Kevin Prendergast
Senior Proposal Specialist, Design and Business Data Support (Design Lead & Systems Manager) @Aecon Group Inc.
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Proposal Specialist, Design and Business Data Support (Design Lead & Systems Manager) @Aecon Group Inc.
Directed the visual and creative design for hundreds of infrastructure proposals across Civil, Urban Transportation, Utilities, Industrial, and Nuclear sectors, managing RFP/RFQ submissions for major projects and joint ventures, with a focus on Nuclear and U.S. initiatives. Provided graphic support to inform design decisions and elevate proposal quality. Developed custom SharePoint sites optimized for design and proposal efficiency, leveraging intuitive UI strategies. Improved CRM and data workflows by managing analytics, implementing solutions, and configuring SharePoint permissions, libraries, and custom lists to support collaboration and process accuracy.• Design Team Leadership: Leading and mentoring Junior Proposal Specialists on technical illustration efforts for the BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor fabrication and assembly manual, enhancing repeatability and projected to reduce assembly time by ~30%.• Power BI Insights & Tool Training: Trained U.S. Nuclear team on custom proposal tools, providing ongoing support, and delivering Power BI dashboards tracking $57B in potential opportunities—enhancing project visibility and informing strategic decisions. • SharePoint SaaS Workflow Solutions: Developed SharePoint Online tools for Nuclear Proposals and Estimating to track and monitor tasks leading to efficient time and data management. Visualized a 66% split between Nuclear tasks vs external tasks assoicated with other BU’s.• Process Automation & Reporting: Automated email notifications via Power Automate for deadline tracking and integrated Power BI for data visualization and resource planning.
EDUCATION
Durham College
Associate of Arts - AA
Sheridan College
BAA, Technical Illustration
SKILLS
ABOUT KEVIN PRENDERGAST
Art Director / Creative Director, Senior Proposal Specialist, designer, and team leader with over 16 years of experience spanning branding, illustration, design, data visualization, proposal development, and process automation. Extensive experience supporting complex infrastructure proposals, combining creative leadership with technical execution, compliance, and production efficiency. Recognized as a semi-finalist in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards (2009) and holding a Bachelor’s degree in Technical & Scientific Illustration from Sheridan College, Canada’s largest art school.Highly adaptable across both established and emerging technologies, with deep expertise in Adobe Creative Cloud, Power BI, SharePoint, and a broad range of AI tools. Known for introducing custom, bespoke automation tools to streamline proposal production, enforce brand consistency, reduce manual rework, and improve design quality and turnaround times across teams. Collaborated with diverse clients including The Daggerwing Group, Mike Holmes, Rethink Canada, The Globe & Mail, Hewlett Packard, Klick Health, the TTC, and the City of Mississauga. Work has been featured in On The Go Magazine, The Holmes Manual, and various online platforms.Specialties include: art direction, proposal graphics, process improvement, and technical drawing. Print materials such as brochures, pamphlets, and corporate branding; web design, information graphics, and UI/UX design; writing and consulting for manuals, guides, products, and instructional documents. Advanced illustration methods including isometric, axonometric, and oblique drawings; orthographics; step-by-step sequential illustrations; cutaways; phantom views; wayfinding and signage; 3D modeling; motion graphics; and photography.
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