Senior Marketing and Proposal Specialist

CDM Smith - Fayetteville, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Fayetteville, NC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Marketing and Proposal Specialist at CDM Smith plays a crucial role in developing and managing marketing materials and business development strategies for transportation clients. This position involves creating complex content for proposals, presentations, and resumes, while also coordinating marketing efforts nationwide. The specialist will engage in creative brainstorming sessions and ensure that all marketing information is current and accessible.

Responsibilities

• Develop, write, edit, and proofread content for proposals, presentations, resumes, and marketing materials for transportation clients.
• Plan, organize, coordinate, and implement marketing and business development strategies nationwide.
• Lead brainstorming, storyboarding, and strategy development sessions with a creative and strategic approach.
• Utilize a theme-based approach for proposal and presentation development.
• Update and maintain information in the firmwide database of resumes, project descriptions, proposals, and qualification packages.
• Ensure marketing and visual presentation information is up to date and well-maintained.
• Participate actively in the CDM Smith marketing discipline group through task forces and committees.
• Develop business development, marketing, facilitation, and writing skills through training and professional associations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent additional directly related experience in lieu of a degree.
• 6 years of related experience in marketing or proposal development.

Nice-to-haves

• B.A. or B.S. in Communications, English, Business, Journalism, or a related degree.
• Prior experience in an architectural or engineering firm, specifically within the transportation industry.
• Proficient in MS Office 365, Adobe Creative Cloud, and SharePoint applications; advanced skills in Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Experience in editing/proofreading technical narratives.
• Practical experience in facilitating strategy and proposal development sessions.
• Knowledge of business development/marketing process models such as Dag Knudsen, Miller-Heiman, Shipley.

Benefits

• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Challenging and progressive work environment.
• Support for personal leadership and career journeys.