Proposal Writer

🇺🇸Remote - Carson, CA$55K–$75K/yri10h ago

K-12 Operations Proposal Writing Bid Management Content Development Project Management Sales Enablement

Role Snapshot

Proposal Writer responsible for developing persuasive bid responses and managing the proposal content library and templates for Lakeshore Learning Materials' Bid team. The role directly impacts business growth by ensuring winning proposals that expand Lakeshore materials into more classrooms.

Key Responsibilities: Develop and rewrite persuasive proposal content tailored to multiple audiences, build and maintain proposal templates and content library, drive new template formats and visual standards with the design team, and lead assigned bid responses end-to-end from kickoff through submission.

Skills & Tools: Expert persuasive writing and content development, proposal management and project coordination, proficiency with proposal software and AI tools, strong collaborative skills with cross-functional teams, and attention to detail in grammar, formatting and style consistency.

Qualifications: Several years of proposal writing and bid management experience, preferably in B2B or government contracting environments, with demonstrated ability to manage complex, concurrent proposals. Strong portfolio of written proposals and knowledge of bid requirements and compliance standards required.

Location: Remote - Carson, CA

Compensation: $55K–$75K/yr (estimated)

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Job Description

We are seeking a Proposal Writer to join our Bid team, where every bid we win puts Lakeshore materials into more classrooms. In this role, you will develop and rewrite persuasive content across complex bid responses, tailoring voice and depth of detail to reach the multiple audiences that secure new business. You will build and maintain the proposal templates and content library the rest of the Bid team works from—leveraging AI to develop it into new subject areas as Lakeshore opens into new business. You will drive new template formats and visual standards with our design team, identify opportunities to strengthen the proposal approach and implement those changes. And you will lead assigned bid responses end to end, from kickoff through final submission.

A day on the job looks like this:

Developing and rewriting persuasive content across complex bid responses—creating net-new narrative from technical and programmatic source material, and tailoring voice, tone and level of detail so the same information lands with bid evaluators, district decision-makers and senior leadership
Building and maintaining the proposal templates and content library the rest of the Bid team works from, creating new reusable content, keeping existing content accurate and current, and developing the library into new subject areas as Lakeshore opens into new business and new categories of work
Driving the development of new template formats and visual standards with our design team—leading the working sessions that set format and visual direction, and ensuring new templates are consistent, on-brand and effective across the team
Identifying opportunities to improve how proposals are built and implementing those changes with creative and the Bid team, analyzing where the current approach slows the team down or weakens responses, then building and rolling out the fix rather than waiting for it to be assigned
Leading assigned bid responses end to end, from kickoff through final submission, and managing the schedule across concurrent bids
Analyzing bid requirements and resolving input from sales, subject matter experts and creative to develop compliant proposal responses
Ensuring final responses are accurate and consistent in grammar, style, formatting and voice