Senior Associate, Pursuits

HITT Contracting•Atlanta, GA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Associate, Pursuits leads the development of responses to RFQs and RFPs, interview presentations, and award submissions, and serves as the marketing point of contact for assigned business units. This role collaborates with business unit leaders, graphics, branding and communications teams, and other corporate resources, working with minimal supervision. The position is based in either the Falls Church, Virginia, or Atlanta, Georgia office. The ideal candidate is proactive, organized, collaborative, and results-oriented, with strong customer service, communication, writing, design layout, and project management skills. The role requires managing multiple priorities and deadlines, resolving complex issues creatively, seeking efficiencies, and developing processes. It also includes supporting other pursuits associates through mentoring and may involve orienting, training, assigning, and checking their work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Communications, Technical Writing, or Graphic Design, or equivalent work experience.
3–10 years of marketing experience in a fast-paced corporate environment.
Experience in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) field.
Excellent technical writing and editing skills.
High level of working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud, specifically InDesign.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
Experience developing proposals.
Confidence leading operations project teams and collaborating with executive leadership individually and in group settings.
Demonstrated strengths in teamwork, organization, multitasking, and project management.
Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment with multiple hard deadlines and long-term projects.
Working knowledge of CRM systems, especially Microsoft Dynamics.
Experience directing work.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing others.
Experience with client prequalification platforms, especially Avetta, ISNetworld, and Highwire.
Experience leading federal proposal development from capture through final submission, including strategy development, annotated outlines, color team review management, and oversight of complex proposal production.

Responsibilities

Lead the strategy, coordination, writing, editing, layout, and production of qualifications packages and proposals.
Collaborate with project teams to develop interview presentation strategy; lead development of interview materials, including presentations, interview books, and handouts; direct rehearsals and prepare presentation teams.
Serve as the point of contact for assigned business units, guide them in obtaining marketing support, and maintain project and team knowledge in CRM and other systems.
Develop and maintain business-unit-specific marketing content, including narratives and photography, for proposals, brochures, collateral, the company website, and social media.
Update and maintain marketing templates, including resumes, project sheets, and proposal materials.
Manage and produce industry- and project-specific award submissions.
Develop and implement solutions to improve the marketing department’s functionality and efficiency.
Carry out departmental goals and contribute to other departments’ goals.
Own a team tool, resource, or system.
Develop and ensure standard best practices for pursuits management.
Recommend hardware and software solutions to improve design output and pursuits-team efficiency.
Serve as a resource to other pursuits associates through mentoring; may orient, train, assign, and check their work.
Proactively manage and update company information across client prequalification and compliance platforms, coordinating with internal departments and functions.