Proposal Specialist

Clarity Partners LLC • Chicago, IL

4d • $75,000 - $90,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Clarity Partners is seeking a Chicago-local Proposal Specialist to join its business development team in a hybrid setting. The role supports new business proposals by facilitating, editing, and formatting proposal materials, generating content in a variety of formats, providing editorial and communication support, and assisting the company with a range of business development services. The Proposal Specialist works with internal teams and external partners to clarify requirements, coordinate proposal work, and deliver polished materials on tight and competing deadlines.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support the proposal process according to standard procedures, including planning, reviewing, and producing statements of qualifications and proposals.
• Participate in discussions with operations team members, leadership, external partners, and others as needed to clarify scope of services or materials, due dates, and proposal requirements.
• Manage schedules for multiple concurrent proposals and competitive RFPs, meeting competing deadlines and working with stakeholders and subject matter experts across the company.
• Provide editorial quality assurance for content, grammar, and formatting across 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 ad hoc requests, primarily from internal operations and sales team leaders.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level