Senior Proposal and Marketing Specialist
at NORR

Job Description

NORR is a global team of 800 architects, engineers, planners, and interior designers creating design strategies and solutions that express the unique vision of every project. Driven by a common purpose with our clients and partners, we share ideas to create and innovate, bringing people, design, and technologies together to think bigger and act bolder. 

Our story began in 1938 and has evolved into an employee-owned, fully integrated firm committed to sustainable development goals across 13 market sectors in Canada, the US, and UK. Design excellence continues to guide everything we do.

The Senior Proposal and Marketing Specialist supports pursuit of new business, from pre-solicitation through pursuit and proposal development. They are tactical and are responsible for sourcing, compiling and editing responses for proposals. They work in collaboration with subject matter experts to ensure the proposal addresses all the RFP requirements and is delivered before the deadline. They work in a collaborative team environment to drive the growth strategy of the Company.

 Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares strategic quality responses to RFPs, RFQs, ITTs and EOIs

• Prepares corporate-level and market sector content including firm information, project experience and team resumes

• Prepares and designs marketing materials for award submissions, exhibits, and company participation in promotional events, grand openings, conventions, seminars, and community/industry related events\

• Prepares presentations, brochures, advertisements, announcements and other promotional tools

• Manages the proposal response process from receipt RFP to the printing and assembly of the final product to ensure a quality on-time submission

• Defines and manages the proposal response plan, schedule, and internal communications associated with the proposal development including follow-up with the contributors

Required Skills

• Have successfully completed related post-secondary education in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations or Journalism

• Advanced technical proficiency with Adobe Creative Suites including InDesign and Photoshop

• Technical proficiency with MS Office Suite; working knowledge of OpenAsset preferred but not required

• Excellent business writing, editing and proofreading skills

• Eye for design and layout

• Rigorous attention to detail

• Excellent time management skills

Required Experience

• 8+ years of experience in proposal development
• Demonstrated experience leading and supporting PSPC and Defence Construction Canada (DCC) proposals, including strong knowledge of federal procurement processes, compliance requirements, and evaluation criteria
• Proven experience contributing to or leading design-build proposals, collaborating with contractors, subconsultants, and multidisciplinary teams
• Experience leading proposal meetings, including kickoff, coordination, and review sessions, facilitating input from internal teams and external partners
• Salary Range: $80,000.00 - $115,000.00 / annually