Senior Proposal Manager

Adecco Creative and Marketing has partnered with a PR firm to hire a New Business Proposal Director.

This is a hybrid role in NYC.

Pay range: $120,000-$150,000

This role focuses on translating creative ideas and strategic approach into polished proposals that clearly communicate our thinking and capabilities. Working closely with leadership and creative teams, you will lead the development of new business proposal decks from start to finish. This includes organizing the narrative, drafting, and refining written content, and ensuring each presentation is cohesive, compelling, and delivered on schedule.

The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys bringing clarity and structure to complex ideas. You are comfortable synthesizing input from multiple teams, strengthening messaging, and elevating presentations, so they feel thoughtful and purposeful. This role plays an important part in connecting internal teams and helping translate our collective ideas into materials that support new client opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and drive RFP process and timelines, ensuring deadlines are met and process is moving
• Work alongside agency creatives to develop ideation, contributing to ideation and narrative
• Work with account teams across different agency divisions who will support the RFP process and deck building
• Own development of proposal structure and content, ensuring it is easy to understand and flows smoothly
• Manage recording outcomes of proposals and initiate updates to templates, capabilities decks, and case studies
• Must be able to manage multiple proposals at the same time
• Opportunity to work on existing client plans and strategies pending new business pace

Requirements:

• Experience in public relations agency environment
• Direct experience with the RFP process and working on new business proposals
• Excellent writing and editing skills with the ability to turn ideas into clear, engaging narratives
• Excellent presentation skills
• Skilled in building and refining presentation materials (PPT and Canva utilized)
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage several priorities at once
• Strong management abilities across timelines and team structures