Collegiate Church Network
Built the communications engine for a growing church network.
When I joined Collegiate Church Network as its part-time marketing director, there was almost no centralized marketing infrastructure. Working closely with the executive director and ministry leaders, I built the systems, channels, and creative work that now carry stories across the network.
The role spans strategy and hands-on production: audience-specific email programs, a podcast platform, a custom annual report, donor communications, video, print, and live-event design.
01 / Communications system
From scattered messages to a repeatable rhythm.
I built distinct email programs for internal staff, Leadership Training, alumni and donors, and financial partners. Each serves a different job—from building connection across churches to resourcing leaders and supporting focused development campaigns.
The system behind the sends mattered just as much. I designed the Trello workflow, clarified ownership, and helped staff learn how to move an idea from request to review to delivery.
A connected publishing system made the work legible to people beyond the marketing role—and made consistency possible in a small, distributed team.
02 / Editorial platform
The Collegiate
Church Podcast
A content engine built to carry the network’s best stories.
I brought the podcast concept to the executive director as a way to grow thought leadership, collect stories, and create useful long-form content. Then I built the platform around it: identity, production setup, editing, distribution, and a shared workflow for questions, guest preparation, and handoffs.
Thirty published episodes later, the show is both an outward-facing resource and a durable record of the people shaping the network.
Listen on Apple Podcasts ↗03 / Digital annual report
An annual report designed to be explored, not filed away.
A static PDF felt like a missed opportunity. I researched nonprofit reporting practices, defined what success should look like, collected the data, selected the photography, helped shape the copy, and designed the full experience.
I then built and shipped the site myself with AI-assisted development, GitHub, and Vercel. It was my first end-to-end web build—and a more compelling way for supporters to understand the scale and humanity of the network.
Research, content architecture, visual design, photo direction, data collection, copy support, AI-assisted development, and deployment.
04 / Leadership Training
Made a formative summer program easier to see—and easier to join.
Leadership Training is one of the network’s central student programs. I developed print materials for students and parents, supported its donor-development story, and created a promotional film from the ground up.
I traveled to Colorado, assembled the gear, filmed the program, and handled the edit and delivery. The finished piece gave staff and students a vivid way to share an experience that is difficult to explain in a brochure alone.
IDENTITY
becoming who we are
05 / Conference identity
A visual world built for a shared room.
For the Collegiate Conference, I created the theme identity and carried it across promotional print, signage, and stage graphics. This chapter will become a concise visual interlude—showing the system at scale without over-explaining it.
Reserved for a short, attributable reflection from Jay Bennett on Quinn’s ownership, strategic judgment, and contribution to the network.
Jay Bennett · Executive DirectorWhat this work proves
Strategy that can survive contact with the work.
Build the system
I turn recurring communication needs into workflows a small team can actually use.
Shape the story
I connect editorial judgment, audience needs, and visual craft across channels.
Ship the work
I move comfortably from strategy into production, editing, design, development, and delivery.