Under the direction of the Area Presidency, the Area Communications & Publishing Director leads a team of managers, professionals, and called staff that will help The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints communicate clearly and with one voice to priority audiences in the area, thereby assisting the work of salvation and exaltation. The director will play a crucial role in the following efforts:

• Increase understanding of the Church of Jesus Christ among all God’s children through effective audience understanding and unified communication efforts across the area

• Manage the Church’s organizational identity and reputation within the Area in close alignment with the global efforts and the Global Church Communication Guide.

• Develop internal and external campaigns

• Build and lead the establishment of strategic relationships with key opinion leaders across the Area to help achieve the mission of the Church, strengthen its reputation, and promote religious freedom. This includes government, interfaith and other community leaders from the national to the local level.

• Extend the reach of Church communication (e.g., identity, unified messaging, and communication channels) in a way that reflects a desire to understand and minister to the needs of priority audiences as identified by the Area Presidency

• Work with headquarters to mature global processes for producing, translating and publishing product deliverables. 

• Work closely with the Area Correlation Manager to ensure that 1) appropriate research is supporting local product and content development, 2) excellent local product planning is taking place, and 3) that what the Area is producing has appropriate doctrinal, IP, data privacy, and VIO review and certification to protect the Church.