Proposal Writer

Tagup is passionate about providing our customers with technical solutions that satisfy their business needs. Through collaborative interactions with customers, team members, subject matter experts (SMEs), technical leaders, and partners we design practical solutions that solve real problems for major government and business organizations. 

The Proposal Writer will be responsible for developing Tagup responses to requests for proposals (RFPs) from potential and existing customers by accurately positioning the value of Tagup’s products and solutions. The Proposal Writer reviews RFPs and related materials to understand the customer’s concerns, priorities, and needs and compose a response addressing those issues.

The Proposal Writer must demonstrate effective time and project management skills, exhibiting focus and poise within a fast-paced, deadline-driven, collaborative and complex environment where continuous communication is critical. 

• Understand and incorporate win themes, value propositions, benefits, differentiators, statistics/results and strategic information into proposal responses, executive summaries and cover letters
• Ensure proposal prose is tailored to the specific challenges, concerns, and goals of the customer agency
• Work closely with the Proposal Manager to ensure compliance of both solutions and final responses
• Work with Proposal Manager and Subject Matter Experts to understand the win strategy, themes, and discriminators, and to write proposal sections based on annotated outlines
• Participate in post-submission “lessons learned” discussions to identify and implement ways of improving the proposal process.
• Inspect and edit own work as well as apply feedback and edits into drafts from a variety of sources within established internal deadlines
• Creates strategic messaging, tailors proposal content, and contributes to the strategy and/or editing of the proposal responses and library content
• Engage with graphic designers to develop concepts for graphics to enhance proposal responses and database content
• Follow established proposal processes and defined roles and responsibilities throughout proposal development, including new content capture and editing processes
• Meets deadlines by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing, review, and approval; coordinating requirements with contributors; contributing proposal status information to review meetings
• Review RFPs to identify new questions, areas of concern, unique requirements and opportunities for differentiation
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills and Experience

• BA/BS in English, Journalism, or a Communications related field 
• 2-3 years of work experience responding to proposals
• Demonstrated proficiency in persuasive writing using conversational English.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects to meet all deadlines
• Strong self-starter with excellent problem-solving abilities
• Edit writing for organization, content, style, and tone
• Ability to understand technical concepts and formulate them into concise written form
• Ability to read, understand, and ensure compliance with complex project requirements
• Successful experience working both individually and collaboratively within a small team
• Advanced skills in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Solid interpersonal, communications, interviewing and relationship building skills
• Analytical and critical thinking skills for understanding complex ideas and then expressing them simply to others
• Intense customer focus and ability to adapt style and approach to customer preferences
• Flexible and able to cope with changing conditions
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Desired prior experience responding to proposals from federal, state, or local entities desired
• Knowledge of Shipley standards and procedures

This job posting sets forth the authorities and responsibilities of this position, which may be changed from time to time as shall be determined.

Tagup is an equal opportunity employer and individuals seeking employment with us are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.