Music Director

Music Director

Application Deadline:

1 June 2026

Department:

Worship & Programming

Employment Type:

Full Time

Location:

Windmill Campus

Reporting To:

Luc DiMarzio

Description

Where you fit in

The Music Director plays a key role in shaping the worship experience at The Crossing, helping bring each weekend and ministry gathering to life through preparation, musical excellence, and intentional execution. This role leads the musical environment, translating vision into cohesive, engaging, and spiritually meaningful worship sets. Working under the leadership of the Lead Worship Arts Pastor, the Music Director owns the preparation, rehearsal, and execution of the musical elements of each service, ensuring alignment with the overall creative and pastoral direction. This role brings consistency, clarity, and excellence to the worship experience across environments.

The Music Director also invests in and develops musicians and volunteers, helping build a healthy worship culture marked by excellence, humility, and servant leadership. This includes identifying and growing leaders and strengthening the overall team. This role is both creative and operational, ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of music, systems, and ministry. In addition to weekend services, the Music Director supports key environments such as Celebrate Recovery and Young Adults.

As part of The Crossing's ministry, this role helps lead others in worship and create spaces where people can connect with Jesus. It requires spiritual maturity, alignment with the church's beliefs, and a commitment to modeling biblical values through both leadership and creative expression. This position is perfect for an outgoing individual whom God has gifted with a heart for helping people connect with Jesus, strong leadership skills, and a desire to help others grow. They bring the ability to apply biblical values to current culture, an approachable and mature posture, and strong communication skills. A copy of The Crossing, A Christian Church's Statements of Belief | Faith, Sexuality & Practices can be found at: t.ly/OR-P7.

What you'll be doing

Worship Arts Leadership
Provide musical leadership for weekend worship services, creating engaging and meaningful environments through strong musicianship, thoughtful arrangements, and effective use of tracks and programming
Build and maintain Ableton sessions for upcoming worship plans, ensuring all elements are prepared and aligned in advance
Program keyboard patches and/or musical elements to support each worship environment
Serve as an instrumentalist and, when needed, a music director-guiding musicians through arrangements, transitions, and dynamics
Lead and facilitate rehearsals with clarity and preparation, helping teams feel confident, unified, and ready to lead
Partner closely with Worship Staff and leaders to ensure music direction aligns with the overall pastoral and spiritual direction of each service
Support worship for special events and services as needed
Help maintain and elevate the musical standard and sound across The Crossing's worship environments
Note: Strong vocal ability and the capacity to lead worship are highly valued but not required for this role
Music Development and Leadership

Invest in the growth and development of musicians through coaching, encouragement, and feedback
Identify and develop emerging leaders, creating pathways for increased responsibility and leadership
Help build and refine systems that support a healthy worship culture marked by excellence, humility, preparation, and servant leadership
Contribute to a sustainable leadership pipeline by mentoring musicians toward future band leadership or music direction roles
Celebrate Recovery

Partner with the Lead Worship Arts Pastor to plan and prepare worship environments for Celebrate Recovery
Serve as a worship leader or band leader for CR as scheduled
Strengthen the worship culture within CR through musical leadership and team development
Team Collaboration

Collaborate cross-functionally with ministry departments to support weekend programming and worship environments
Actively participate in team meetings and contribute to overall ministry alignment
General

Support basic administrative and operational needs as required (e.g., purchasing, communication, workflow organization across systems)
Respond to all general ministry questions, both internally and externally, via phone and email
Other related duties as needed
What you'll bring to the team

Qualifications

Minimum Education: High School Diploma
Minimum Experience: Three years experience with similar leadership influence, people development, technical duties and tasks
Demonstrates strong technology experience (Ableton, Planning Center, ProPresenter, Multitracks, CCLI, Gmail, Google Docs, Word, Excel, Rock, etc.)
Preferred Education: Bachelor's degree in relevant field
Preferred Experience: Five years experience with similar leadership influence, people development, technical duties and tasks in an equivalent church setting or non-profit organization
Proof of legal authorization to work in the United States
What's expected of you

The heart of a servant
Exhibit spiritual maturity
Pursue Christ-likeness daily
Commitment to The Crossing as your home church and regular, intentional involvement in relational community at The Crossing
Align with The Crossing's Statements of Belief | Faith, Sexuality & Practices. Found at: t.ly/OR-P7.
Participate in staff Prayer Days
Possess strong verbal and written communication skills
Attend needed cross-functional meetings and department meetings
Attend monthly All-Staff meetings and occasional staff events
Attend any required conferences or seminars
Staff Values
We set the example
We value relationships
We bring our best to work everyday
We sacrifice personal freedoms so we can better serve others

We champion the staff values daily and expect all staff members to join us in living these out.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support the wellbeing of you and your family. Benefits are determined by the position you are hired for. Please see your offer letter for the details of your benefits package.

Health & Protection

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Financial & Time Off

403(b) retirement plan
Paid vacation, sick time, holidays, and parental leave
Paid prayer days
Paid mission trip hours
Growth & Support

Support on your spiritual formation journey
Counseling support
Continuing education
Group study scholarships
Will and trust preparation

Everyday Perks
Free snacks and coffee
Staff swag
A Christ-centered workplace with a fun, relational team