brian jones / providing proven experience, confidence, and results as your director of church communications. your message should attract more, engage more, and impact more... let’s get to work.
about me
+ Blessed first and foremost. Have been focused on church communications my entire working career. Day to day comms, messaging, engagement, branding, strategy, and digital/web delivery to help your church better communicate and reach more people. Love serving as dir. of communications and helping a church communicate internally and externally at the highest of comm standards. Have a better than I deserve wife, two awesome boys that can bring the energy. AND a beautiful, baby girl we adopted from India. Love tennis and baseball... go Yankees! Always up for Mexican and Indian food. Can’t get enough of the beach and the mountains of NC. Down the road travels back to India and Europe.
school & work
+ samford university / bachelor of arts degree in graphic design / focus on marketing & advertising / tennis athletic scholarship / lettered 4 years
+ 20+ years of church communications
+ developed branding, website, and campaign development for flagship churches and ministries across the country.
+ experienced in evaluating current comms processes, platforms used, and results; comms plans and management across all platforms with best practices; brand building processes including clarifying mission, vision, and values; culture and brand building strategies; growth plans; visitor experience and assimilation process.
skills
+ advanced adobe creative suite
+ comm work flow
+ comm best practices
+ google non-profit ads grants
+ google ads targeted campaigns
+ social media best practices
+ social media reels & media integration
+ fb & ig meta suite targeted ad campaigns
+ fb & ig meta suite campaign analytics
+ yt management & key word campaigns
+ advanced web design & application
+ advanced squarespace website platform
+ advanced brand strategy & creation
+ adobe premiere & after effects video
+ video, reels, & animation editing
+ video concept, script writing
+ advanced print design & fulfillment
+ advanced signage & environmental design
+ advanced photography & editing
+ mailchimp content, db, and design expert
+ subsplash & pushpay app design, management
+ annual stewardship campaign development
+ outreach/inreach strategies
+ vendor & budget management
platforms
+ adobe creative suite: photoshop, indesign, illustrator
+ adobe premiere pro & after effects for video and reels
+ mailchimp / constant contact enews & surveys
+ squarespace certified, wordpress, wix, subsplash, and other web cms platforms
+ livestream management youtube/facebook/vimeo
+ boxcast and other livestream platforms
+ google ad words grants for non-profits
+ facebook, instagram, meta biz suite
+ youtube / content & reels
+ subsplash and pushpay apps
+ experience using multiple chms platforms
+ google apps, zoom, facetime
+ microsoft office apps
attributes
+ faith. family. work. fun.
+ team player all the way
+ wired as a strategic creative thinker
+ driven to produce at a high caliber
+ motivated to always learn and strive for better
enjoys
+ family time, coaching my kids in sports
+ big fan of arsenal fc, ny yankees, f1, univ. of tennessee sports
+ competitive tennis, cycling
+ the beach & surf fishing
+ pods: men in blazers, andy roddick, arsecast, donald miller, andy stanley
+ plenty of netflix, spotify, & marvel