Senior Strategic Pursuit and Visual Communications Specialist.

Company:

Guy Carpenter

Description:

Come join our team! As a Vice President, Sales Desk & Strategic Pursuits, you will work with the SVP across numerous projects, new business pursuits, and a wide variety of sales content. The Vice President will collaborate with the SVP, business leaders, and management team members to develop compelling proposals, client-facing materials, and other publications in response to various pursuits, including Requests for Information (RFIs), Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and new business presentations. Additionally, you will support internal reports, presentation designs, and other company-branded sales tools, sourcing and/or designing new assets, and maintaining these assets within our libraries. This individual must demonstrate a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and commitment to excellence in delivery during their professional career.

We will count on you to:

• Responsible for the design of new pursuit materials (i.e., RFPs, reports, sales presentations, sell sheets, and more)
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to develop materials that clearly articulate the team's overall solution and strategy, approach to performing the work, win themes, and differentiators.
• Research of information to be included in documentation may include, but is not limited to, conducting interviews, attending meetings, and gathering source information.
• Identify, resolve, mitigate, and escalate gaps and risks to proposal management and operations leadership.
• Support proposal development by leading the writing of technical, management, and past performance proposal sections that are understandable, organized, concise, persuasive, compliant, and meet internal and external deadlines.
• Work with multiple sales projects and create design solutions in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, high-energy environment, tracking and regularly communicating individual progress
• Complete graphic design and PowerPoint design requests as needed to support sales and efforts for the Firm while meeting deadlines
• Work with the Sales Desk team to expand the brand identity and design creative solutions to convey abstract concepts
• Interpret content into visually appealing, on-brand designs and other graphic assets to promote sales (i.e., reports, sell sheets, presentation decks, and more)
• Generate new ideas and concepts with a strong command of formats, typography, graphics, and layout using your technical expertise in Microsoft and Adobe Creative Suite Software applications
• Evolve, elevate, execute, and maintain image libraries, templates, and guidelines for the Guy Carpenter visual identity
• Maintain quality and consistency by strictly adhering to the Guy Carpenter established brand guidelines in all deliverables
• Plan, analyze, and create dynamic visual solutions observing sharp typography, sophisticated design, data visualization, and a premium approach to each project
• Synthesize text and ideas from multiple authors, including SMEs and consultants; Compile information for each section and edit language to ensure one voice. Edit for consistency, clarity, grammar, and syntax, and compile with client requirements.
• Develop oral presentation slides, if needed, consistent with proposal volumes and pursuit instructions.
• Perform other related duties and assignments as required

What you will need:

• Work collaboratively in a team environment and interact closely with project managers, designers, writers, and internal clients to meet multiple daily deadlines
• Advanced skills with Powerpoint a MUST
• Be a conceptual thinker capable of transforming basic information into creative concepts
• Be comfortable working on multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Strong work ethic and relentless commitment to quality and efficiency
• Ability to use feedback as an opportunity to improve
• Proven portfolio of designs utilizing an existing brand identity; and experience in presentation and report design as well as data visualization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong time management and prioritization skills
• Strong analytical skills and ability to understand and write about complex topics
• Strong attention to detail, including grammar, punctuation, and syntax

What makes you stand out:

• A minimum of 5-7 years of experience building proposals and new business pursuits and a solid background in corporate design both digital and print
• Advanced MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Creative Suite
• A bachelor's degree in graphic design or other major related to visual communication. Or equivalent experience

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