Proposal Specialist

Description

• Solicits and coordinates information from allied professionals, sub consultants and other team members for inclusion in proposal and presentation materials.
• Guides the development and execution of go/no-go decision-making, planning, and win strategies to successfully capture work.
• Participates in brand building including the development of key market-level messaging.
• Coordinates, writes, edits/tailors, and performs research for non-technical proposal sections.
• Participates in pre-interview planning and presentation rehearsal with design teams and help develop and apply the established win strategy in presentation materials.
• Assists in the development of pursuit strategy.
• Participates in key regional initiatives including thought leadership and events.
• Development/maintenance of sector focused boilerplate to be used as master in proposals.
• Assists in capture planning research.
• May lead the development of proposal sections of major strategic pursuits.
• Maintains firmwide database with employee, project and proposal information on an ongoing basis.
• Serves as the key marketing liaison to studio principal(s).
• Serves as a subject matter expert on, advocate, and actively follow marketing and brand guidelines and procedures.
• Assists with interview coaching.
• Analyze and interpret Practice portfolios and associated market expertise along with key trends and drivers that impact the market and translate them into actionable marketing content and win strategies.
• Gathers, formats and maintains accurate, up-to-date firm marketing information including staff bios, project descriptions and statistics, and other information for marketing purposes.
• Serves as project manager for the coordination, writing, editing and production of statements of qualifications, proposals, presentations and other marketing collateral.

Requirements

• Excellent time and project management skills, passion for details and ability to work on multiple assignments simultaneously while maintaining a high level of quality and accuracy.
• CPSM certification preferred.
• Strong technical, graphic, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and InDesign required.
• The ability to think creatively and strategically.
• Excellent knowledge of marketing fundamentals.
• Ability to communicate complex concepts and storytelling in both written and graphic form.
• Knowledge of Deltek Vision and OpenAsset preferred.
• Ability to understand the principles of layout and graphic as they relate to the development of marketing and sales collateral.
• Solid understanding of A/E/C industry terminology and delivery methods.
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience in the A/E/C industry required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Journalism, Communications, or related field required.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance