At APTIM, we come to work each day knowing that we are making an impact on the world. Our work spans from safeguarding and maintaining critical infrastructure to helping communities recover from natural disasters, from empowering our armed forces and first responders to reducing carbon and energy use, and from making cities more resilient against the threats of climate change to restoring contaminated ecological systems.

Job Overview:

APTIM is searching for a Proposal Specialist interested in the development of proposals and is capable of independently managing proposal development. Work elements include coordination of kickoff meetings, content planning and development, proposal review cycles, and conceptualization and design of proposal structure and content. Critical attributes include exceptional creativity, communication, teamwork, flexibility, responsiveness, attention to details, and a "do-whatever-it-takes" to get the job done right attitude!

What you can expect from APTIM:

• Work that is worthy of your time and talent
• Respect and flexibility to live a full life at work and at home
• Dogged determination to deliver for our clients and communities
• A voice in making our company better
• Investment into your personal and professional development

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Assist in development of new and re-compete client proposals of various sizes with a focus on RFP/RFI/SOQ* compliance, win strategy, and content development. Support Senior Proposal Managers with higher dollar value or strategic efforts as volume lead or writer
• Learn how to take a proposal from start-to-finish including:

• RFP/RFI/SOQ* understanding and simplification to communicate and lead proposal development teams
• Writing and editing proposal/marketing narrative
• Developing and maintaining proposal management tools such as proposal execution plans, compliance matrices, schedules, outlines, storyboards, win themes, action items and spend budgets
• Working with the capture team to conceptualize and develop strategic win themes and discriminators
• Collaborating with a team of technical writers, graphic artists, schedulers, estimators, procurement, contracts, and other key proposal staff from kickoff through proposal delivery
• Leveraging existing archived proposal and graphic information
• Interviewing technical and program staff to extract critical information
• Tracking solicitation amendments and modifications
• Performing quality and compliance checks of proposal sections and volumes
• Participating in the development of oral presentations including slide concepts and scripting, as needed
• Closely interacting with capture managers, program and project managers, strategic business unit leaders, technical professionals and contracts/legal to address proposal needs
• Participate in development of proposals by collaborating with the team on the most effective ways to graphically depict complex processes
• Working as part of a larger business development and marketing team to help craft winning solutions to client RFP/RFI/SOQ*, and other sales related pieces
• Working collaboratively with the creative service team by providing input to the design of proposal graphics and templates, preparing the digital files for production, as well as assisting the Designer and Proposal Managers in assembly and Quality Control of the final product services.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Design, Engineering, Communications, Marketing, Journalism, English or equivalent
• Ability to motivate others with a "do-whatever-it-takes" attitude
• Critical attributes include exceptional organization, time management, multitasking, and teamwork skills
• Proficient with use of Acrobat, MS Office Suite, with expert knowledge of Word and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage multiple creative projects with fast turnaround and strict deadlines.
• Excellent command of English grammar and punctuation is required
• Eager to learn about the proposal process and developing skills to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, high-volume environment
• Self-starter, that excels in time management and work well under stress
• The position requires attention to detail

Additional Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience with photography
• Experience with producing and/or designing marketing collateral
• Ability to sketch and conceptualize ideas into clear and compelling visuals
• Familiarity with large, production-oriented printers and full-bleed printing