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For over 60 years, we have dedicated ourselves to innovative, sustainable engineering that shapes the built environment and tackles complex infrastructure challenges. Our team culture emphasizes balance, growth, and well-being, supporting each member’s professional journey with flexibility, generous benefits, and a collaborative approach to work-life integration.\nWith over 1,400 professionals across 27 offices nationwide, KPFF’s decentralized structure allows each office the flexibility to pursue projects aligned with their regional strengths. Learn more at www.kpff.com.\nOur marketing team plays a direct role in supporting project pursuits and helping the firm communicate its experience and capabilities to clients. We work closely with leadership and technical staff to produce high-quality materials that support business development efforts.\n Within the Pursuit & Proposal Delivery functional area, the Marketing Specialist serves as a senior marketing and pursuit leader responsible for guiding complex, high-priority pursuits while strengthening the capabilities of the broader marketing team. This role combines hands-on proposal strategy and delivery with mentorship, quality oversight, process improvement, and development of best practices that support successful project acquisition.\nThe Marketing Specialist collaborates closely with Principals, technical staff, consultants, the Knowledge Coordinator, and other marketing team members to shape pursuit strategies, develop compelling and differentiated content, and ensure proposals and qualifications effectively communicate KPFF GLAS’s experience, expertise, and value.\nA key responsibility of this role is developing and mentoring lower-level marketing professionals. The Marketing Specialist is expected to actively share knowledge, provide thoughtful feedback and coaching, model strong pursuit and proposal practices, and create opportunities for others to build confidence, judgment, and greater independence. Success in this position requires both strong technical marketing expertise and a genuine interest in helping others grow.\nBenefits\n7 paid holidays, and 2 floating holidays for you to use each year.\n2 weeks of vacation annually, with competitive seniority-based accruals.\n2 weeks of personal and sick time to care for yourself and your family members.\nKPFF will contribute 3% of your base salary to your 401 (k) regardless of your contribution.\nKPFF Paid Family Leave: Provides 60% of your base salary while on an approved leave for up to 6 weeks in a rolling 12-month period.\n40-hour work schedule, Monday through Friday.\nFlexible scheduling - core hours of collaboration are 9:30-3:30 pm\nProfessional certification bonus and testing fee reimbursement opportunities\nMonthly Cell Phone Stipend\nMonthly Way We Work stipend for remote work and transit expenses\nMedical insurance options to choose from, VSP Vision Insurance, and Delta Dental Insurance.\nSemi-annual Bonuses.\nOpportunities for educational events, relationship building, and fun!\nThis is a non-exempt position. All overtime hours are paid at a time-and-a-half hourly rate.\nPay Range\nThe pay range for this position is $107,000-$120,000 annually depending on experience.\nResponsibilities\nPursuit Strategy & Leadership\nLead strategy and delivery for complex, high-priority, multi-consultant, and compressed-schedule pursuits. \nPartner with Principals and pursuit leaders to develop positioning, differentiators, win themes, content strategies, and pursuit plans. \nProvide strategic guidance throughout the pursuit lifecycle, helping teams identify the strongest approach for communicating qualifications, experience, and value. \nFacilitate pursuit planning and strategy discussions and translate strategic direction into clear, actionable proposal content. \nSupport go/no-go discussions by contributing relevant pursuit knowledge, market context, competitive considerations, and resource implications. \nExercise sound judgment in identifying pursuit risks, priorities, and opportunities and recommend appropriate approaches to pursuit teams and marketing leadership. \nServe as a trusted marketing advisor and resource to Principals, technical staff, and pursuit teams. \nProposal Management, Content & Quality\nLead development of proposals, qualifications packages, interviews, presentations, and other pursuit-related materials from strategy through final delivery. \nWrite, edit, and refine persuasive, audience-focused content that clearly communicates the firm’s qualifications, experience, differentiators, and value. \nTranslate complex technical information into clear and compelling messaging appropriate for client and selection-committee audiences. \nEstablish content direction and provide meaningful review and feedback to improve the quality and effectiveness of pursuit materials. \nEnsure deliverables are strategically responsive, accurate, compliant, consistent, and produced to a high standard. \nAnticipate and resolve schedule, content, compliance, consultant coordination, quality, and resource challenges. \nProvide senior-level quality control and final-review support for critical pursuits led by other marketing team members. \nPursuit Coordination & Collaboration\nCoordinate complex pursuit teams involving Principals, technical staff, consultants, and marketing resources. \nEstablish pursuit schedules, roles, responsibilities, milestones, and review expectations. \nGuide consultant coordination