Responsibilities

• Support a variety of proposal teams comprised of Marketing Managers, Pursuit/Proposal Managers, Client Managers, Project Managers, and Subject Matter Experts to help develop proposal responses, shortlist interviews, and other professional presentations.
• Manage major aspects of multiple proposal efforts simultaneously within target market segments and service offerings.
• Develop a deep understanding of individual pursuits and nuances of specific clients to provide both support to the pursuit team and also to proactively bring ideas and suggestions for improvement of content and processes.
• Coordinate with pursuit teams from multiple office locations and/or service lines. Familiarity with integrated, multiple service line (Civil, Structural, Architecture, MEP, Technology, etc.) proposals preferred.
• Responsible for work on a variety of proposal types (SF330, design-build, technical/narrative, pricing/business, RFQs/RFIs, and Sources Sought) as well as oral presentations.
• Support the capture planning process through drafting proposal documents, content development, data management and documentation, editing, maintaining deadlines, , managing content and communications with subject matter experts/project managers, and coordinating with outside team members.
• Lead and manage major sections or volumes of proposal documents.
• Lead sub-pack proposals.
• Lead meetings such as proposal kick-offs and reviews, and lead portions of client management and other meetings as needed.
• Own the process of writing and editing proposals and supporting sales materials, including project descriptions, resumes, market segment overviews, cover letters, executive summaries, etc.

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. or equivalent experience in A/E/C marketing required.
• 6+ years of AEC industry experience, personally producing proposals and managing proposal efforts required.
• Exceptional written and oral communications skills.
• Strong project management and organizational experience, self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and maintain concurrent deadlines.
• Must have extensive MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and Adobe InDesign and Acrobat experience. Other Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop, Illustrator) and graphics software would be a plus.
• Knowledge of database/CRM systems, specifically Microsoft Dynamics and/or Vantagepoint, a plus.
• Effective proposal coordination skills, including strong attention to detail, planning, organization, problem identification and resolution, and resource management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and prior experience working collaboratively.
• Must be available to work overtime as necessary to meet business requirements.
• While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Dewberry’s Fairfax, VA headquarters and regional offices is required.

Preferred

• Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So, if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.