Justin Dean

About Justin Dean

I’m an entrepreneur, marketer, and event builder who helps churches and mission-minded organizations grow, communicate clearly, and engage their communities. I live in the countryside of North Georgia with my wife and our four kids. At Tithely, my work focused on marketing and high-impact events, spanning brand, advertising, content and SEO, product launches, and building the Modern Church Leader Conference as the company expanded from to churches served. I co-founded Harvest, an AI-first church management and engagement platform for churches. I also founded InTheBulletin.com, a digital bulletin platform that helps churches communicate weekly updates, next steps, and announcements in a clean, mobile-first format built for modern ministry. Earlier in my career I served as Communications Director at Mars Hill Church in Seattle and led advertising and marketing at venture-backed startups and established organizations like Autotrader.com.I speak at conferences across the country, delivering keynotes and workshops on church communications, brand clarity, event strategy, AI for ministry, and crisis PR. I’ve also founded and sold three companies: That Church Conference, SundayU.com, and the SaaS platform Church Requests. I’m the author of the bestselling PR Matters: A Survival Guide for Church Communicators and my latest book, Stay Salty. I equip leaders to build practical systems, sharpen their message, and create events everyone talk about.I offer Fractional CMO services and event marketing through my agency, Republic Marketing Services (RepublicMarketingServices.com) Through my site AIforChurch.com I provide practical resources and services for ministries looking to use AI tools to save time, reach more people, and amplify your church\'s mission.

Experience

1. Co-founder & CMO

   Harvestsites

   Jan 2025 — Present

   As the Co-Founder and CMO at Harvest Sites, I am part of small team offering church website hosting that is built for ministry, not maintenance. We deliver the fastest, most reliable WordPress hosting for churches and power site creation with HarvestAI™ so teams launch faster, stay secure, and engage their communities online. I lead marketing, brand, demand, and partnerships to show how simple, high-performing sites can amplify the local church.

Education

• Corban University

  Biblical Studies

  2014 — 2015

• Mt. San Antonio College

  Marketing

  2000 — 2002

Skills

• Public Relations
• Online Advertising
• Integrated Marketing
• Online Marketing
• Copywriting
• Web Design
• Social Media
• Leadership
• Web Project Management
• Entrepreneurship
• Start-Ups
• Marketing
• SEO
• Digital Strategy
• Corporate Communications
• Market Research
• Blogging
• Email Marketing
• Html
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Management
• Advertising
• Advertising Operations
• Sem
• Mobile Marketing
• Print Collateral Design
• Marketing Management
• Brand Development
• Content Strategy
• Html + Css
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Dreamweaver
• Leadership Development
• B2b
• Google Analytics
• Mac
• SEO Specialist
• E-Mail Marketing