Proposal Writer (Remote)

Lakeshore Learning Materials•Carson, CA

1d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Proposal Writer to join our Bid team, where every bid we win puts Lakeshore materials into more classrooms. In this role, you will develop and rewrite persuasive content across complex bid responses, tailoring voice and depth of detail to reach the multiple audiences that secure new business. You will build and maintain the proposal templates and content library the rest of the Bid team works from—leveraging AI to develop it into new subject areas as Lakeshore opens into new business. You will drive new template formats and visual standards with our design team, identify opportunities to strengthen the proposal approach and implement those changes. And you will lead assigned bid responses end to end, from kickoff through final submission.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in proposal writing, capture management or a similar role
4+ years leading or coordinating projects with multiple stakeholders from start to finish
Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Business or a related field
Experience with RFP/RFQ response and proposal development processes end to end, including building and maintaining reusable content libraries and proposal templates
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams—plus Adobe Acrobat Pro, TechSmith Snagit and AI writing and content tools
Availability to flex your schedule to meet submission deadlines, including occasional off-hours work

Nice To Haves

6+ years in proposal writing, capture management or a similar role
6+ years leading projects with multiple stakeholders; experience in B2B sales support or RFP/RFQ response
Master’s degree, or a background in education, manufacturing, distribution or a related sector
Strong research skills, including effective use of digital research tools
You exercise sound judgment independently when a situation is unfamiliar or there’s no established precedent to follow
You work across Sales, Creative and Leadership to bring differing input into a single aligned response
You identify what’s missing or could work better in the proposal approach and act on it, rather than waiting to be asked

Responsibilities

Developing and rewriting persuasive content across complex bid responses—creating net-new narrative from technical and programmatic source material, and tailoring voice, tone and level of detail so the same information lands with bid evaluators, district decision-makers and senior leadership
Building and maintaining the proposal templates and content library the rest of the Bid team works from, creating new reusable content, keeping existing content accurate and current, and developing the library into new subject areas as Lakeshore opens into new business and new categories of work
Driving the development of new template formats and visual standards with our design team—leading the working sessions that set format and visual direction, and ensuring new templates are consistent, on-brand and effective across the team
Identifying opportunities to improve how proposals are built and implementing those changes with creative and the Bid team, analyzing where the current approach slows the team down or weakens responses, then building and rolling out the fix rather than waiting for it to be assigned
Leading assigned bid responses end to end, from kickoff through final submission, and managing the schedule across concurrent bids
Analyzing bid requirements and resolving input from sales, subject matter experts and creative to develop compliant proposal responses
Ensuring final responses are accurate and consistent in grammar, style, formatting and voice