Proposal & Brand Marketing Specialist

Miller-Davis Company; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid life insurance

Paid holidays and paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Flexible and remote work schedules

Job summary

Miller Davis is seeking a Marketing & Communications Specialist to lead proposal development, manage RFP/RFQ responses, and support business development. You will collaborate with leadership and project teams to create compelling materials that advance our clients and projects.

The role covers social media, external communications, branding, and internal marketing administration. You will ensure consistent messaging, manage assets, and help plan campaigns that highlight our projects, people, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, business or a related field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Relevant professional experience in marketing, communications, proposal development or a related field; experience in construction, architecture, engineering or another professional-services environment preferred.
• Demonstrated experience developing proposals, RFP/RFQ responses, presentations or other deadline-driven business development materials strongly preferred.
• Strong business writing, editing, proofreading and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to organize complex information, manage multiple deadlines and coordinate input from multiple stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, consistency and professional presentation.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365, Adobe Creative Cloud including experience with Adobe InDesign, common marketing, design, presentation, social media and content-management tools.
• Ability to work independently, exercise professional judgment and appropriately escalate competing priorities or resource needs.

Responsibilities

• Own the proposal and qualification response process from initial request through final submission, including RFPs, RFQs, bid references, statements of qualifications and related pursuit materials.
• Collaborate with project pursuit team to draft, edit and assemble clear, accurate and persuasive proposal content while meeting solicitation requirements that are tailored to the client, project and selection criteria.
• Maintain and continuously improve proposal resources, including project profiles, resumes, boilerplate content, references, qualifications, photography and other reusable marketing assets.
• Support project interview and presentation preparation for shortlisted pursuits and other client-facing opportunities including coordination of presentation materials and other deliverables.
• Partner with business development and project teams to develop presentation structure, messaging, visual materials and supporting content.
• Ensure presentations reinforce the proposal strategy, Miller Davis brand and key differentiators.
• Own the company's day-to-day social media and content activities, including planning, drafting, scheduling and publishing content across approved channels.
• Develop content highlighting projects, employees, company culture, community involvement, awards, milestones and other relevant company news.
• Maintain a consistent company voice, visual identity and brand standard across marketing communications.
• Monitor content performance and engagement and use available data to inform future content planning.
• Develop and publish company project and press releases and all external communications.
• Maintain and coordinate day-to-day marketing administration, shared files, templates and asset libraries, while ensuring project data, and other marketing information remain accurate and current.
• Coordinate marketing requests and priorities across departments and communicate status, deadlines and information needs to stakeholders.
• Coordinate with approved external vendors and overflow resources as assigned, including communicating source materials, deadlines and project requirements.
• Manage internal company communications including internal website, employee news, meeting recaps, and company messaging.
• Continuously improve marketing workflows, templates, tools and processes that improve efficiency and consistency.
• Support project and community communications as requested.
• Support company events, conferences and related marketing needs.
• Support safety communications and materials in coordination with the appropriate internal stakeholders.
• Perform other marketing and communications responsibilities consistent with the needs of the business.

Skills

Business writing

Editing

Proofreading

Verbal communication

Deadline management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365

Adobe Creative Cloud

Adobe InDesign

Job description

Miller Davis is seeking a Marketing & Communications Specialist to lead proposal development, manage RFP/RFQ responses, and support business development. You will collaborate with leadership and project teams to create compelling materials that advance our clients and projects.

The role covers social media, external communications, branding, and internal marketing administration. You will ensure consistent messaging, manage assets, and help plan campaigns that highlight our projects, people, and