Content Marketing Manager, Proposals

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Responsibilities • Serve as the primary owner of DMA’s proposal and RFP response process, managing submissions from intake through final delivery. • Coordinate proposal timelines, responsibilities, and deliverables to ensure on‑time, high‑quality submissions. • Translate complex technical, regulatory, and service‑line content into clear, persuasive proposal narratives. • Ensure proposal and RFP responses align with client requirements, evaluation criteria, and submission guidelines. • Maintain proposal quality, consistency, and compliance across all submissions. • Write, edit, and refine proposal narratives, executive summaries, project descriptions, expert profiles, and related content. • Ensure all proposal and RFP response content aligns with DMA’s brand voice, messaging standards, and value proposition. • Proofread and quality‑check proposals and RFP responses for clarity, accuracy, formatting, and completeness prior to submission. • Incorporate feedback efficiently while protecting narrative cohesion and clarity. • Partner closely with Business Development, Marketing, and service line subject matter experts to gather input and insights. • Facilitate working sessions and follow‑ups with contributors to meet proposal deadlines. • Provide guidance to internal contributors on proposal structure, tone, and best practices. • Serve as the central point of communication for proposal‑related activities. • Maintain and organize a centralized proposal content library, including expert profiles, project descriptions, and boilerplate materials. • Update templates, tools, and reference materials to improve proposal efficiency and consistency. • Identify opportunities to improve proposal workflows, processes, and tools over time. • Support efforts to standardize proposal best practices and reduce re‑work. • Support other marketing content initiatives as bandwidth permits, such as thought leadership, marketing collateral, or internal communications. • Assist with content drafting, editing, or coordination for marketing initiatives outside of proposals. • Collaborate with content and design teammates to ensure alignment across proposal and marketing materials. • Stay informed on proposal best practices, industry trends, and client expectations within professional services. • Recommend improvements to proposal strategy, messaging, and presentation based on outcomes and feedback. • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, English, Journalism, Business, or related field • 4-7 years of experience in proposal management, professional services marketing, or content development • Demonstrated experience managing RFPs or complex proposals in a B2B or professional services environment • Excellent writing, editing, and storytelling skills with meticulous attention to detail • Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment • Strong organizational and project management skills • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across disciplines • Familiarity with editorial style guides (AP Style, Chicago Manual of Style) • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint • Experience supporting proposal efforts or marketing in consulting, tax, engineering, legal, or other professional services preferred • Familiarity with proposal management tools, CRM systems, or content libraries preferred • Experience contributing to broader marketing or content initiatives a plus • Proficiency with management platforms (ClickUp, Monday, Asana, etc.) preferred