and the love of our Lord Jesus Christ — to the poorest of the poor in more than 30 countries around the world. We believe strongly in unifying Christians in this mission of mercy, and we believe that creating a welcoming work environment for all Christian faiths is essential to achieving our ministry goals.

To apply send your resume to hr@crosscatholic.org and put the job title in the subject line.