Intermediate Marketing and Proposal Specialist

CDM Smith - Columbus, OH

Full-time - Mid Level

Columbus, OH

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

CDM Smith is seeking a creative writing professional to join our Industrial Unit marketing team. If you are a creative thinker and enjoy collaborating with teams to lead the development of compelling written storylines for proposals and presentations, we are interested in talking to you. Candidates must be able to bring ideas to life that engage our clients and convey the distinguishing features of our approach and technical solutions. High importance is placed on a positive attitude, being flexible with change, and working well with others in a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have a portfolio of work that showcases engaging and innovative written content that is compliant with client RFPs while connecting with the audience. As a member of the CDM Smith team, you would contribute to our mission by planning, organizing, coordinating, and implementing strategies for marketing and business development efforts across our key service area—clean energy, environment, facilities, and water. You will be responsible for developing, writing, editing, and proofreading content for proposals, presentations, resumes, project descriptions, and related marketing materials of a complex nature for our industrial/private-sector clients. This role requires applying creativity and strategic insight while leading brainstorming, storyboarding, and other strategy development sessions. You will utilize a theme-based approach for the development of proposal and presentation efforts, and update information in the CDM Smith firmwide database of resumes, project descriptions, proposals, and qualification packages. Additionally, you will coordinate general client marketing efforts, including conferences, development of social media posts, webinars, and other activities. Being actively involved in the CDM Smith marketing discipline group by participating on task forces and committees is also expected. You will have opportunities to develop business development, marketing, facilitation, and writing skills through internal and external training sources and associations membership and committee involvement.

Responsibilities

• Planning, organizing, coordinating, and implementing strategies for marketing and business development efforts across key service areas.
• Developing, writing, editing, and proofreading content for proposals, presentations, resumes, project descriptions, and related marketing materials.
• Applying creativity and strategic insight while leading brainstorming, storyboarding, and other strategy development sessions.
• Utilizing a theme-based approach for the development of proposal and presentation efforts.
• Updating information in the CDM Smith firmwide database of resumes, project descriptions, proposals, and qualification packages.
• Coordinating general client marketing efforts, including conferences, social media posts, webinars, and other activities.
• Participating in the CDM Smith marketing discipline group by engaging in task forces and committees.
• Developing business development, marketing, facilitation, and writing skills through training and association involvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Communications, English, Business, Journalism, or related field.
• 3 years of related experience in marketing and proposal writing.
• Proficient in MS Office 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, and SharePoint applications; advanced skills in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint; Adobe InDesign skills are a plus.
• Ability to effectively coordinate projects by communicating with remote team members.
• Experience in editing/proofreading narrative written by technical professionals.
• Practical experience in facilitating large and small groups in strategy and proposal development.
• Ability to work under rigid time constraints with a narrow margin for errors or delays.
• Excellent command of grammar, the AP Style Manual, and spelling.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous experience developing proposals for an architectural, engineering, or construction firm.
• Experience with business development/marketing process models (such as Dag Knudsen, Miller-Heiman, Shipley).
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.