Marketing/Proposal Manager

Job Description

Dewberry is currently seeking an experienced Marketing / Proposal Manager for pursuit and proposal efforts to support our Northeast region.

The ideal candidate can be in our New York, NY, Bloomfield, Parsippany, or Mount Laurel, NJ office. This position requires a marketing background in architecture, engineering, or construction (A / E / C) or related management consulting business.

The Marketing / Proposal Manager will be responsible for creating compliant, compelling qualifications and submittals.

Our team’s mission is to build office collaboration, leverage key skillsets of our team members, and drive strategy for our regions.

This position would be backed by a team of marketers who work to collaborate for success, promote strengths, and support each other's growth within Dewberry.

The ideal candidate is a dedicated, market-focused professional who understands deadline-driven work and is a self-starter who can work both independently and within a team environment.

You will be required to work on multiple assignments in tandem, with overlapping schedules. Experience in transportation, water and / or alternative delivery is preferred.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide.

What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver our clients the highest quality of services.

Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and other defining attributes, which we call Dewberry at Work, that have inspired our employees to succeed for more than 60 years.

Responsibilities

• Work in tandem with the Senior Marketing Manager and subject matter experts to determine go / no-go decisions, pursuit win strategies, craft sales messages, assemble pursuit teams, manage the proposal process, and develop proposal responses.
• Write supporting sales materials, including project descriptions, resumes, service overviews, executive summaries, etc.
• Drive the overall proposal process from start to finish, including lead kick-off meetings and color reviews.
• Manage the capture plan document, document cataloging, managing individual and team deadlines, and meeting facilitation.

Tasks also include writing, editing, note taking, informational research, ability to learn basic technical engineering concepts, development of graphics concepts, and coordination of other team members.

• Comply with our corporate standards to present a consistent appearance / style for presentation graphics, proposals, resumes, and collateral materials.
• Manage multiple proposal efforts and teams simultaneously within diverse markets and service offerings.
• Support Business Development and operational personnel in market research, competitor analysis, and client intelligence.
• Organize marketing material for ease of use.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• or . in Liberal Arts or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years’ experience personally producing proposals and managing proposal efforts.
• Must have extensive MS Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe InDesign experience. Other graphics software and CRM database experience are also desired.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Effective proposal management skills, including planning, organization, problem identification and resolution, and resource management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and prior experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and working collaboratively.
• Must be available to work overtime as necessary to meet business requirements.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s.

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.

• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
• Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report.

These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters : Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services.

Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

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