COX is a national design-focused practice working across a huge range of high-profile projects including public buildings in the arts and cultural sector, high-end commercial projects in the workplace sector, luxury lifestyle precincts in the residential sector, as well as large-scale sports, transport and retail.

Our Brisbane studio is a thriving 65-person team of design professionals in architecture, interior design, and master planning. Our reputation for quality design is renowned throughout QLD.

The COX Brisbane Studio is currently seeking a talented Submissions Coordinator to join our team. Working closely with the Directors, the role encompasses tender submissions, capability documents, sector brochures, and more.

We invest in our staff with mentoring, regular career development reviews, flexible work practices, generous parental leave, training, and a sustainable, diverse, fun, and educational atmosphere.

The Role:

• Make a register of tenders, bids, expressions of interest and requests for proposals as they arrive in the studio and circulate for action.
• Develop the skills required to use the various digital lodgement and release portals for bids and tenders used by various government, institutional and private bodies.
• Discuss with the studio directors case by case on the decision about appropriate tenders and bids to pursue.
• Utilise and regularly update the COX national data archive platform of graphic collateral and written marketing material on COX projects to input into bids and submissions
• Source appropriate material from existing files and liase directly with the Directors on content and response
• Coordinate and assemble a high-quality response to each bid as required by the due date ensuring key criteria are addressed
• Liase with graphic staff locally and nationally to develop high quality outputs
• Develop and use in-house graphic programs to make CV’s, project case studies and other diagrams required
• Coordinate the inputs of specialty subconsultants outside COX where required and incorporate
• Debrief with client and studio directors post-lodgement on outcomes and areas for future improvements of submissions

Requisite skills:

• An understanding of the bid, tender and submissions process as it relates to a professional consultancy firm.
• Excellent graphics software programs skills
• Excellent people skills and communications skills both written and spoken
• Proficiency in InDesign essential
• Desktop publishing programs
• Reporting skills

Reports directly to and responsible to:

• The Brisbane studio directors

Liases with:

• Local and National Associates
• Directors of other studios around the nation
• Local graphic design personnel
• National graphic design personnel
• Head of Marketing and Communications
• National Communications Manager

To apply, send your CV and a Cover Letter to karen.appleyard@cox.com.au