Proposal Specialist

About the Role

The Proposal Specialist combines strategic communication, visual design, and project management to help drive the company's growth and success. This role leads the development of compelling proposals, qualifications packages, and client interview presentations that showcase KLJ’s expertise in competitive pursuits. Working closely with technical experts, project managers, and business leaders, the Proposal Specialist transforms complex information into persuasive content and engaging visual communications. The ideal candidate is both creative and detail-oriented, with a passion for design, visual storytelling, and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Sets, enforces, and maintains timelines for successful completion of proposals.
• Drafts responses to RFPs and other client deliverables; writes content and coordinates graphics for completed proposals that accurately reflect RFP requirements.
• Designs proposal layouts, infographics, charts, maps, and visual content that communicate technical information clearly and effectively.
• Interviews and gathers information to customize RFP responses with input from business line leaders and/or subject-matter experts.
• Provides copywriting for proposal content including scope of services, project approaches, customized project roles, and bios.
• Provides quality control review, proofing, and editing of all proposal and presentation material; oversees final production and delivery of proposals.
• Translates complex engineering concepts into visually engaging graphics and presentations.
• Utilizes effective written and oral communication.

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, graphic design, journalism, English, business, or a related field; equivalent experience considered.
• Proficiency with computers.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat.
• Experience creating infographics, presentations, and branded marketing collateral.
• Knowledge of visual communication, page layout, typography, and graphic design principles.
• Experience developing PowerPoint presentations and presentation graphics.

Skills & Abilities

• Applies judgment and interpretation skills to complete duties using provided guidelines.
• Uses common courtesy while interacting with people to perform the job satisfactorily.
• Completes assignments independently and seeks guidance for unfamiliar tasks, problems, or situations.
• Provides recommendations used by others when making decisions.

Pay

The salary for this position is expected to range between $45,000 - $62,000. Factors that may be used to determine actual salary include education (or applicable experience), training, job location, competencies relevant to the role, and internal equity.

Benefits

• Competitive full suite benefit package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Performance bonus.
• 401k and employee stock ownership program.
• Flexible work environment supporting professional and personal excellence.

Options available for the current year are described at www.kljeng.com/careers/benefits.

Schedule

This position requires 40 hours per week with 100% of time spent in the office.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, and crawl.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• Talk or hear and communicate clearly.
• Frequently lift and move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.