Hybrid Proposal Specialist & Editorial Pro

Clarity Partners LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Partners LLC, based in Chicago, IL, seeks a Proposal Specialist to join a hybrid team. The role focuses on facilitating, editing, and formatting proposals, while producing diverse content and supporting the business development function.

The successful candidate will work with leadership and subject-matter experts to develop proposals, edit materials for clarity and quality, and manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred with 2-3 years of business development and/or proposal writing experience.
• Ability to collaborate with leadership, project managers, and relevant consultants in the proposal preparation process while maintaining a positive attitude and customer focus.
• Familiarity using AI for editorial purposes.
• Excellent business, technical, and creative writing skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Strong professional written and verbal communication.
• Ability to juggle competing deadlines for multiple teams, prioritizing and tracking tasks based on urgency.
• Ability to write for different audiences (internal and external) in various styles and formats, including reports, visually driven content, business letters, resumes, and digital content.
• Understands the sales process and the sense of urgency required to meet client needs and to adapt deliverables as needs change or become more defined, occasionally on short notice.
• Ability to perform research, analyze, and interpret market information and data, and provide clear, concise summaries and presentations (both written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support the proposal process following standard procedures, including planning, reviewing, and producing statements of qualifications and proposals.
• Participate in discussions with operation team members, leadership, external partners, and/or others, as necessary to clarify the requested scope of service and/or materials, due dates, and other proposal requirements.
• Navigate schedules for multiple concurrent proposals and competitive RFPs, meeting tight and competing deadlines, and working with a variety of stakeholders and subject matter experts throughout the company.
• Provide quality assurance editorial (content, grammar, and formatting) support for proposals, reports, presentations, deliverables, and other content.
• Coordinate with the team to develop, research, track, and follow up on proposals and other assigned projects.
• Handle various ad hoc requests as they arise, primarily from internal operations and sales team leaders.

Skills

Proposal writing

Editing

Content development

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AI writing tools

Job description

Clarity Partners LLC, based in Chicago, IL, seeks a Proposal Specialist to join a hybrid team. The role focuses on facilitating, editing, and formatting proposals, while producing diverse content and supporting the business development function.

The successful candidate will work with leadership and subject-matter experts to develop proposals, edit materials for clarity and quality, and manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.