For over 15 years, Alertus Technologies has dedicated itself to developing and providing life-saving mass notification solutions for large-area, high-occupancy organizations around the world. Our powerful solutions enable organizations to send critical information instantly and seamlessly over any integrated endpoint to protect lives and maintain business continuity.
We believe the key to our success is the individuals who make up the greater Alertus Team, who share the values of teamwork, trust, integrity, and exceptional customer service. We are looking for a like-minded individual to join the Marketing Team as a Proposal Specialist to create and manage proposal responses for RFI/RFP/RFQs for our Beltsville, MD headquarters.
The Role:
This talented and self-driven individual will be responsible for the project management of all proposal responses for RFI/RFP/RFQs. These responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Creating and updating our company’s proposal boilerplates
- Developing and implementing proposal templates
- Establishing priorities and target dates to ensure proposal deadlines are met
- Editing highly technical content and adds clarity/professional polish without changing the meaning
- Collaborating with members of the sales, product development, marketing, and Subject Matter Experts to ensure proposal content is complete, accurate, and timely
- Updating graphics, editing and writing responses, and managing proposal production
- Takes ownership – produces quality proposals, maintains a quality checklist to ensure 100% quality on all documents. Applies brand and legal compliance standards to proposals/presentations
- Assisting with copyediting or copywriting as needed to support the marketing team’s goals and initiatives
Required Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written interpersonal, and communication skills
- Experience with technical writing and editing
- Experience with RFI/RFP/RFQs
- Strong organizational skills
- Excellent follow-up and reporting
- Must be motivated, methodical, dedicated, and a self-starter
- A collaborative team player
Desired Skills:
- Technical/proposal writing experience
- General content development experience
- Some graphic design experience
- Project management experience
Education and Experience:
- BS/BA degree (English, Journalism, Communications preferred) or relevant experience.
- Minimum 1-3 years of proposal writing experience
Alertus Career Advantages:
- Competitive salary
- Business casual environment
- Generous vacation plan
- Being part of a fast-paced and growing company
- Rewarding experience of bringing life-saving solutions to schools and organizations worldwide
- Regular company social and team-building events
- Circle of Excellence Rewards Trip
Please include and send writing samples (anything is welcomed!) to careers@alertus.com
EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V
ALERTUS TECHNOLOGIES IS AN E-VERIFY EMPLOYER