At a Glance
- Tasks: Partner with leaders to craft winning strategies and manage the bid process.
- Company: Join a globally respected architecture and design practice with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, bonuses, professional development, and engaging team events.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with excellent career progression and low staff turnover.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a role where your ideas are valued and celebrated.
- Qualifications: Experience in bids and marketing, strong communication skills, and proficiency in Adobe InDesign.
The predicted salary is between 37800 - 46200 £ per year.
Bid / Marketing opportunity has arisen to join one of the world's most respected and innovative architecture and design practices.
With a truly global presence and an outstanding reputation for shaping the future of the built environment, this award-winning practice partners with some of the world's leading organisations to deliver transformative projects across workplace, hospitality, retail, residential, sport, culture and mixed-use sectors.
This is far more than a traditional bids role.
Sitting within a highly regarded marketing and business development team, you will act as a strategic partner to senior leadership, helping to shape pursuit strategy, influence positioning and drive business growth.
You'll be joining a collaborative, high-performing team that genuinely invests in its people, offering excellent long-term career progression, structured professional development, twice-yearly bonus opportunities, comprehensive benefits, regular team events and an engaging studio culture with exceptionally low staff turnover.
If you're looking for a role where your ideas are valued as much as your delivery, this is an outstanding opportunity to make a real impact.
Responsibilities
- Partner with senior leaders to develop winning pursuit strategies, positioning and client engagement plans.
- Lead strategy sessions for new business opportunities, helping define clear win themes and points of differentiation.
- Translate market intelligence, client insights and commercial drivers into compelling proposals and presentations.
- Manage the end-to-end bid process from qualification through to submission across multiple concurrent pursuits.
- Produce high-quality proposals, presentations and marketing collateral that align with brand standards.
- Support wider business development initiatives through targeted campaigns, events, research and thought leadership.
- Work collaboratively with technical teams to develop persuasive content and visual communications.
- Contribute to knowledge management, marketing operations and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Embrace emerging technologies, including AI and automation, to improve marketing effectiveness and pursuit delivery.
- Maintain marketing resources, collateral and information systems while supporting broader team initiatives.
Requirements
- Proven bids and marketing experience within architecture, design, engineering or professional services (AEC experience highly advantageous).
- Proven experience leading strategic pursuits and influencing business development conversations with senior stakeholders.
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to develop compelling win strategies and client-focused messaging.
- Demonstrable success improving bid quality, pursuit strategy and win rates.
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills.
- Strong graphic design capabilities with advanced experience producing high-impact proposals and presentations.
- Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple deadlines within a fast-paced environment.
- Confident collaborating with senior leadership and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Proactive, commercially minded and naturally curious, with an interest in AI and emerging technologies.
- Advanced proficiency in Adobe In Design is essential.
- Strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop and Illustrator, alongside Microsoft Office. Experience with Figma or Miro would be beneficial.
- A degree in Marketing, Communications, Graphic Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Business or a related discipline is preferred.
Bids Specialist in London employer: Bespoke Careers
Join a well-established, award-winning architecture practice in Central London as a Bid & Marketing Coordinator, where you'll thrive in a creative and collaborative environment. The company fosters a supportive culture with ample opportunities for professional growth, regular social and wellbeing events, and the flexibility to work from home every Friday. This role not only allows you to contribute to exciting bid submissions but also to engage with marketing activities that enhance your skills in a dynamic industry.
