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Our client, a multinational company, is seeking a Proposal-Technical Writer
Location: New York, NY Position Type: Contract Job Summary: As a proposal writer for external audit services, you will manage the pursuit process for the external audit opportunities, from coordinating pursuit teams' activities to developing deliverables. You will use your skills to:- Write persuasively and create strategic messaging, including executive summaries and other critical components of deliverables, interpreting information from research profiles, meetings with pursuit team members, client meetings, and understanding of the business and the offerings.
- Develop strategies for new business pursuits and retention opportunities, applying targeting and sales principles to uncover target client needs, identify win themes, create compelling messages, brainstorm solutions to challenges, and identify benefits for target clients.
- Transform strategic thinking into persuasive deliverables that differentiate, such as proposals and oral presentations.
- Conduct or oversee research and analysis for pursuits using external sites and internal resources.
- Collaborate with other pursuit team members, continuously refining and improving pursuit strategies, and acting as a project-by-project liaison between our team and the broader organization.
- Work in partnership with the design team to stay on brand.
- Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, humanities, or related disciplines, with advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in business-to-business communications and/or strategic marketing communications directed to Fortune 500 organizations; experience in a professional services environment preferred; uniquely skilled academic communicators with Ph.D.s or ABDs will also be considered.
- Excellent communicator, writer, editor, project manager, and strategist, with a keen eye for detail.
- Experience leading teams in strategic discussion.
- Experience managing complex, multi-dimensional proposals.
- Advanced in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Zoom and SharePoint.
- Pursuit and proposal management experience in a Big 4 or professional services environment a plus.
- This a is a proposal writing position. Candidates will be working on new business opportunities with a formal RFP. We should also plan that they may be asked to prepare a meeting document.
- Candidate should know they will use a proprietary content software tool, or we will assign a specialist to pull content for you. We would expect you to start with a blank piece of paper for any of our proposals.
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