This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Consultant, Marketing for our Seattle, WA office. As part of our Strategic Growth Team, you will be involved in the strategies, accounts, and pursuits that fuel our growth and allow WSP to be part of projects that design the future.

While our ideal candidate will bring experience in the A/E/C or professional services industries, what we’re looking for is someone with a collaborative, can-do attitude that has a special knack for creativity and persuasive storytelling. The right candidate will be an empathetic leader who works to build community through positivity and who can bring home the win!

This position offers opportunities for growth as an individual and as a professional. WSP’s Strategic Growth Team philosophy allows for and supports the development of the individual, with many options for growth based on the individual’s personal and professional goals (operational focus, staff development focus, strategy development focus).

Your Impact

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads standard proposals with limited supervision and supports complex proposals with general supervision

• Researches, gathers and edits proposal materials, including writing, verifying, and formatting proposal information; ensures the various aspects of proposals and other marketing materials are compliant, accurate and delivered in a timely manner

• Works with individual pursuit teams to develop pursuit strategies, including providing business intelligence on clients, competitors and WSP

• Organizes and may facilitate proposal strategy meetings

• Collaborates with technical staff and reviews/edits content for clarity, compliance and key messages

• Collaborates with graphic design staff to plan and produce materials ensuring all proposal materials are effectively communicating the strategic vision identified for a given pursuit

• Supports technical staff in presentation phase of pursuit, coordinates graphics and helps refine key messages

• May support client engagement teams by preparing materials for internal and external meetings and may participate in client engagement team meetings

• May coordinate district communications activities, including creating press releases and announcements, writing articles for newsletters, and coordinating project awards and other special communications-related projects

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• 3+ years minimum experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in editing, proofing and general marketing skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proficient with Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, SharePoint, and other communications-related software programs

• Possesses a strategic mindset

• Strong organizational and coordination skills along with liaison capabilities and knowledge of business development procedures is required

• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects and deadlines

• Must have knowledge of procedures necessary to manage a standard proposal from onset to conclusion with limited supervision

• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures

• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in A/E/C industry

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $64,000 - $109,780

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.