Responsibilities

• Proactively leads and drives multiple, concurrent high-value proposals while providing assistance and/or oversight on additional assignments—such as reviewing other team members’ proposals; crafting high-quality, customized resumes and project pages; and completing qualification packages or bid support—by effectively delegating and overseeing tasks of team members and specialty contributors.
• Organize and lead proposal teams; build positive relationships with operational staff to facilitate team collaboration, creativity, and effectiveness.
• Develop and execute winning RFQ and RFP responses, actively leading and delivering at all stages of proposal development, including writing, editing, and visual communication.
• Write and/or edit compelling proposal content that directly responds to questions in the RFQ or RFP.
• Maintain full ownership for delivering a compliant proposal document.
• Develop and edit presentation materials for team interviews. Initiate presentation preparation and critique public speaking skills.
• Maintain Clark’s corporate brand standards across all marketing deliverables, including effectively implementing the company’s proposal and presentation templates in InDesign and PowerPoint, respectively.
• Maintain company information, materials, and associated Marketing databases as required.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant and successful proposal management experience in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry or other professional services.
• Bachelor’s degree with a major in Marketing, Communications, English, Business, Political Science, or other relevant focus of study in writing, communication, and critical analysis.
• Proven experience coordinating and managing complex proposal efforts.
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• Proficiency using Adobe Creative Suite (primarily InDesign ) for professional document design, layout, and production.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft PowerPoint for slideshow presentations.
• Alignment to Clark Standards of Excellence: self-motivated, results-oriented, adaptable, team player, accountable, ethical, innovative, resilient, builds relationships, builds people/teams and followership, sets direction and executes

Preferred

• Confident personality with the ability to think strategically and help teams develop sound marketing, pursuit, and proposal strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational, planning, and project management skills and the ability to coordinate the activities of various team members when faced with multiple deadlines.

Benefits

• Health/dental/vision benefits
• paid time off
• retirement/401k
• Company Contribution plan
• life insurance
• commuter benefit
• short & long term disability
• fitness reimbursement
• FSA
• tuition reimbursement
• back-up daycare
• tutoring & family support benefits
• EAP/Work-Life assistance
• holiday contribution program