Prepare templates for reports for various business sectors using specific guidelines. These are created so reports can be written and sent to government personnel to track the progress on contracts.

Responsible for Desktop Publishing with a team dedicated to helping companies win government contracts.• Prepare proposals per RFP requirements following proposal guidelines, deadlines and formatting requirements.• Collaborate with the layout and final steps for proposals per RFP guidelines. Proposals frequently require MS Word delivery which involves extensive reconfiguration of tables, figures and graphics to work with one another.• Work with color review teams to improve and upgrade the quality of the proposal—meeting page count, consistency in formatting, and spellchecking.

Responsible for workflow and scheduling of deliverable proposals for high-pressure government environment--both DoD and other Civil Agencies of the Federal Government, and in marketing and proposals for commercial clients.• Responsible for creating customized proposal templates using company styles for writers based on preparation and delivery instructions to meet initiative-specific requirements from RFP/RFQ/RFI requirements. • Formatted and managed multiple writers’ track change comment documents and consolidated them into one document. Responsible for formatting and integrating all proposal text and graphics, producing iterative copies from Red, Gold, White Glove to final versions. • Provided Quality Assurance for the White Glove final proposal production process ensuring documents have appropriate headers/footers, format, styles, cross-referencing tables/graphics and general quality checks.• Assist in reproduction, preparation of tabs and binding/packaging of all proposals. Maintain library of proposals on SharePoint

Extensive background working with Marketing Business Development Group with several years of experience • Create and design customized templates for proposals, resumes, and past performance templates based on RFP/RFQ/RFI requirements as well as incorporating company styles and standards. • Highly organized providing high level customer service by meeting and exceeding aggressive deadlines for varying review processes that include all proposal phases of pink, red, gold, white and final. • Skilled in MS Word to design and layout text and graphics to produce eye-catching visual communications (proposals, user manuals, deliverables, policies, Task Orders, White Papers). • Collaborate with graphic artists and proposal coordinators to develop layout and color schemes used for creating complex style sheets incorporating client logos and colors.• As lead desktop publisher worked with multiple authors from off-site locations to help create the USTRANSCOM Annual Report. Responsible for preparing text files for graphic artist, eliminating redundant work and increased reliability of final copy. As POC implemented task sheets for tracking purposes and scheduling. Responsible for updating numerous iterations of text, proofreading, and keeping the project on schedule. Responsible for checking final proof for offset printing, web page, and test content for 508 compliance readability.• Coordinated proposals and work from Proposal Collaboration SharePoint sites. Experienced working with geographically dispersed teams. • Use SharePoint for proposal development and co-manage maintenance of corporate SharePoint proposal repository.• Responsible for proofreading Business Development material and testing corporate websites.

Several years of experience in managing up to eight desktop publishers (day/evening shifts)• Managed eight-person support team providing desktop publishing services company-wide.• Scheduled and maintained all work assignments working with several business units.• Created and administered all standard guidelines. Conducted performance reviews and managed training plans. • Produce company-wide mail merges and corporate forms. Responsible for merging contact spreadsheets into Word to generate large mailings of more than 800 pages used for a distribution of over 10,000 people.• Develop multiple pages of text using pdf extractor to convert pdf formats into word files used for multiple projects. • Instituted and maintained corporate policies and procedures maintaining records and reports for compliance issues. • Proficient use of American Psychological Association (APA) and Army Research Institute (ARI) Publication Manual Guidelines.

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