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Alternatives Private Markets RFP Writer and Presentation Designer - AVP

STATE STREET CORPORATION · Boston, MA, USA ·

Pay:
$100,000-$167,500/yr
Job type:
Full Time

Position Overview

State Street’s Global Product organization is undergoing a period of significant transformation to enhance scalability, transparency, and commercial performance across the Alternatives business. The RFP Writer / Presentation Designer will lead end‑to‑end development of high‑quality alternative competitive proposals and marketing materials in a demanding, fast‑paced environment. This role combines writing excellence, project management discipline, creative communication, and technology enablement to deliver client‑ready submissions.
Key Responsibilities

Own the full lifecycle of RFP, RFI, and DDQ responses from intake through submission.
Lead cross‑functional coordination across Sales, Product, Technology, Legal, and Operations.
Manage timelines, deliverables, and quality control to ensure on‑time, accurate submissions.
Drive response strategy, positioning, and differentiation aligned to client objectives.
Develop clear, concise, and compelling proposal content tailored to client requirements.
Translate complex business, technical, and investment concepts into client‑facing narratives.
Maintain and evolve content libraries, templates, and reusable materials.
Enhance proposals through charts, diagrams, and structured visual storytelling.
Integrate narrative and design to deliver polished, professional submissions.
Ensure consistency in tone, branding, and formatting.
Apply structured project management to manage multiple concurrent proposals.
Design and execute PowerPoint pitch books and client presentations.
Apply and update client templates to presentations with consistency and technical formatting.
Create company‑branded and client charts, graphs, tables, icons and other infographics.
Create fully functional client‑branded PowerPoint templates.
Implement design principles such as layout, alignment, color theory, typography, and visual hierarchy to create visually appealing and effective presentations.
Perform photo re‑touching and photo manipulation.
Perform logo creation, recreation, or vectorization.
Design or recreate highly detailed and complex maps (shale, oil, pipelines).
Design print collateral (invitations, signage, and banners).
Leverage AI tools and prompt engineering to accelerate drafting and enhance quality.
Design automation workflows to improve efficiency, scalability, and content reuse.
Skills & Capabilities

5+ years of experience as an RFP Writer or in a similar role designing and editing financial documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
Expert knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel (non‑technical), and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Proven experience in proposal management, RFP writing, or bid management.
Experience with proposal platforms and content management tools.
Strong project management skills with the ability to manage complex initiatives.
Exceptional writing and editing expertise (journalism or equivalent experience preferred).
Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator.
Strong knowledge and experience designing infographics, financial charts, tables, and graphs.
Ability to work independently on a project or collaboratively as a team player and integrate with a diverse team with varying opinions and ideas.
Ability to think creatively to produce professional, aesthetically pleasing layouts while maintaining company identity standards.
Ability to work with a job ticketing system, work well under pressure, and make quick sound decisions.
Flexible and open to changing priorities and managing multiple tasks simultaneously within tight deadlines.
Research skills – knowing the places to look and managing time spent efficiently.
Strong aptitude to acclimatize and learn quickly.
Job Requirements & Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, Graphics, Business or a related field.
Salary & Benefits

Salary Range:

$100,000 – $167,500 Annual.
Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes a retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long‑term disability, and optional additional coverages; paid‑time off including vacation, sick leave, short‑term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; and incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance‑based awards.
Equal Opportunity Employer

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we consider all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status, and other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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