Jill Schultz Email & Phone Number

Bellevue, Washington, United States

• Develop proposals and rosters from inception through completion, making sure the document is comprehensive, compliant, and compelling.• Write and edit text for proposals, marketing material, articles, social media.• Support the firms social media campaign on multiple platforms.• Website development and maintenance.• Create illustration.• Research and business development.• Support firm events and interoffice activities.• Created engaging and informative marketing material while maintaining brand standards.• Active member of SMPS.• Supported office, client, and philanthropic events.

Greater Seattle Area

• Developed proposals and rosters from inception through completion, making sure the document was comprehensive, compliant, and compelling.• Wrote and edited text for proposals, marketing material, award submittals, social media. • Planned and executed the firms social media campaign on multiple platforms.• Website development and maintenance.• Research and business development.• Assisted team with interview prep and development of interview material.• Award submittals.• Organized firm events and interoffice activities.• Created engaging and informative marketing material while maintaining brand standards.• Active member of A4LE and SMPS (on the Education Committee).• Supported office, client, and philanthropic events.

Kirkland, Washington

• Developed proposals from inception through completion making sure the document was comprehensive, compliant, and compelling.• Worked closely with staff to develop project winning proposals.• Led proposal kick-off meetings.• Research and development.• Created a graphics library and icons.• Created marketing material and illustration.• Maintained PACE's presence in the industry through social media.• Participated in conferences and trade shows, including representing PACE at their trade show booth. • Assisted in preparing/coaching teams for project interviews, as well as creating leave behinds and presentation boards.• Writing and editing.• Created PowerPoint presentations.• Designed invitations for office events.

Greater Everett Area

• Developed proposals from inception through completion making sure the document is comprehensive, compliant, and compelling.• Rebranded the firm’s marketing material, including all chart, graph, and table templates, assembled into libraries to utilize within InDesign.• Worked closely with staff to develop project winning proposals.• Designed a large library of infographic icons. • Created marketing material, illustration, and presentation boards. • Created PowerPoint presentations. • Designed posters and invitations for office events.

Greater Seattle Area

• Developed proposals from inception through completion making sure the document conforms to the requirements of the RFP.• Sole support of our commercial practice including mixed-use, healthcare, residential, retail centers, office building, mission critical, hospitality and master planning projects. • Worked closely with all nine global offices in the development of proposals for opportunities around the world including China, Mexico, Malaysia, Middle East, Russia, Canada and the United States.• Supported project teams in proposal pursuits including driving the process, delegating responsibilities and making sure the team is on track to meet deadlines.• Cheerleader mentality and focus on motivating project teams to stay on schedule.• Great working relationships with subconsultants (many international) coordinating material for incorporation into our proposal efforts, or as a subconsultant to another firm, working closely with their project team/marketing coordinator to submit requested material in a timely manner in order to meet their deadline.• Worked efficiently and calmly under pressure. Enjoy the challenge of meeting very tight deadlines.• Researched potential opportunities online and send to studio leads for review and consideration.• Created marketing material with Abode Creative Suite and Microsoft Office.• Developed submittals for award competitions.• Writing and editing.• Wrote intranet blogs.

Greater Seattle Area

• Assisted in the development of proposals, usually under very tight deadlines. • Led proposal teams from the initial kick-off meeting through proposal development. • Worked with both staff and consultants on project teams gathering all necessary information to produce the document; and making sure the document was compliant with the requirements of the RFP. • Responsible for creating graphics, charts/graphs, illustrations, and compiling all elements into a cohesive and compelling document. Designed marketing material and posters. • Created presentation boards and PowerPoint presentations for interviews and conferences. • Assisted in the writing/editing process.

Renton, Washington

• Assisted in the development of proposals for work in excess of $400 M. Utilization of organizational skills and attention to detail were critical in understanding and developing the proposal from the RFP requirements published by the project Owner into a compelling and comprehensive desktop published document ranging from 250-850 pages in length.• Designed and produced proposal related covers, spines, tabs, CD jackets/labels, charts, graphs, graphics and any additional collateral material needed to complete the project.• Worked directly with engineers, writers, marketing staff and consultants in a cohesive effort to develop large scale proposals under tight deadlines.

Greater Seattle Area

• As the only graphic designer, I was responsible for all graphic design and marketing needs for 44 employees in both our Seattle and Olympia offices. • Developed proposals for K-12, Higher Education, Governmental, Residential and Public Works projects. • Designed presentation boards, posters, PowerPoint presentations, brochures, collateral material, invitations and illustration.• Branded the firm’s material. The result is a cohesive, professional and visually exciting array of material with a consistent look and feel.• Assisted with public relations and advertising. • Direct relationship with in-house staff in both the Seattle and Olympia offices and external consultants to gather information, edit, and combine graphics into client requested proposals with very specific requirements. My organizational skills were paramount in bringing together information from a multitude of sources to create informative and well designed material. • Ability to work calmly, efficiently, and maintain the highest attention to detail under very tight deadlines.

Greater Seattle Area

• Developed and designed proposals, brochures, animation, invitations, advertising, promotional material, signage, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, seminar and conference materials.• Collaborated with a very large staff from design concept through production. Utilized organizational skills to multi-task with many projects were being worked on simultaneously with clients such as Starbucks, Microsoft and Boeing.• Instrumental in designing printed and presentation material for our firm’s major annual events. • Coordinated pre-press, photo shoots with vendors, participated in press checks.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Graphic Design

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Art