Bid Designer

Sodexo; Matosinhos; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Life Insurance

Meal allowance

Extra vacation day

Growth opportunities

Multicultural projects

Wellbeing activities

Job summary

Sodexo Business Services — Porto, Portugal, seeks a creative Bid Designer to shape winning proposals and compelling visual narratives for European markets. You will craft executive summaries, tender responses, and interactive content across multiple formats.

Design microsites, motion content, and data visuals using PowerPoint, InDesign, Illustrator, and AI tools, ensuring brand consistency and accessibility. Join a global team that values collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of bid design and business-design experience.
• Strong portfolio translating complex text and data into visuals.
• Advanced PowerPoint capability with master slides, editable diagrams, charts.
• Experience designing microsites or interactive content using web design or low-code tools.
• AI-assisted design experience and governance of tool usage.
• Ability to work across cultures and time zones.

Responsibilities

• Bid design and visual storytelling across bid stages.
• Design proposals and presentations including executive summaries and tender responses.
• Create editable PowerPoint and Word templates and layouts.
• Design microsites and interactive proposals; organize content around client needs.
• Storyboard and produce short videos or motion graphics explaining a solution.
• Use Sodexo-approved AI tools to explore concepts and reduce repetitive tasks.
• Maintain reusable assets and templates; share techniques with the team.

Skills

Bid design

Visual storytelling

PowerPoint mastery

Data-to-visual

Video editing

AI-assisted design

Cross-cultural collaboration

English proficiency

Education

Creative degree

Tools

PowerPoint

InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Web design tools

Job description

In 1966, in Marseille, Pierre Bellon laid the foundations of what would become Sodexo, guided by a simple yet powerful idea: improving everyday life through services that truly matter.

Today, Sodexo is a global leader in Food and Services, supporting people at every moment of life, at work, in schools, hospitals and communities. With 426,000 colleagues across 43 countries, we serve 80 million consumers every day, generating €24.1 billion in revenues. Our growth goes hand in hand with social and environmental responsibility, driven by our purpose: to create a better everyday for everyone and build a better life for all.

About Sodexo Business Services (SBS)

Portugal is no exception! Eight years ago, we established Sodexo Business Services (SBS), our shared service center. Here, you will have the opportunity to join various Financial teams such as Record to Report, Order to Cash, Purchase to Pay, Financial Analysis, and Master Data, supporting European markets and ensuring business growth.

Join Us!

We are looking for talented professionals to be part of our team, bringing unique skills and perspectives to help us grow even further.

Bid Designer

What will you do?

• Bid design and visual storytelling: Develop creative concepts, custom bid identities and visual narratives that express client priorities, win themes and differentiators. Work with the Senior Bid Designer and pursuit team to turn these into consistent materials across each stage of the bid.
• Proposals and presentations: Design and produce executive summaries, tender responses, workshop materials, presentations, infographics, charts and solution diagrams. Simplify written and numerical information without changing its meaning. Create editable PowerPoint and Word templates and practical layouts that colleagues can maintain.
• Microsites and interactive content: Design, build and update bid microsites and interactive proposals using approved platforms and tools. Organise content and navigation around the client’s needs; integrate approved documents, video and other media; and check links, responsive layouts, accessibility and usability before release. Coordinate publishing and specialist technical support where required.
• Video and motion: Storyboard, edit and produce short videos, animations or motion graphics that explain a solution, introduce a team or reinforce a key message. Combine approved footage, graphics, audio and captions, and prepare outputs suitable for the intended presentation or digital channel.
• AI and design automation: Use Sodexo-approved AI tools to explore concepts, develop visual options, assist image and video production and reduce repetitive tasks. Apply human judgment and quality checks to all outputs, including accuracy, brand fit, accessibility and asset rights. Handle client and company information in accordance with Sodexo requirements.
• Production and quality Plan assigned work against bid milestones; agree briefs, review points and deliverables; maintain version control; and manage amendments through final production. Check visual consistency, content completeness, file specifications, links and submission compliance. Prepare digital and, where required, print-ready outputs.
• Reusable assets and shared learning Work with the Knowledge Manager and design team to maintain searchable templates, graphics, footage and other reusable assets. Supply organised source files and clear handovers. Share techniques and help colleagues use templates and tools effectively.
• Continuous improvement Evaluate emerging design tools and formats, propose relevant applications and test them on a manageable scale. Share evidence of their effect on quality, production time or client usability, and help incorporate successful approaches into the team’s workflows.

What you'll need to succeed?

Essential Experience & Skills

• Creative degree, relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience (min.5 years);
• Strong business-design portfolio and bid experience; translate complex text and data into clear visuals.
• Advanced PowerPoint capability (incl. master slides, editable diagrams, charts); very strong Word, PDF, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop skills.
• Practical experience designing and building microsites or interactive digital content using web design or low-code tools, with an understanding of navigation, responsive design and accessibility.
• Hands-on video editing and basic motion graphics capability, supported by examples of storyboarding, sequencing, captions and finished outputs. Advanced expertise in every digital discipline is not required.
• Practical AI-assisted design experience; assess outputs and follow approved-tool & info-handling requirements.
• Learn new tools, streamline production, build reusable assets; develop digital, video, or automation expertise.
• Organized, detail-focused and accountable; collaborate confidently across cultures, time zones & teams.
• Proficiency in English (mandatory).
• International strategic bids or complex B2B services; familiarity with facilities management, workplace experience or food services.
• Accessible document production, digital asset management or building and maintaining reusable design systems.

What we have to offer you?

• Health & Life Insurance;
• Meal allowance paid in Meal Card;
• Additional Days off: extra vacation day, employee’s birthday, volunteering day;
• Opportunity to grow professionally inside the Company;
• Possibility to participate in multicultural projects;
• Several internal activities aiming to promote our team´s wellbeing.

Learn more about Sodexo: YouTube - Sodexo.

Diversity & Inclusion Statement

Sodexo is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit.

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