Intermediate Marketing and Proposal Specialist

CDM Smith - Boston, MA

Full-time - Entry Level

Boston, MA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

CDM Smith is seeking a creative writing professional to join our Industrial Unit marketing team. This role is ideal for a creative thinker who enjoys collaborating with teams to lead the development of compelling written storylines for proposals and presentations. The successful candidate will be responsible for bringing ideas to life that engage our clients and effectively convey the distinguishing features of our approach and technical solutions. A high importance is placed on maintaining 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 will contribute to our mission by planning, organizing, coordinating, and implementing strategies for marketing and business development efforts across key service areas, including clean energy, environment, facilities, and water. Your responsibilities will include 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. You will apply 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. Additionally, you will be responsible for updating information in the CDM Smith firmwide database of resumes, project descriptions, proposals, and qualification packages. Coordinating general client marketing efforts, including conferences, development of social media posts, webinars, and other activities will also be part of your role. You will be actively involved in the CDM Smith marketing discipline group by participating on task forces and committees, as available. Furthermore, 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, development of 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 committee involvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 3 years of related experience.
• Proficient in MS Office 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, and SharePoint applications; advanced skills in Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint; Adobe InDesign skills 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.
• Ability to organize and negotiate project schedules and manage multiple deadlines and assignments.
• Experience with business development/marketing process models (such as Dag Knudsen, Miller-Heiman, Shipley).
• Excellent command of grammar, the AP Style Manual, and spelling.

Nice-to-haves

• B.A. or B.S. in Communications, English, Business, Journalism or related degree.
• Previous experience developing proposals for an architectural, engineering, or construction firm.