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Accenture Sales Excellence - Pursuit Writing Associate Manager in Chicago, Illinois
Title: Sales Excellence – Pursuit Writing Associate Manager
Role (Job Profile): Pursuit Writing Associate Manager
Management Level: Associate Manager (ML8)
About Accenture:
At Accenture, we believe your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It’s about bringing your skills, your curiosity, and your best true self to your work. Here, you’ll match your ingenuity with the latest technology to do incredible things. Together, we can create positive, long-last
ing change.
We Are:
Sales Excellence at Accenture. We empower our people to compete, win and grow. We develop everything they need to build and mature their client portfolios, optimize their deals and enable their sales talent, all driven by sales intelligence.
You Are:
Someone who likes to get your message across concisely and clearly in anything you write or talk about. You're competitive by nature, and you enjoy digging into the details so you can provide a well-thought-out answer. You're always open to learning about new technology and trends. You also appreciate and can create a well-crafted story, in any medium.
The Work:
You're a member of a writing team whose goal is to create clear, concise, and compelling sales materials to differentiate Accenture from its competitors. Along with creating and editing, you use creative storytelling to deliver innovative sales materials. You also help make sure the team consistently understands and follows best practices and standards.
You will:
Serve as a lead writer on pursuit writing support requests.
Participate in and co-facilitate proposal storyboarding sessions.
Apply conceptual writing and storytelling for large and complex deals.
Collaborate with creative colleagues such as designers to develop materials.
Own the writing of technical and standard sections and content.
Work with subject matter experts to develop and refine content.
Conduct peer reviews and share insights to enhance content.
Contribute to and work with content in internal repositories.
Support training and coach junior team members
Apply best practices aligned with the global team, promoting consistency among writers.
Contribute to and participate in the pursuit writing practice community
Here’s what you need:
- A minimum of 6 years professional writing experience
Extra credit if you have:
Grant writing experience
Experience writing for a public sector audience
Writing to support the sales process
Writing experience with IT offerings or topics
Highly competent in MS Word and PowerPoint
Professional Skills
Excellent command of business language
Strong storytelling experience and deep familiarity with editorial guidelines
Highly developed interpersonal and communications skills
Strong problem solving and decision-making abilities.
Able to work independently and in virtual environment
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York or Washington as set forth below.
We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
Information on benefits is here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards)
Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $73,800 to $182,600
Colorado $73,800 to $157,800
District of Columbia $78,500 to $168,000
Illinois $68,300 to $157,800
Minnesota $73,800 to $157,800
Maryland $68,300 to $146,100
New York $68,300 to $182,600
Washington $78,500 to $168,000
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