Creative Bid Strategist
Anything is Possible
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Cape Town, Western Cape
Contract type: Full time
We are on the hunt for a Creative Bid Strategist looking to define what is possible and bring moments of joy to the bid process.
About Us
Anything is Possible. We believe it so much we made it our brand.
We partner with leading brands on media, creative and tech solutions that transform client outcomes. Now we’re the youngest ever agency to receive Effectiveness Accreditation from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. And we’re still just getting started.
We’re on a mission to transform the industry. We need great clients and great colleagues to help us make it happen.
We are Possiblists. Are you?
The Role
Working at Anything is Possible should be a life changing experience. Bold words we know, but that's why we set up the business. Agency life should be about working on great projects, with great benefits and being a positive driver of growth. You will help us to delight our prospects with innovative & creative tender responses that cover our three business areas. With your help we will grow the business and win new clients. We will win awards and challenge the media industry to be better. The first rule of bids at Anything is Possible is to make the reader smile, help us stand out from the rest, be memorable and bring moments of joy to a dry process! We are seeking a proactive, creative and detail-oriented Creative Bid Strategist to join our team. The successful candidate will support the development and implementation of our bid and tender strategy, ensuring we consistently submit high-quality bids that support our business growth. They will review potential bids for agency fit and manage the entire bid process, collaborating closely with management, bid leads and craft specialists. This role includes ensuring bids are delivered on time and to the highest standards, reviewing scored bids to compile learnings, and overseeing the content quality of aiPete, AIP’s AI bid solution.
Responsibilities
➔ Strategy development & implementation: Support the development and implementation of our bid and tender strategy to support business growth.
➔ Opportunity identification: Identify opportunities to submit bids and contribute to qualification and decision-making processes.
➔ Bid process management: Manage and optimise the entire bid process, ensuring colleagues understand their responsibilities and deadlines, and bids are delivered on time and to the highest standards.
➔ Proposal development: Research, write, and check proposals to ensure they meet our high standards.
➔ Collaboration: Work with key members of the leadership, craft, and account teams to gather the necessary knowledge and resources to compile outstanding bids.
➔ Content quality oversight: Oversee the content quality of AIPete, AIP’s AI bid solution and keep growing this knowledge base and using AI to streamline bid workflows and improve quality of outputs.
➔ Risk assessment: Assess and address the risks and benefits of pursuing specific tenders and support in developing our ‘Win Strategy’ for briefs we respond to.
➔ Stakeholder engagement: Respond to clients’ and other stakeholders’ queries before, during, and after the bid process.
➔ Deliverable management: Own deliverables, liaising with subject matter experts, and ensuring deadlines are met.
➔ Handover: When successful, support briefing the teams who will carry out the work, ensuring a smooth transition.
➔ Continuous improvement: Review scored bids, gather feedback, analyse results, and implement learnings to improve future submissions.
➔ Quality assurance: Ensure that everything we produce and submit during the bid process reflects our best values and meets our high standards.
Skills And Qualifications
➔ Proven experience in bid management or a similar role.
➔ Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
➔ Excellent research, writing, and editing skills.
➔ Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
➔ Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
➔ Ability to assess risks and benefits in the bid process.
➔ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
➔ Proficiency in using bid management software and tools.
➔ Proficiency in using AI tools to streamline the bid management process, improve quality of output and success rates.
Who we are. Who you are.
Our shared behaviours are what make our business.
➔ Embrace uncertainty
Get comfortable with the uncomfortable. Humans are hardwired to fear ambiguity and the unknown, but taking a calculated risk is the only way we’ve ever invented or survived.
➔ Be daring
If you want to be great you won’t get there by standing still. Being daring might mean you sometimes have to break the rules. We champion the rule-breakers - they make change.
➔ Be curious
Look where no one else is looking. Be eclectic and diverse in your reading and influences. Think of challenges as opportunities in disguise.
➔ Be accountable
Do the right thing by your colleagues, your clients and yourself. You own the quality of your work. Good is never good enough. Own your failures alongside your successes. We learn more from them.
➔ Be decisive
Don’t hedge. Our world moves fast, and data is illuminating. But sometimes you need to take a leap on little more than your gut feeling. Clear decision making creates momentum, inspires and leads from the front.
➔ Be imaginative
When we’re young we have limitless imagination. Go there again. Everyone here is creative. And we are all only as good as our next great idea.
➔ Be inclusive
We’re a deliberately diverse bunch who share a belief in the possible. Diverse perspectives generate collective intelligence. Our culture respects every perspective, every belief, every background.
➔ Be direct
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. Don’t be afraid to voice your thinking - respectfully and with reason. Be conscious of how the things you do affect the people around you. How are you influencing them to be better and encourage them to speak up and add their voice?
We want to take you out of your comfort zone, to stretch and to learn. You must believe that anything is possible.
In short, we want you to be the best person you can be.
We know we're asking a lot.
So we give a lot back.
In Addition To a Competitive Salary, We’ll Give You Everything You Need To Operate At The Top Of Your Game
➔ Full IPA & BIMA Membership
➔ Ongoing dedicated training budget
➔ Cape Town Office (snacks and drinks provided)
➔ Regular agency socials and all the perks of agency life
➔ Headspace subscription
➔ Healthcare benefits
➔ Flexible working available
➔ Generous holiday allowance
➔ Access to a world-class research suite including Nielsen, Similarweb, WARC, IPA, BARB, SearchShare, and YouGov
➔ Access to AIP's business library - if we don’t have the book you want to read (unlikely!), we add it to the bookshelf.
We aren’t just any other agency. We are building a movement called Possiblism.
