Bid Response Manager – London/Surrey (Public Sector)

Our client is a leading events communications agency bidding on a mixture of public and private sector accounts across a range of industries. As a Senior Copywriter (ideally with agency or public sector experience) you’ll need to be able to interpret briefs and write in such a way as to satisfy the concerns of business and government agencies alike.

Ideally, you’ll be able to demonstrate an ability to communicate with government departments, writing directly to ministers, or drafting briefing documents on government policy. This is a Bid Response Manager role requiring a real combination of talent and people management experience. You’ll need to be able to think for yourself, identify client brief,  documents and manage motivate, coach, train and lead the Bid Response team (copywriters and venue costing specialist). You’ll need to undertake your own research, read and interpret relevant past copy, source images and format documents, as well as working with a CRM database to extract statistical information.

Naturally, you’ll be an educated graduate with a love of fine detail and an excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. You’ll be able to work independently and efficiently to tight deadlines. Most importantly of all, you’ll need to be able to write great business literature. Any experience you have working with public sector clients is a huge bonus and ideally you’ll be passionate about the public sector or demonstrate a relevant  interest.

We’re offering circa. £45k per annum to the right candidate with supervisor skills, along with the opportunity to make an impact and get noticed at this newly re-branded communications agency. If you think you’ve got what it takes, get in touch.