Director, Studio, Redemptive Imagination Project

New York, NY

Praxis began in 2011 with a desire to support and equip Christian entrepreneurs and has grown steadily into a 25+ person, NY-centric team advancing the redemptive quests of founders, funders, and innovators motivated by their faith to address the major issues of our time. As a $12M+/year nonprofit with ambitious growth plans, we re expanding our venture-building work globally, organizing around the major issues of our time, and building media and more to activate the redemptive potential of Christians around the world.

We see our team as the first carriers of the mission, building an organization that is great to work at, excellent in its craft, and redemptive in its finances as well as its programs.

The Redemptive Imagination Project is one of the most important – and ambitious – efforts Praxis has pursued. We are launching a multigenerational initiative to awaken the creative and prophetic contributions of the church on the major issues of our time.

As a network of humble and ambitious founders, builders, thinkers, funders, and ecosystem leaders, the Praxis community is well-positioned to support the global church on the redemptive edge of its contributions to address what s broken in our world with opportunities for healing and flourishing.

The project aims to awaken the redemptive imagination of Christians worldwide by identifying the major issues our community works on, developing redemptive theses and storytelling that galvanize the global church to respond creatively, building the required networks to make a difference on each issue, and launching and growing ventures that can confound the status quo as exemplars and show a better way forward.

For more on the project and the role, watch this video from Evan Feinberg, our Partner for the Redemptive Imagination Project.

The Director, Studio role reports to our Partner, Redemptive Imagination Project, and will help provide hands-on venture development support to Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, new start-ups, leaders who have been through the Praxis non-profit and for-profit accelerator programs, and organizations at a key inflection point that could dramatically transform their growth and influence potential.

The Praxis Studio is an innovation and design studio helping to produce venture and community outcomes and support the redemptive imagination of the Praxis community. We have identified 34 “Opportunities for Redemptive Imagination” that draw on our robust community of redemptive entrepreneurs, funders, thinkers, builders, and ecosystem leaders to drive a creative and prophetic agenda for the church and society, and we are hard at work producing venture outcomes and collaborative activity across the community.

This person will be in the flow of business model design, market research, and product imagination for new ORI-driven ventures, providing production velocity and support across the Praxis community. This seat provides direct proximity to cutting-edge redemptive ventures and the entrepreneurs building them.

Over time, the Director will be asked to build a team and model to consistently deliver these capabilities as a form of consulting across the Praxis community and beyond.

Candidates should have a deep interest in venture development, market research, brand building, design thinking, and cultural trend analysis, with passion for supporting redemptive innovation. In short, we re looking for someone who can contribute directly to venture building while also conducting research that advances our understanding of market opportunities for redemptive entrepreneurship.

• Studio program design and delivery for Entrepreneur-in-Residence programs, Design Workshops, Discovery Sessions, and other forms of consulting and support for the Praxis community
• Serve as the first point of contact for Entrepreneurs in Residence
• Work with Studio projects to provide production velocity and support, including pitch deck development, brand and product design, network introductions, and market research
• Contribute hands-on to business model design, financial modeling, and product imagination for new…