DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you’re in the right place.
Our marketing team is seeking a Proposal Specialist with a passion for building brands to join and support our Workplace, Hospitality, and Mixed-Use Sectors, supporting the winning of new work through proposal deliverable development that lead the A/E/C industry. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.
About Marketing Sector at DLR Group
At DLR Group, the Marketing team provides strategic support in pursuit of new opportunities and the development of marketing materials. By leveraging a deep understanding of market trends and client needs, the team highlights the firm’s expertise and resonate with prospective clients.
Position Summary
The Proposal Specialist develops tailored content to support sector(s) project pursuits (opportunities). This content will include writing project narratives along with bios and resumes for design professionals, developing project plates, and development of other unique content for sector pursuits. With experience, this role will manage individual project pursuits and production of on-time, brand standard compliant deliverables (statement of qualification, request for proposal response, and interviews) from RFP receipt to interview completion.
What you will do:
- Manage individual pursuits to on-time, compliant delivery with some oversight.
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary pursuit team (designers, architects, engineers, planners, interiors, and specialty design) to write and produce content in our brand voice and style to support sector(s) project pursuits in the DLR Group brand voice and style.
- Support DLR Group’s shortlist and win rate goals with quality execution.
- Record discovered project and people information in firm database (Vision) to ensure institutional knowledge.
- Champion DLR Group as a best-in-class brand by completing comprehensive quality control checks on materials.
- Collaborate with pursuit teams to develop and maintain up-to-date library of on-brand pursuit materials including resumes, project plates, and boilerplate information to facilitate effective workflows across the team; this includes proactive content capture following submittal.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, English, or related field.
- 3-5 years of experience creating, writing, and editing proposals in a professional services environment, preferably the AEC industry.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign; proficiency in Microsoft Suite, including PowerPoint and Teams; familiarity with information gathering from a database, Deltek Vantagepoint (preferred)
- Eligibility to work in the United States without needing a work visa or residency sponsorship.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent deadlines
- Attention to detail and an ability to craft deliverables that comply with RFP requirements while creatively expressing the DLR Group brand and differentiators.
- Critical thinker who can quickly evaluate needs and recommend responsive solutions
- Experience leading or supporting a pursuit process to win work with / familiarity with the needs of and relevant messaging for private clients including Fortune 500 companies, major hotel brands/flags, and commercial real estate developers.
Our comprehensive Benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is:
DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients’ success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together.
DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.
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