Pursuit & Proposals Specialist

Cooley is seeking a Pursuit & Proposals Specialist to join the Marketing and Client Development team.

• →Proposal & Pitch Production: Support the development of high-impact proposals and pitch materials, ensuring all content is clear, compelling, well-structured, and delivered on time for high-priority opportunities.
• →Tactical Workflow Coordination: Manage the daily workflow of pursuit tasks to ensure the necessary support and materials are provided for opportunities across the firm.
• →Win Strategy Support: Assist in the practical application of win themes, positioning, and messaging, ensuring materials reflect the firm’s differentiators as defined for each opportunity.
• →Client-Specific Content Alignment: Work with teams to tailor pursuit materials to specific client needs, ensuring the firm’s value proposition is accurately reflected and relevant to the target audience.
• →High-Importance Pursuit Execution: Provide direct, hands-on support for the firm’s largest or most significant pursuits, focusing on the tactical execution and quality control required for success.
• →Pursuit Project Coordination: Support the project management of large or cross-functional pursuits by tracking timelines, workstreams, and inputs to keep key opportunities moving forward.
• →Operational Support & Tool Utilization: Utilize and maintain standardized pursuit tools, templates, and playbooks to increase efficiency and support a scalable model for proposal development.
• →Process Compliance & Best Practices: Follow a consistent approach to how pursuits are managed, ensuring that standard best practices and firm-wide templates are applied to every project.
• →All other duties as assigned or required

Required:

• After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
• Available to work overtime, as required
• 3+ years applicable experience in the field (e.g., marketing or business development, preferably with an emphasis working in a pursuits and proposals function)
• Experience writing and editing proposals
• Working knowledge of pursuit technologies (e.g., Templify and Foundation)

Preferred:

·        Bachelor’s degree

• Prior legal industry or professional services experience

• Excellent attention to detail
• Approaches tasks through a lens of quality and consistency
• Approaches tasks through a digital first lens
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to organize, prioritize and coordinate multiple activities
• Works with team to set goals, drive projects, and achieve outcomes
• Strong judgment
• Team-player with collaborative spirit
• Unwavering ability to handle and maintain confidentiality regarding firm information, projects, client data
• High level of professionalism at all times

Cooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices. EOE.

The expected hourly pay range for this position with a work schedule of 40 hours per week is $33.00 - $48.00 ($68,640.00 - $99,840.00 annually). Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.

We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 20 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.