Senior Publications/Proposal Specialist

Blackstone Talent Group, an award-winning technology consulting and talent agency is seeking a to join our Client's team.

Seeking a Senior Publications/Proposal Specialist to support a growing capture team and innovative solutions in systems engineering integration with expertise in C5ISR and digital transformation for air, sea, land, space and cyber domains in support of our nation’s most critical missions.

Responsibilities:

·      Collaborates with the proposal team to prepare proposal format.

·      Supports the preparation and maturation of proposal content for reviews and production through style editing, proofreading, document preparation.

·      Assists with coordinating the proposal production process.

·      Checks quality and peer reviews documents to reduce errors

·      Creates templates using the styles features to align to the RFP requirements.

·      Reviews, interprets, and questions RFP requirements.

·      Defines and generates visual style guides and templates for common proposal materials (e.g., volumes, resumes, past performance).

·      Designs, formats, and produces proposal materials.

·      Supports the graphic design and production with proofreading, formatting for print, and other production-related activities.

·      Maintains awareness of contents of repositories of previous proposal material (e.g., templates, exemplars) and supports the loading of new proposal material after submittal and award.

·      Provides guidance on outlines and compliance.

·      Assists with documenting, maintaining, and using internal proposal processes.

·      Contributes to and benefits from maintaining a collaborative environment—expanding skills and mentoring others.

Qualifications:

·      Recent proposal experience with Shipley-based new business processes

·      Expert in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat

·      Ability to rapidly obtain and maintain TS/SCI access

·      Experience with Adobe Illustrator

·      Ability to work efficiently and accurately under strict deadlines

·      Formats and positions text and graphics in a visually appealing way to design master copies using knowledge of type styles, size, and layout patterns

·      Understanding of Government RFPs and the source selection process.

·      Adaptability to changing requirements and dynamic schedules.

Required Skills:

·      Must be an expert level user of MS Word, someone who can format and adjust layouts

·      Experience working on US Government proposals

·      Recent proposal experience with Shipley-based new business processes

·      Experience with Adobe Illustrator is preferred

·      The bulk of the work is proposal work, but this team also works on white papers, and sales material from time to time.

Location: Chantilly, VA (Hybrid, typically 2-3 days per week in office, but could be more depending on delivery demands)

Security Clearance Required: TS/SCI

Blackstone Talent Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackstone Technology Group, a global IT services and software firm that implements technological solutions across commercial industry verticals and the US Federal Government. Blackstone's global talent augmentation practice was founded in 1998. Blackstone Talent Group has offices in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Colorado Springs, and Washington, DC. We specialize in providing clients the best talent across a variety of industries and sectors.

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