and information assembly for multi-consultant pursuits. \nCollaborate with the Knowledge Coordinator to identify and leverage relevant project experience, staff qualifications, past pursuit content, and other reusable marketing information. \nHelp balance pursuit priorities and marketing resources across concurrent deadlines, identifying conflicts and escalating resource needs when appropriate. \nSupport effective communication between marketing, technical teams, and firm leadership throughout the pursuit process. \nTeam Development & Mentoring\nServe as an active mentor to Senior Marketing Coordinators, Marketing Coordinators, and other developing marketing professionals. \nCoach team members in pursuit strategy, proposal planning, writing and editing, consultant coordination, quality control, time management, and effective collaboration with technical staff. \nProvide clear, constructive, and timely feedback that helps team members strengthen their skills, judgment, confidence, and independence. \nCreate opportunities for developing marketers to take on progressively greater responsibility while providing appropriate coaching and support. \nShare knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices across the marketing team. \nModel strong communication, collaboration, accountability, and problem-solving practices. \nServe as a resource for marketers navigating challenging pursuits, competing deadlines, or complex team dynamics. \nDemonstrate a genuine interest in developing others and contributing to a collaborative, supportive, and high-performing marketing team. \nProcess Improvement & Marketing Excellence\nStay current on A/E/C marketing practices and bring relevant ideas, tools, and approaches back to the team. \nChampion consistent application of established marketing and brand standards. \nIdentify and lead improvements to proposal-development processes, workflows, templates, quality-control practices, and pursuit standards. \nCapture and share lessons learned from completed pursuits and apply those insights to future efforts. \nDevelop and maintain proposal tools, standards, templates, and best practices that improve efficiency, consistency, and quality. \nIdentify recurring challenges and recommend practical solutions that improve how the marketing team works. \nGeneral Marketing Teams Tasks\nContribute to broader marketing initiatives and priorities as needed. \n Bachelor’s degree with 5-7+ years of relevant marketing experience, preferably within the A/E/C industry, or equivalent relevant A/E/C marketing experience without a degree. \nDemonstrated experience leading complex, high-priority, multi-consultant pursuits under demanding schedules and deadline pressure. \nStrong understanding of pursuit strategy, positioning, differentiators, proposal development, and client-focused messaging. \nExceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate technical information into clear and persuasive marketing content. \nDemonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop less-experienced marketing professionals, with a genuine interest in helping others grow. \nAbility to provide constructive feedback, delegate effectively, and support team members in developing greater independence and professional judgment. \nStrong leadership, collaboration, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, including confidence working directly with Principals and senior technical staff. \nStrong working knowledge of proposal, qualifications, and solicitation compliance requirements. \nAdvanced proficiency in Adobe InDesign and Acrobat for proposal production, document development, and quality control. \nExcellent organizational, prioritization, and project-management skills, with the ability to oversee multiple complex pursuits and competing priorities. \nStrong judgment and problem-solving ability, including the ability to anticipate challenges and determine when issues require escalation. \nAbility to work effectively with minimal oversight while remaining highly collaborative and hands-on. \nAdvanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. \nExperience coordinating consultants, technical contributors, and multidisciplinary pursuit teams. \nFamiliarity with the SMPS Six Domains of Professional Services Marketing preferred; CPSM certification encouraged. \n Application Process\nPlease submit:\nA resume identifying all previous employment with explanations of any gaps in employment\nCollege transcripts showing degree completion\nA cover letter\nIf you are interested in this position, please click on the \"Apply\" button below. Resumes sent elsewhere will not be considered.\nPhysical Demands and Work Environment\nDuties require in-person attendance, Monday through Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM during our business hours at our office in Los Angeles, CA for the training period. After a successful training period, this role will transition to a hybrid work schedule of 2 days per week in office.\nAll duties are performed in a typical office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.\nDuties require the ability to actively engage with a computer for several hours per day.\nMay occasionally need to lift items up to 15 lbs.\nOur Employees\nOur employees are valued and empowered, collaborative and team oriented, innovative in their approach and passionate about their work. They are reliable, trustworthy and open with a high level of integrity. 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