Marketing/Proposal Specialist III

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a Marketing Proposal Specialist to support our East Region Marketing Team. This position offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement to include a combination of office and remote schedule, with a preference to be based, but not limited to one of the following AECOM office locations: Tampa, FL; Orlando, FL; Tallahassee, FL; Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; and Raleigh, NC.

Job Responsibilities:

• Interfaces with operations to win work and to manage the information infrastructure that enables the business to do so efficiently.
• Provides leadership and direction for proposals, including schedule, templates, compliance, content planning, and production.
• Responsible for leading large proposals and presentations and supports from pre-RFP project positioning through to interview stage, as required.
• Provides conceptual leadership for document design, while ensuring RFP instructions and internal brand guidelines pertaining to format, fonts, etc. are being followed.
• Participates in go/no-go and greenlight analyses in compliance with delegation of authority guidelines, capture planning and positioning activities as they pertain to preparation for the proposal.
• Facilitates pink and red team, quality reviews, and applies lessons learned to add value to proposals. Manages the implementation of proposal and presentation revisions based on direction from review teams.
• Write and edit tailored resumes and past performance sections for proposals.  Provides or obtains grammatical and technical editing to ensure quality.
• Supports debriefs and gathering of client feedback on proposals to ensure and demonstrate continuous improvement.
• Supports content development related clients/markets, as requested by communications, client account managers (CAMs) and other BLs, as necessary.
• May contribute to the development and implementation/presentation of internal training content.
• Supports special projects, as required.
• Reports to Regional Business Line Marketing Manager.

Qualifications

Min Requirements:

• BA/BS in Journalism, English, Communications, Marketing or a related field + 4 years of experience with proposal management and/or writing proposals or a demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 - 10 or more years of experience a plus.
• APMP/SMPS certification is a plus.
• Working knowledge of and interest in the A/E industry, including Federal clients and AECOM’s projects, people, credentials, and competitors.
• A detailed knowledge of marketing best practices and procedures, work processes, and tools 
• A developed understanding of effective proposal and presentation writin