Business Development- Technical Proposal Writer

Socket.dev; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Optional work-from-home Fridays

Job summary

WRA Architects is seeking a Technical Proposal Writer to join our Business Development Team, leading the proposal (RFQ) process for public education clients. You will manage creation of RFQ proposals, coordinating with cross-functional departments to gather information and craft thorough, branded submissions.

The role requires strong written English, graphic design skills, and experience with InDesign. Flexible collaboration with design teams and on-time delivery are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Marketing, Journalism, or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years experience producing proposals, brochures, qualifications packages, presentations, or similar materials.
• Experience assembling RFQ materials.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Experience planning, scheduling, and coordinating the production of graphic deliverables accurately and on time.
• Experience writing, creating, and editing content for various audiences.
• Experience with Adobe InDesign required; Acrobat, MS Excel, MS Word a plus.
• Previous experience working in an architecture environment strongly preferred.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, open-concept team environment; Valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Lead the RFQ proposal process from planning to submission.
• Coordinate with cross-functional departments to gather required information.
• Create high-quality written content and graphic design elements.
• Ensure proposals comply with requirements and branding guidelines.
• Manage templates and branding for consistent presentations.

Skills

Strong writing

Editing content

Graphic design

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Branding

Templates

Education

Bachelor's degree in English/Communications/Marketing

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Acrobat

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Description

About us

WRA Architects is a Texas and Oklahoma based Architectural Design firm with deep expertise on PreK-12 and Higher Education Facilities, as well as municipal facilities. Our goal is to be the leader in building communities where people flourish. We provide opportunities for Architects and Interior Designers to develop under the guidance of our knowledgeable and experienced staff.

Why WRA?

We are a Great place to work, our Clients are Raving Fans and we Love to Design! With over 70 years of experience, our core purpose is to positively influence people’s lives through design. We believe in building an inclusive, diverse firm where different talents, cultures, and generations come together, driving the innovation needed for the next great idea. We have an outstanding benefits package and optional work-from-home Fridays.

Job Summary:

WRA Architects is seeking a Technical Proposal Writer to join our Business Development Team, responsible for leading our proposal (RFQ) process. In this role, you’ll manage the creation of RFQ proposals, mostly for public education clients, coordinating with cross-functional departments. This role involves strategic planning, project management, and collaboration with various teams to gather necessary information and craft thorough proposals.

The Technical Proposal Writer is responsible for leading the development and execution of proposal responses to the prospective client with accurate information, high quality branded design, and on time. The Technical Proposal Writer ensures that proposals are compliant with requirements, complete, and compelling. The ideal candidate would have experience with creation of content both written and graphic design, print coordination, deadline-driven delivery and shipping, data collection and documentation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Strong written English language skills

• Ability to create new content from technical information supplied by the architects
• Ability to edit content in various ways to suit each RFQ's target audience
• Ability to write and edit content independently
• Skilled at capturing approved content, organizing it, and warehousing it for quick retrieval repetitively

Strong graphic design skills

• Ability to visualize imagery needed; ability to create it, and solicit graphic designers' assistance and feedback
• Ability to gather and organize a large quantity of graphic designed visual elements for quick retrieval repetitively
• Expert in Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, MS Excel, MS Word; able to learn and navigate other databases

Strong time management skills

• Ability to work effectively against inflexible deadlines with attention to detail
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and follow through to ensure completion of a submission document that is accurate, high quality, attractive, and on time

Strong interpersonal communication skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders in other departments
• Ability to gather input and content from a variety of stakeholders, prioritize, and craft a final output accordingly

Able to use templates, adapt them to diverse audiences, apply Company branding elements, and maintain consistent visual appearance in the documents

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in English, Communications, Marketing, Journalism, or similar field required
• Minimum 2 years of experience producing proposals, company brochures, qualifications packages, presentations, or similar materials required
• Experience assembling RFQ materials required
• Strong attention to detail
• Experience planning, scheduling, and coordinating the production of graphic deliverables accurately and on time
• Experience writing, creating, and editing content for various audiences
• Experience and solid understanding in Adobe InDesign required - Acrobat, MS Excel, MS Word a plus and ability to pick up other databases quickly.
• Previous experience working in architecture environment strongly preferred
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, open-concept team environment required
• Valid driver's license required

The salary WRA will offer will commensurate with experience.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or protected veteran status.