Marketing & Proposal Specialist

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 89,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Competitive pay and benefits

Well-being programs

Job summary

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. seeks a Senior Marketing and Proposal Specialist in Canada focusing on Toronto, Ottawa, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph or Burnaby. Hybrid work arrangement offered.

Responsible for developing compliant proposals, SOQs, and marketing materials to win profitable work regionally or corporately. The role requires strong writing, editing, and project management skills, with experience in engineering or construction contexts, and proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, journalism, communications, or PR required.
• Six years of progressive professional experience in engineering, architecture, or commercial construction or ten years related experience.
• Demonstrated writing, editing, and proofreading skills with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in MS Office; familiarity with Illustrator a plus.
• Ability to follow complex instructions and manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead all aspects of competitive proposal preparation end-to-end.
• Review, hone and storyboard messages for client presentations and proposals.
• Draft content including introductions, win themes, and proof statements.
• Ensure proposal/SOQ compliance and on-time delivery; manage production.
• Develop scheduling, tracking systems and gather input from technical leads.
• Extract and categorize information on markets, clients, and past proposals.
• Collaborate with BD leaders across offices to connect seller-doers.
• Track opportunities in CRM and support research for responses.
• Oversee marketing collateral, resumes, and project descriptions.

Skills

Strong writing skills

Editing & proofreading

Multitasking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing/journalism/communications

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

Illustrator

Job description

Overview

Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better?

Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Marketing and Proposal Specialist in our Toronto, ON, Ottawa, ON, Waterloo, ON, Cambridge, ON, Guelph, ON, or Burnaby, BC office. A hybrid work schedule is available for this position at the discretion of the Company. The position will Develop compliant, comprehensive, and compelling submittals (proposals and opportunity-specific statements of qualifications (SOQs)) on a regional or corporate level in order to win profitable work. Responsible for managing, scheduling, editing, and producing proposals, opportunity-related SOQs, project descriptions, resumes, and other marketing materials in accordance with Geosyntec’s policies, government regulations and copyright laws. Work requires the exercise of considerable initiative and independent judgment.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

To Learn More Visit: http://www.geosyntec.com/careers/

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead all aspects of the competitive proposal preparation - from initial planning through delivery and post-award, including internal and client debriefs on wins or losses;
• Review and hone messages/win themes within written and visual information for client presentations; identify appropriate story-boarding of proposal/quals layout;
• Draft content such as introduction, win themes, proof statements, relevant experience, project teams/organizational charts;
• Overall responsibility for proposal/SOQ criteria and compliance, oversee production, and arrange for on-time deliveries;
• Develop scheduling and tracking systems for individual pursuit and proposal elements and be responsible for distribution & receiving input from key technical leads and decision makers;
• Develop systems to extract, categorize, and retrieve information related to markets, clients, consultants, personnel, projects, prior proposals, boilerplate, visuals, and mailing lists;
• Identify BD leaders and help connect seller-doers across disciplines, and branches, and/or business development initiatives;
• Track business development opportunities via Client Relationship Management system (CRM);
• Assist technical and marketing leads with research related to prior pursuit RFP/evaluation panel questions-answers as well as gather information on potential client projects;
• Oversee staff in managing routine marketing collateral (e.g., keeping key task schedules on-track, and resumes and project descriptions up to date);
• Develop branded presentations with targeted messaging;
• Create/approve news announcements for internal and external postings;
• Work closely w/ Branch technical and marketing teams to develop plans that align with the company’s Strategic Plan (i.e., overall goals and objectives);
• Under guidance from Branch technical and marketing teams, conduct targeted market research to understand preferences of target audiences, drivers/competitors/opportunities;
• Identify marketing candidates for both office and local-regional needs;
• Manage awards competition entries; ensure compliance with award requirements;
• Analyze research data related to clients; competitors; past, current, and prospective markets; present findings to leadership.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in marketing, journalism, communications, or public relations with six (6) years of progressive professional experience in engineering, architecture, or commercial construction is required or ten (10) years of directly related experience or any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the responsibilities of the position. (required)
• Demonstrated writing skills, including the ability to think critically and analytically about the purpose of the document and how the content might be improved. (required)
• Formatting, writing, editing, and proofreading skills with strong attention to detail. (required)
• Windows proficiency including, MS Professional (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe Acrobat, and typing ability. (required)
• Familiarity with Illustrator and some graphic design experience. (preferred)
• Ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions. (required)
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage workflow. (required)
• Ability to work both collaboratively and independently to perform effectively under tight deadlines. (required)

Below is the range that we in good faith believe is the potential compensation for this role at the time of this posting and is only applicable for jobs to be performed in the specified location(s) below. The typical base salary range for this position is just one component of Geosyntec’s total compensation package for employees. Actual compensation will be determined based on education, experience, skill set and location.

• Minimum Salary: $88,755/ Maximum Salary: $104,420 (Cambridge, ON, Guelph, ON, Waterloo, ON)
• Minimum Salary: $93,195/ Maximum Salary: $149,110 (Ottawa, ON, Toronto, ON, Burnaby, BC)