Marketing Assistant

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in College Park, MD is seeking a Marketing Assistant to support pursuit efforts from strategy to proposal preparation in a deadline-driven environment.

You will collaborate with operations and project teams to develop proposals, edit materials for quality, and transform narratives into compelling visual responses for client presentations. Market research and document coordination are key responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting pursuits from RFQ/RFP processes.
• Ability to edit content for quality, readability, and consistency.
• Experience transforming narratives into visual/graphical responses.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with operations to determine strategy in responding to RFQ/RFP.
• Developing relevant proposal materials (firm profile, resumes, project sheets, etc.).
• Editing content to ensure quality, readability, etc.
• Transforming text-heavy narratives into visual/graphical responses.
• Preparing teams for client presentations.
• Performing market research.

Skills

Proposal writing

Editing

Market research

Communication

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Office 365

PowerPoint

Excel

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

• Applying for positions in multiple locations will result in a longer vetting process.
• The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including the disabled and veterans.

Please note:

The marketing assistant is responsible for working with the operations groups, project managers through senior vice presidents, in their pursuits to get work. The marketing assistant participates in all stages of the pursuit, from strategy to proposal preparation to presentations, in a deadline-driven environment.

Some of the marketing assistant’s duties for project pursuits include:

• Collaborating with operations to determine best strategy in responding to an RFQ / RFP.
• Developing relevant proposal materials (firm profile, resumes, project sheets, etc.).
• Editing content to ensure quality, accuracy, readability, etc.
• Transforming text-heavy narratives into visual/graphical responses.
• Preparing teams for client presentations.
• Performing market research.

The majority of the position is working with:

• Adobe InDesign.
• Microsoft Office 365 including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
• Adobe Photoshop (an extensive knowledge of the program is a plus, but not a requirement).
• Company opportunity management software.