Business Pursuit & Presentation Designer

THE ROLE

We are looking for a Business Pursuit and Presentation Designer who is both a skilled visual communicator and a systems thinker - a true designer, not a document producer. This person has editorial instincts, an eye for layout and typography, and the storytelling sense to turn a pursuit strategy into a proposal that reads like a publication, not a template. Infographics, case studies, vision decks: every piece you build should carry the same design intelligence as the spaces we create. This role sits at the center of the business development process, and business cultivation is the core of the job, roughly 80% of your time. You own the case study library, the proposal templates, and the editorial and visual standard behind every piece of BD collateral. You are not a production resource waiting on direction; you bring your own point of view to what a document should say and how it should look. The remaining portion of the role supports our broader business and operations studio, so this person is also comfortable stepping into wider studio needs when asked.

You will also engage directly with early-stage project vision work on select pursuits, contributing to narrative development, concept framing, and visual direction when a proposal requires it.

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

Proposal Production

• Own the design and production of all proposal documents, vision decks, and RFP responses, from structure through final output — designed and paced like an editorial publication, not a formal deck

• Work from pursuit strategy provided by the Director of Business Cultivation and Managing Partner, and translate it into a cohesive, visually precise document that reflects Curioso's standards

• Own the editorial judgment on format, length, and visual hierarchy within each proposal, knowing when restraint is the right call

• Manage timelines and deliverables across concurrent proposals without losing quality

Collateral, Infographics, and Case Studies

• Design infographics and visual storytelling elements that translate scope, data, and strategy into something a client actually wants to look at

• Create and maintain a current, well-organized case study library — narrative copy, scope summaries, and layout — all ready to be deployed in any proposal context

• Work with our Marketing team to develop and maintain core collateral: studio overview, team bios, project one-pagers, capability statements, and any materials used in first-contact outreach

• Coordinate with the design team and marketing to keep project documentation current as work completes and opens

Tools & Systems

• Own and continuously improve the tools that support business cultivation: CRM setup and hygiene, proposal template library, asset management, tracking dashboards

• Build systems that make the BD function faster and less dependent on independent knowledge. Build templates that work, folder structures that hold, naming conventions that stick

• Identify gaps in the BD toolkit and propose solutions. You are expected to take initiative here, not wait to be asked

Early-Stage Vision Support

• On select pursuits, contribute to visual direction and presentation strategy during the proposal development phase

• Work alongside the Managing Partner and creative leadership to develop vision decks that go beyond capabilities; documents that demonstrate how Curioso would think about a specific project

• This is a meaningful part of the role, not an occasional add-on. The right candidate is energized by the intersection of design thinking and business strategy

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 5–8 years of experience in design, communications, or marketing roles within architecture, interior design, or a related creative field, ideally with exposure to hospitality

• A portfolio that reads like a designer's, not a coordinator's: proposals, editorial layouts, infographics, or brand materials with real visual storytelling: magazine-quality, considered, not templated

• Strong command of InDesign, Illustrator, or equivalent layout tools, and a real instinct for typography, hierarchy, and visual restraint

• Demonstrated grasp of the material you're designing. You understand the strategy and narrative behind a proposal well enough to shape how it's told, not just how it looks

• Experience building or managing content systems: asset libraries, CRM platforms, template frameworks

• A writer, or at least someone who can edit copy clearly and knows when a sentence is doing too much work

• Detail-oriented without being slow: you can hold quality and pace at the same time

• Genuinely excited about the hospitality and design space. You're passionate about design and visual communications, you notice good work, you have opinions about it

• Fluent in English and Spanish

WHAT THIS IS NOT

This is not a pure graphic production role. If your instinct is to make things look polished without understanding what they're saying, this will be a frustrating fit. We need someone who engages with the content, who pushes back on a proposal narrative that isn't working, and who brings their own point of view to what a document should do.

Equally, this is not a path into the design studio through a side door. The BD Designer role is its own discipline, and we want someone who values it as such, who sees the intelligence in a well-crafted proposal or presentation as clearly as the intelligence in a well-designed