Ask us about it sometime. And if you are ready to make a difference, then get in touch today.
About Us
Anything is Possible. We believe it so much we made it our brand.
We partner with leading brands on media, creative and tech solutions that transform client outcomes. Now we’re the youngest ever agency to receive Effectiveness Accreditation from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising. And we’re still just getting started.
We’re on a mission to transform the industry. We need great clients and great colleagues to help us make it happen.
We are Possiblists. Are you?
The Role
Working at Anything is Possible should be a life changing experience. Bold words we know, but that's why we set up the business. Agency life should be about working on great projects, with great benefits and being a positive driver of growth. You will help us to delight our prospects with innovative & creative tender responses that cover our three business areas. With your help we will grow the business and win new clients. We will win awards and challenge the media industry to be better. The first rule of bids at Anything is Possible is to make the reader smile, help us stand out from the rest, be memorable and bring moments of joy to a dry process! We are seeking a proactive, creative and detail-oriented Creative Bid Strategist to join our team. The successful candidate will support the development and implementation of our bid and tender strategy, ensuring we consistently submit high-quality bids that support our business growth. They will review potential bids for agency fit and manage the entire bid process, collaborating closely with management, bid leads and craft specialists. This role includes ensuring bids are delivered on time and to the highest standards, reviewing scored bids to compile learnings, and overseeing the content quality of aiPete, AIP’s AI bid solution.
Responsibilities
➔ Strategy development & implementation: Support the development and implementation of our bid and tender strategy to support business growth.
➔ Opportunity identification: Identify opportunities to submit bids and contribute to qualification and decision-making processes.
➔ Bid process management: Manage and optimise the entire bid process, ensuring colleagues understand their responsibilities and deadlines, and bids are delivered on time and to the highest standards.
➔ Proposal development: Research, write, and check proposals to ensure they meet our high standards.
➔ Collaboration: Work with key members of the leadership, craft, and account teams to gather the necessary knowledge and resources to compile outstanding bids.
➔ Content quality oversight: Oversee the content quality of AIPete, AIP’s AI bid solution and keep growing this knowledge base and using AI to streamline bid workflows and improve quality of outputs.
➔ Risk assessment: Assess and address the risks and benefits of pursuing specific tenders and support in developing our ‘Win Strategy’ for briefs we respond to.
➔ Stakeholder engagement: Respond to clients’ and other stakeholders’ queries before, during, and after the bid process.
➔ Deliverable management: Own deliverables, liaising with subject matter experts, and ensuring deadlines are met.
➔ Handover: When successful, support briefing the teams who will carry out the work, ensuring a smooth transition.
➔ Continuous improvement: Review scored bids, gather feedback, analyse results, and implement learnings to improve future submissions.
➔ Quality assurance: Ensure that everything we produce and submit during the bid process reflects our best values and meets our high standards.
Skills And Qualifications
➔ Proven experience in bid management or a similar role.
➔ Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
➔ Excellent research, writing, and editing skills.
➔ Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
➔ Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
➔ Ability to assess risks and benefits in the bid process.
➔ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
➔ Proficiency in using bid management software and tools.
➔ Proficiency in using AI tools to streamline the bid management process, improve quality of output and success rates.
Who we are. Who you are.
Our shared behaviours are what make our business.
➔ Embrace uncertainty
Get comfortable with the uncomfortable. Humans are hardwired to fear ambiguity and the unknown, but taking a calculated risk is the only way we’ve ever invented or survived.
➔ Be daring
If you want to be great you won’t get there by standing still. Being daring might mean you sometimes have to break the rules. We champion the rule-breakers - they make change.
➔ Be curious
Look where no one else is looking. Be eclectic and diverse in your reading and influences. Think of challenges as opportunities in disguise.
➔ Be accountable
Do the right thing by your colleagues, your clients and yourself. You own the quality of your work. Good is never good enough. Own your failures alongside your successes. We learn more from them.
➔ Be decisive
Don’t hedge. Our world moves fast, and data is illuminating. But sometimes you need to take a leap on little more than your gut feeling. Clear decision making creates momentum, inspires and leads from the front.
➔ Be imaginative
When we’re young we have limitless imagination. Go there again. Everyone here is creative. And we are all only as good as our next great idea.
➔ Be inclusive
We’re a deliberately diverse bunch who share a belief in the possible. Diverse perspectives generate collective intelligence. Our culture respects every perspective, every belief, every background.
➔ Be direct
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. Don’t be afraid to voice your thinking - respectfully and with reason. Be conscious of how the things you do affect the people around you. How are you influencing them to be better and encourage them to speak up and add their voice?
We want to take you out of your comfort zone, to stretch and to learn. You must believe that anything is possible.
In short, we want you to be the best person you can be.
We know we're asking a lot.
So we give a lot back.
In Addition To a Competitive Salary, We’ll Give You Everything You Need To Operate At The Top Of Your Game
➔ Full IPA & BIMA Membership
➔ Ongoing dedicated training budget
➔ Cape Town Office (snacks and drinks provided)
➔ Regular agency socials and all the perks of agency life
➔ Headspace subscription
➔ Healthcare benefits
➔ Flexible working available
➔ Generous holiday allowance
➔ Access to a world-class research suite including Nielsen, Similarweb, WARC, IPA, BARB, SearchShare, and YouGov
➔ Access to AIP's business library - if we don’t have the book you want to read (unlikely!), we add it to the bookshelf.
We aren’t just any other agency. We are building a movement called Possiblism.
Ask us about it sometime. And if you are ready to make a difference, then get in touch today.
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