Director of Media Content

Location: Chicago (Hybrid) or Remote

Job Type: Full-Time

Compensation Range: $98,000-$115,000 USD Salary

The compensation above is the estimated hiring range for this position. Final offers are determined based on a variety of factors including skills, experience, qualifications, internal equity, and other job-related considerations.

To access a list of benefits for full-time jobs, please visit www.moodybible.org/careers/benefits/.

What You Will Be Doing

Reporting to the VP of Moody Global Media, the Director of Media Content provides hands-on leadership for the MGM’s multi-platform content ecosystem, ensuring content excellence, operational discipline, and alignment with the organization’s mission and strategic priorities.

This role serves as the internal quarterback for content execution, overseeing workflows across radio programming, podcasts, digital, and emerging media. The Director builds strong accountability structures, drives cross-team coordination, and ensures content remains clear, compelling, and on message.

This is a player-coach role for a leader who combines strong content judgment with proven operational execution in a complex environment.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

• Content Excellence & Message Alignment:
  • Ensure all content reflects the MGM and MBI’s voice, mission, and strategic priorities
  • Establish and enforce clear content standards across platforms
  • Partner with senior leadership on messaging priorities and content themes
  • Provide content guidance to hosts, producers, and content creators
  • Maintain high quality and consistency across both legacy and emerging media
• Content Operations & Workflow Management :
  • Own the end-to-end content production workflow
  • Build and maintain integrated content calendars
  • Improve processes that increase speed, clarity, and accountability
  • Remove bottlenecks in content development and publishing
  • Ensure strong communication flow up and down the organization
  • Implement project management discipline across content teams
• Team Leadership & Development:
  • Directly supervise content producers and related staff
  • Set clear goals, KPIs, and performance expectations
  • Conduct regular check-ins and performance reviews
  • Develop team capabilities across traditional and digital media
  • Foster a culture of ownership, clarity, and continuous improvement
  • Serve as a hands-on coach, not just a delegator
• Cross-Platform Content Integration:
  • Ensure alignment across radio, podcast, web, social, and emerging channels
  • Partner closely with marketing, digital, and development teams
  • Translate media strategy into executable content plans
  • Support content repurposing and distribution strategies
  • Help the organization move from siloed content to an integrated content ecosystem
• Performance & Continuous Improvement:
  • Track and review key content performance metrics
  • Partner with the Media Strategy function (internal or external)
  • Recommend adjustments based on audience data and organizational priorities
  • Drive a culture of testing, learning, and continuous improvement
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements

• Seven years in content, media, or programming leadership
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, media, journalism, marketing, or related field
• Demonstrated success managing multi-platform content teams
• Strong hands-on operational leadership experience
• Background in broadcast, digital media, or both
• Proven ability to build workflows and accountability systems
• Strong content judgment and message sensitivity
• Authorized to work in the US legally without sponsorship

Preferred Requirements

• Seminary education or formal theological training

Work Environment/Conditions

Moody Bible Institute is a Christian-based Higher Education and Media Ministry. We exist to equip people with the Truth of God’s Word. If you are mission-minded, and have a servant’s heart, join us as we look to further impact the Kingdom of God.

This is a full-time position, generally scheduled Monday through Friday, with occasional weekend work as needed. The role may be performed in a hybrid capacity for candidates within the Chicagoland area, or fully remote for candidates located outside of Chicagoland.

Some travel to other Moody Radio Stations associated with this position.

MGM Core Characteristics:

• People Builder
• Humbly Confident
• Problem Solver
• Team Champion
• Ownership Minded
• Christ Follower

The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

This job operates primarily in a professional office environment but sometimes in offsite/field studio environments both indoor and outdoor. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. This role also regularly uses specialized audio equipment including consoles, related hardware, computerized audio editors, specialized listening environments etc. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Additional Information

Moody Bible Institute is a Christ-centered, multicultural community that values and seeks faculty and staff who are committed to diversity, work effectively with diverse populations, and engage others in ways that honor our rich cultural mosaic and biblical foundation. Candidates must align with MBI’s Christian identity. Employees are expected to sign a Statement of Faith and adhere to the Community Standards.

We comply with all applicable laws pertaining to nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, and any other applicable legally protected category. As a religious institution, we have the right to, and do, require that employees hold beliefs consistent with our Doctrinal Statement and conduct themselves in a manner consistent with our religious beliefs, as explained in our Community Standards.