Responsibilities:
Arcfield has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Desktop Publisher, who:
- Collaborates with the proposal team to prepare formatted templates, writer shells, reviews, and final responses.
- Supports development of proposal content and artifacts for reviews and production through visual style implementation, tailoring, and document preparation.
- Assists in coordinating the proposal production process.
- Performs quality checks and peer reviews to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance.
- Creates and modifies templates using Arcfield’s style features to comply with solicitation requirements.
- Reviews, interprets, and questions solicitation requirements.
- Develops and produces visual style guides, including Read-Me sheets, writer shells, and templates for proposal materials.
- Designs, formats, and produces proposal materials.
- Supports graphic design and production through proofreading, print formatting, and other production and packaging-related activities.
- Maintains awareness of repositories containing prior proposal materials (e.g., templates and exemplars) and supports the ingest of proposal content after submittal and award.
- Provides guidance on outlines and compliance.
- Assists with documenting, maintaining, and applying internal proposal processes.
- Contributes to, and benefits from, maintaining a collaborative environment—expanding skills and mentoring others.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 10 years of desktop publishing experience
- Recent proposal experience with Shipley-based new business processes
- Expertise in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Pro, SharePoint
- Ability to work efficiently, collaboratively, and accurately under deadlines
- Experience with Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, Photoshop, and Bridge; and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and Outlook
- Ability to formats and position text and graphics in a visually appealing way to design master copies using knowledge of type styles, size, and layout patterns
- Understanding of Government solicitations and the source selection/bid process.
- Adaptability to changing technology, requirements, and dynamic schedules.
- Must possess and have the ability to maintain a Top Secret clearance
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access
EEO Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.