Marketing Proposal Specialist

Conshohocken, PA (Remote)

$80K/yr – $100K/yrMid Level4+ years expFull time

Posted 10 hrs ago

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Job Summary

Own the proposal lifecycle from capture to interview, coordinating content, leading writing on key sections, guiding messaging, and driving continuous improvement across pursuits.

  • Lead collaboration with capture, technical teams, and BD to craft winning content and strategy.
  • Translate complex information into clear, compelling proposals and ensure compliance and quality checks.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Leads small to medium proposals and supports or leads (based upon experience) large proposals and presentations, and supports from capture through to interview stage, with support as required. Supports capture managers in development of the win strategies from capture through interview preparation.
  • Coordinates proposal content and logistics, including schedules, templates, compliance requirements, content plans, and production. Develops annotated outlines and provides recommendations to technical teams on section structure, messaging, and positioning. May serve as lead writer/editor for key sections including resumes, past performance, executive summaries, and management approaches.
  • May provide conceptual input on document design and collaborates with technical, operations, and business development teams to develop compelling marketing materials (e.g., project sheets, case studies, capability statements).
  • Facilitates or supports color reviews (Pink and Red Team) and quality reviews, incorporating lessons learned and managing revisions based on review team direction.
  • Participates in go/no-go and greenlight analyses in compliance with delegation of authority guidelines and supports capture planning and positioning activities related to proposal preparation.
  • Completes internal debriefs for proposals they lead, leverages past pursuit debrief information, and supports win/loss debriefs and client feedback efforts to drive continuous improvement.
  • May support broader marketing and pursuit strategy efforts, including campaign development and client/market-focused content.
  • Performs self-check of work prior to submitting to others for review/approval.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, English, Communications, Marketing, or related field and 4+ years of experience supporting or leading proposal development within a marketing or business development team, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe InDesign.
  • Experience responding to RFQs/RFPs and producing compliant, high-quality submittals.
  • Ability to translate complex technical information into clear, compelling content
  • Strong organizational, time management, and multitasking skills.
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Understanding of proposal strategy, compliance, and production.
  • Strong writing, editing, and communication skills with strong attention to detail.

Preferred

  • Experience in the A/E/C industry.
  • Familiarity with CRM tools such as Salesforce.
  • Experience supporting energy and/or environment related clients and services.

Benefits

  • AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options , well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
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AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. Learn more at aecom.com.

Founded in 1990
Dallas, Texas, USA
71K employees (6,122 in marketing)
74% recommend to a friend
84% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
502.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
52.4%
Direct
38.8%
Referral
6.9%
Social
1.1%
Paid
0.7%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~71.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
936 (1% of company)
Median Career Experience
20 years
Median Tenure
12.8 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$1.2B
Last Raise
$1.2B
Post IPO Debt, 8 months ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2025
    Post IPO Debt • $1.2B
  • Dec 2012
    Grant • $7.3K

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