Leasing Consultant, Multifamily

About the role

As a Leasing Consultant, you will play an important role with the onsite management team. Our Leasing Consultants look forward to working with an exceptionally skilled and highly trained team, geared to support your efforts to be successful. Our Leasing Consultants are people who make a big impact in many small ways - a friendly smile, a welcoming handshake, a genuine interest in the people walking through the property office door. Our Leasing Consultants create a positive and lasting influence on visitors, prospects, and residents, and understand the importance of first impressions. As a Leasing Consultant, you manage your own success by attaining leasing goals, such as occupancy and rent growth, and by building rapport with prospects and residents.

Responsibilities

• Generate interest in the community by touring the property with prospects as you answer questions about the numerous amenities, local community, and beautiful grounds.
• Drive the sale by highlighting the quality of the community and the lifestyle of an apartment home.
• Assist prospects in qualifying for an apartment home by collecting appropriate information and initiating background checks.
• Ensure apartments are prepared for move-in.
• Deliver unmatched service to residents to exceed their expectations, while maintaining resident retention.
• Use your attention to detail, planning and organizing skills to perform required office activities and coordinate paperwork related to apartment home rentals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, Trade, Technical, or Vocational school.
• 1+ years of related experience.
• Effective communication and customer service skills.
• Basic computer skills in a Windows environment.
• Ability to assist the leasing activities of the leasing staff.
• Be courteous and professional.
• Be well organized and be able to meet deadlines.
• Follow all company policies and procedures.
• Be professional and a team player.

Work environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Regularly required to travel outside between properties in varying weather conditions.

Physical demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may need to stand and walk for extended or continuous periods of time. They must be able to ascend and descend staircases, ladders, and/or step stools and may be required to travel outside between buildings in varying outdoor weather conditions. The employee may also be regularly required to remain in a stationary position (sit or stand) for 85% of the time; regularly operate office machinery. Must be able to travel up to 5% of the time. Travel may vary in frequency and duration.

Pay

$19.13 - $22.50

Benefits

Cushman & Wakefield provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work.