DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you're in the right place.
DLR Group's Marketing team is seeking a high energy marketing professional with a passion for building brands to join an ambitious team that intends to transform the model of marketing communications in the A/E/C industry. The Proposal Specialist develops tailored content to support sector(s) project pursuits (opportunities). This content will include writing project narratives along with bios and resumes for design professionals, developing project plates, and development of other unique content for sector pursuits. With experience, this role will manage individual project pursuits and production of on-time, brand standard compliant deliverables (statement of qualification, request for proposal response, and interviews) from RFP receipt to interview completion.
DLR Group operates within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home. DLR Group has a network of 30 studios across the United States. For this role, we encourage exceptional applicants across the ecosystem.
The Successful Candidate Will:

• Manage individual pursuits to on-time, compliant delivery with some oversight.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary pursuit team (designers, architects, engineers, planners, interiors, and specialty design) to write and produce content in our brand voice and style to support sector(s) project pursuits in the DLR Group brand voice and style.
• Support DLR Group's shortlist and win rate goals with quality execution.
• Record discovered project and people information in firm database (Vision) to ensure institutional knowledge.
• Champion DLR Group as a best-in-class brand by completing comprehensive quality control checks on materials.
• Collaborate with Pursuit teams to develop and maintain up-to-date library of on-brand pursuit materials including resumes, project plates, and boilerplate information to facilitate effective and efficient workflows across the team; this includes proactive content capture following submittal.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Degree in Marketing, Communications, English, or similar
• 3-5 years of experience creating, writing, and editing proposals in a professional services environment, preferably the AEC industry
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent deadlines
• Attention to detail and an ability to craft deliverables that comply with RFP requirements while creatively expressing the DLR Group brand and differentiators
• Critical thinker who can quickly evaluate needs and recommend responsive solutions
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign; proficiency in Microsoft Suite, including PowerPoint and Teams; familiarity with information gathering from a database, Deltek Vision preferred

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization, renovations, and adaptive reuse.
We are 100% employee-owned: every employee owner is literally invested in our clients' success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Our comprehensive benefits at DLR Group include: medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401k, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The potential pay range for this role is $55,000 - $75,000.
Through our values - commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork - we elevate the human experience through design.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.