Marketing Coordinator/Proposal Specialist

Nadi Design

With offices in Winnipeg, Chicago and Saskatoon, Nadi Design is a diverse yet closely integrated team. We plan, design, and imagine together. We embrace and celebrate our diversity of ideas, views, and inspirations. We are curious about our world, and serious about play. It defines our work and our workplace. We are called to positively transform our world, and we do so by playfully and optimistically embracing the challenges set before us. We believe that functional, sustainable, and well-designed environments can minimize development costs, maximize return on investment, and improve both human and natural environments.

Founded in 2010, we are an award winning team of landscape architects, urban designers, interior designers, graphic designers, and development specialists. We offer innovative and thoughtful design, expert technical advice, and practical fiscal solutions for the challenges of urban development. Our clients are pioneers, reformers, and innovators. We aspire to exceed their expectations.

http://www.nadidesign.com

Position Details

Marketing Coordinator/Proposal Specialist
Job
Full-time
Office/WFH
100% remote
12/22/2015
Chicago Illinois
Chicago, IL

Nadi Design, a service-based, award winning, international firm of urban designers, landscape architects, and interior designers with offices in Chicago, Winnipeg and Saskatoon, is seeking a talented, committed and disciplined Marketing Coordinator to join our team. Our ideal candidate is an enthusiastic self-starter with a proven track record in delivering a full suite of marketing activities for a creative environmental design firm. In consideration of the ideal proponent, a full time, part time, or contract applicant may successfully fill this position.

MARKETING MATERIALS:

  • Review and refine Nadi Design’s current marketing material (include the rewriting, reorganization and potential reformatting of all marketing material, ensuring consistency and alignment with the firm’s strategic vision and brand. 
  • Oversee and edit written and graphic marketing materials 
  • Maintain the supply of marketing materials so that they are readily available 
  • Contribute to publications and videos by the firm 
  • Represent the firm at select professional events 
  • Maintain and update staff resumes 
  • Prepare weekly marketing reports 
  • Maintain and develop the firm’s social media campaign 
  • Maintain marketing text and images database 
  • Assist with website development 
  • Send initiations and plan events 
  • Provide support in development of presentations and additional collateral material

PROPOSALS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:

  • Responsible for the assembly, publication and shipping of all RFP/proposal pursuits. 
  • Extensive client lead generation and RFP research / tracking 
  • Research business opportunities, project solicitations and Requests for Qualifications/Proposals 
  • Research design competitions 
  • Conduct proposal-specific research as necessary 
  • Create and maintain business development documents 
  • Maintain contact lists, generate and track cultivation correspondence 
  • Maintain prequalification forms and forms for government-related projects (330s) 
  • Attend pre-proposal meetings 
  • Maintain consultant and teaming partner lists 
  • Maintain and update staff resumes

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Maintain the firm’s existing client contacts and project opportunities database 
  • Facilitate client relationship-building activities and events 
  • Set up meetings and events with clients, internal teams and professional organizations

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, communications, or related field
  • Familiarity with online consultant RFP sites such as Merx, Biddingo, etc.
  • Expert knowledge and best practice in marketing software (In-Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.) are essential to this position.
  • Strong written communication ability and an in-depth understanding of the design industry are also highly sought after skills for this position.
  • 5-10 years business development experience in a design environment
  • The ability (on occasion) to work overtime/evenings/weekends to achieve deadlines
  • Occasional marketing/business development travel is expected
  • Occasional cold calls and attendance at meetings

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