Faithful+Gould is an international company with a strong culture of progression. Placing great emphasis on the training, development and assessment of our staff, we’re dedicated to providing cutting-edge expertise. Join us and you’ll benefit from a development programme designed to ensure your career objectives are met in full.
Job description – Bid and Marketing Co-ordinator
We are looking for a Bid and Marketing Co-ordinator for our Central region, based in our Leeds office. This role will support the Central region business in primarily managing and delivering bids, but also providing marketing support. The role will report to the regional bid and marketing lead.
This is an excellent development opportunity for a candidate who is experienced in bidding and looking for more responsibility in managing submissions and coordinating all elements of the bidding process, working with senior directors and key account managers in the region. In addition, you’ll be able to provide marketing support on written and digital communications, key account management, event support and business development.
Responsibilities:
• Prepare bid documentation such as pre-qualification and tender documents, presentation material and collate technical input
• Assist in the management of bid process - reviewing bid notices, preparing bid plans, tracking wins and losses and producing a report.
• Manage elements of the bidding process from collecting and maintaining up-to-date experience and project images, exemplar answers, client references and testimonials to co-ordinating win/launch sessions, producing best practice responses and maintaining oversight of all bid related activity.
• Coordinate and write news and features for internal and external publication
• Support the creation of new marketing materials (i.e. capability statements and award submissions)
• Undertake sector, client and other general market research
• Respond to ad-hoc marketing queries and requests for information
• Support with the organisation and management of seminars, exhibitions and events
• Assist with CRM updates
• Contribute to the building of the Faithful+Gould brand, and helping to champion and police the brand and act as front line for enquiries on brand guidelines
Requirements:
• University graduate – graduates considered from all disciplines (e.g. Arts, Business, Marketing, English, Journalism, Construction)
• Previous bid management experience
• Excellent proof reading skills and attention to detail
• Ability to travel as the expectation is that the candidate will require to be able to work in each of the regional offices as and when necessary’
• Strong project management skills – ability to meet tight deadlines
• Excellent written communication skills
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload effectively
• Strong interpersonal skills – able to deal with people at all levels
• Excellent team working skills
• Previous experience within a professional services environment is desirable
• Understanding and interest in marketing communications
• Adobe InDesign knowledge is desirable
• Excellent computer literacy, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook packages
Faithful+Gould want to hear from you.
Atkins offers a fantastic range of benefits, which you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices.
All the information you need to know is available on our dedicated benefits portal; your reward, which is available to access 24/7 from any device: https://
www.yourrewardatkins.com
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