Pursuits Manager

Baskervill is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary design firm with offices throughout the country and in Gdansk, Poland. We are searching for an experienced Pursuits Manager to join our growing Marketing team. In collaboration with the Director of Marketing and other key stakeholders, this role is responsible for leading multi-disciplinary teams through the full lifecycle of pursuit development across the firm’s Hospitality, Education, Civic, and Workplace sectors. This is a great opportunity to work with an established and collaborative team of professionals to elevate the efficiency, quality, and impact of client touchpoints that support Baskervill’s ambitious growth goals. Interested? Let’s talk!

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and assist with oversight of pursuit activities including leading proposal teams, managing proposal schedules and deadlines, developing proposal strategies and content, and partnering with sector leaders to monitor progress of deliverables,
• Lead and create qualification packages, proposals, and leave behind materials,
• Collaborate with technical staff to write, review, and edit original content for clarity, compliance, and key brand and win messages,
• Work with pursuit teams to research and develop actionable win strategies and graphics that address client needs and meet strategic goals,
• Write persuasively and edit text to create compelling and grammatically correct copy for proposals and branding materials, improving proposal organization, readability, completeness, and clarity,
• Coordinate writing and graphics support services to achieve pursuit objectives and meet deadlines, performing quality and compliance reviews,
• Provide and incorporate business intelligence on clients, competitors, and Baskervill,
• Organize and facilitate pursuit strategy meetings,
• Lead the pursuit and technical teams through the interview phase, including coaching of team members on presentation skills,
• Manage maintenance of project and opportunity data integrity in Deltek Vantagepoint CRM,
• Lead strategic initiatives and advise on communications-focused campaigns that support target project and client positioning.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, or other relevant discipline,
• 5-10 years of A/E/C industry marketing experience,
• APR or CPSM certification preferred,
• Experience using Deltek Vantagepoint preferred,
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator and Adobe Acrobat Pro),
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office,
• Proficiency in common grammar, punctuation, proofing, and business writing,
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, diverse teams towards a positive outcome,
• Experience in personnel supervision and mentoring,
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and work on multiple projects simultaneously.

What we offer:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance,
• Paid parental leave,
• 401K match,
• Short- and long-term disability,
• Volunteerism opportunities and support,
• Flex/remote work,
• Paid personal time,
• Signing bonus,
• Flex spending account.

Baskervill is proud to be an equal opportunity employer M/F/Disability/Veteran, and drug-free workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any protected status as defined by law. Baskervill will provide reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or candidate with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause undue hardship.

If you are disabled or otherwise unable to apply online, please mail to: Job#PM4-24 Baskervill, PO Box 400, Richmond VA 23218. If you require assistance, you may reach us at careers@baskervill.com or call 804-343-1010.