Responsibilities

• Be a “go-to” resource for technical staff for marketing information, guidance, and support.
• Participate in strategic planning for pursuits, proposals, marketing, and business development efforts, including leading internal teams through the pursuit/proposal development process — taking an active role in strategy and content development; facilitating capture planning activities, working collaboratively with technical staff; and, coordinating business development activities (meetings, research, events/conferences)
• Write non-technical content for pursuits/proposals and marketing materials.
• Participate in preparations for interviews and client presentations.
• Work with, and mentor, regional marketing specialists, including monitoring opportunities (through lead tracking services, client websites, etc.) for distribution to team members, and managing and maintaining relevant content in SWCA’s marketing database, Deltek Vision.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism, Communications, Business, Marketing, or related technical discipline (degrees in other specialties are acceptable if relevance can be demonstrated), or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience with the proposal development process.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including formatting in MS Word
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Exceptional planning, organizational, proofreading, writing, and formatting skills.
• Strong communication proficiency (verbal, written, and presentation).
• Ability to lead processes and work with multiple colleagues who have diverse interpersonal styles.
• Ability to multitask and to work with minimal supervision on multiple projects with fast-paced deadlines.

Preferred

• Prior experience working within the A/E/C industry, or environmental consulting.
• Prior experience collaborating with the Business Development team(s) to pre-position and conduct capture planning for must-win efforts.
• Participation with associations and/or organizational marketing experience.
• Knowledge of local markets, including clientele and competition in environmental consulting.
• Experience working in Deltek Vision or Vantagepoint or comparable CRM system.
• Familiarity with the Midwest/Northeast market, clients, and pursuits.

Benefits

• We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).