Director of Imaging and Brand Sound

Description

Join a company that truly impacts others!

Hope Media Group is a multi-brand ministry. Every story we share, every event we host, and every song we play is done to engage people to love Jesus, serve others, and spread Hope.

Hope Media Group the home of KSBJ, WayFM, Vida Unida, NGEN radio and Worship 24/7.

We invite you to apply and become a part of our growing ministry to Love Jesus, Serve Others, and Spread Hope. Our team describes our environment as fun, encouraging, collaborative, engaging, caring, family oriented, and friendly. We would love for you to join us and be part of what God is doing in our ministry! 

Job Summary

The Director of Imaging and Brand Sound is responsible for shaping how Hope Media Group’s brands sound, feel, and connect emotionally with listeners. This role defines and evolves each brand’s sonic identity, ensuring imaging is clear, distinctive, and aligned with mission and audience.

Working in close partnership with the Director of Production and Audio Ministry, Program Directors, and cross-functional teams, this role champions brand sound and imaging excellence while sharing responsibility for the overall creative audio vision. Together, these two director roles raise the bar on sound and storytelling—positioning Hope Media Group as a leader whose creativity and innovation are second to none in faith-based media.

Essential Functions:

Imaging & Brand Sound Leadership

• Champion the sonic identity and imaging philosophy for all Hope Media Group brands
• Lead imaging execution and refresh cycles to ensure sound remains current, emotional, and unmistakably aligned with brand values
• Direct the creation of high-impact imaging, promos, and brand audio elements across platforms
• Partner closely with Program Directors to translate programming vision into compelling brand sound
• Help ensure each brand maintains a distinct audio identity while contributing to a unified ministry voice

Shared Creative Leadership & Audio Excellence

• Share responsibility for ministry audio, underwriting, and donor storytelling alongside the Director of Production and Audio Ministry
• Participate in underwriting and ministry audio decisions, ensuring creative excellence and FCC compliance
• Maintain high standards of sound design, writing, and production quality across all creative audio
• Collaborate on production systems, workflows, and delivery standards
• Innovate audio across broadcast, streaming, podcasting, video audio design, and social platforms

Podcasting, Digital Audio & Programming Support

• Support the Programming department through audio editing, production, and creative consultation for podcasts, digital-first content, and on-demand audio
• Edit and enhance podcast content, ensuring strong sound quality, pacing, and listener engagement
• Collaborate with Programming and Digital teams to adapt imaging and brand audio for digital platforms and emerging formats
• Help establish audio standards and best practices that extend brand sound consistently into digital spaces
• Contribute creatively to new programming initiatives that expand audience reach beyond traditional broadcast

Team Development & Operations

• Provide creative leadership and mentoring to producers, creatives, and partners as the department evolves
• Collaborate on contractor and external partner relationships supporting imaging and brand sound needs
• Help build systems that support creativity, clarity, and collaboration
• Foster a creative culture marked by unity, experimentation, and excellence

Requirements

Education:

• Bachelors in audio engineering, broadcast engineering, media, or equivalent work experience is preferred.

Experience:

• 5+ years leading a fast-moving production or creative audio team – preferably in radio, agency or multiplatform media.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Expert in digital audio workstations (Adobe Audition or Pro Tools preferred).
• Strong understanding of FCC rules for non-commercial underwriting.
• Strategic thinker who can assess team structure, identify gaps, and build for scale.
• Exceptional writing and storytelling ability; can translate emotion into sound.
• Collaborative leader comfortable navigating both creative and operational priorities.
• Heart for Christian ministry
• Strong moral character
• Has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Spiritually grounded and working knowledge of scripture
• Must be an active member of a Bible believing local church

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.

Working Conditions and Environment

Travel:

• 0%-10%

Nights/Weekends/Holidays:

• 0%-10%

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Activity may include Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers including pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand as in handling. Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

Full-Time Benefits Offerings:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account w/employer contribution
• Flexible Savings Accounts
• Company Paid Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Three (3) Paid Mission Days
• Twelve (12) Company-Paid Holidays
• 403B Retirement with Company Match
• Group Life Insurance
• Legal Shield/Identity Theft Protection
• Access to Marketplace Ministry Chaplains 

Third-Party Recruiter Policy:

We are grateful for the interest of those who wish to support our hiring efforts. However, Hope Media Group does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from external staffing agencies or search firms. Submissions from third parties will not be considered and may be retained without obligation or payment or fees.