Leasing & Brokerage Associate

Leasing And Brokerage Associates

Retail Specialists is the premier real estate services firm in the South, committed to earning long-term relationships with clients to better serve the communities around us. We treat every asset and client project as if it were our own, and our focus is on building long-term relationships with our clients to provide creative solutions and to achieve maximum success.

Our entrepreneurial mindset and culture of collaboration enable us to tailor our services to create unrealized potential, rewarding opportunities, and viable real estate solutions for our clients. We operate with a uniquely collaborative process that delivers a team-wide depth of expertise that street brokers and siloed mega-firms cannot match. Every team member is encouraged to contribute specialized knowledge, and we are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels empowered to achieve their potential.

Our sister company, Retail Strategies, is the nation's leading municipal advisory firm focused on helping communities across the country attract retail. By fostering those relationships and providing our entrepreneurial approach to projects within those communities, we are able to leverage a nationwide network that no other real estate company can match. In addition, we are able to generate invaluable community-specific data that allows us to help our clients navigate as far into the future as possible.

We are currently looking for experienced Leasing and Brokerage Associates to join our client-focused, third-party team in our Birmingham office. The ideal candidate would have established experience and relationships within the industry, a self-starter attitude and a strong work ethic, proven skills in business development to bring in new accounts, and the capacity to work on complex transactions.

This position will report to the Executive Vice President and the individual will be responsible for providing dedicated real estate strategy and account management, partnering closely with property owners, sourcing new landlord relationships, and all transaction-related services to our clients.

Business Development: Our associates are talented and strategic in acquiring new clients. Although we provide a number of house accounts when applicable, our Leasing & Brokerage Associates are expected to bring in new business and will be supported accordingly.

Client Consulting: We ultimately consider ourselves an extension of our clients' real estate team and treat every asset as if it were our own. We don't wait for opportunities to knock, we don't run from complex projects, and we don't avoid a crisis.

Collaborative Mindset: We not only encourage collaboration, but we also require it. We know that outcomes are elevated through collaboration and have found that the greatest results come from utilizing the unique backgrounds of our team members.

Company Culture: At Retail Specialists, our culture is paramount to our collective success. We live by our Core Values of being committed, collaborative, respected, and innovative. We believe that our people are our best and most important asset, and we expect our team to show up every day ready to hustle, ready to learn, and eager to contribute to the overall success of the team and company.

Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Transaction management experience
• Proven skills in contract review, lease/purchase, and sale negotiations
• Solid understanding of financial and accounting impacts
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Excellent negotiating, communication, collaboration, organizational, planning, and process skills
• Experience working with corporate clients to achieve real estate objectives
• Strong ability to interpret and communicate business intelligence and data analytics
• Ability to build relationships and interact effectively with businesses and clients at a senior level
• Ability to think strategically and act proactively

Education and Experience:

• Prefer a bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or Real Estate
• A minimum of 2-3 years of relevant real estate experience
• Real estate brokerage or salesperson license required

Retail Specialists is committed to growing our team and our footprint in a way that is smart, strategic, and scalable. Our success depends on all of us, so if you feel this position and this company are a fit for you, let's talk.