Leasing & Marketing Manager | Sweetwater - Gainesville, FL

Are you a leasing professional who lives for leasing and marketing? Do you thrive in a fast paced work environment? Are you a natural born leader with excitement to learn more while coaching a team?

If so, then Sweetwater Gainesville might be a great choice for you.

The right candidate for this position will be energetic, organized and excited with a passion for all things sales and leasing.

Your key goal in this position is to manage successful leasing velocity for Sweetwater, a new student housing lease up, through effective, cutting edge leasing and marketing strategies. As Leasing Manager you will work side by side with the Lease Up Specialist to assist on all aspects of the property including, hiring and managing team, leasing, marketing, administration and operations over the temporary leasing office during the course of the lease up and transition into operations.

Essentially as the perfect candidate for this position…

You believe in the power of listening to your team.

• You’ve been referred to as “The Closer” and you have the conversion ratio to prove it.
• You love stalking the comps and keeping your finger on the pulse of the market.
• You bring fresh, innovative ideas and aren’t afraid to speak up.
• You are a fun, trendy, outgoing and creative individual who thrives working on a team.
• You’re known in your friend group for being a great listener and problem solver.
• You have a proven process for staying efficient and organized.
• You understand the power of a great social media strategy.
• You have a serious case of the GSD (Get Stuff Done!)

Job Responsibilities

Sales & Leasing:

• Co-manage and train the on-site leasing team alongside your counterpart
• Provide informative and experiential tours to prospects, both virtually and in-person
• Closely monitor rates and pricing tiers to achieve target gross revenue
• Become the lease agreement expert, providing regular guidance to your team
• Closely track and execute the applicant and guarantor approval process
• Generate, audit and track all leases and leasing activity
• Manage all daily follow up activity
• Assist the Lease Up Specialist in preparing daily and weekly leasing reports
• Always be in-the-know on market knowledge and trends

Marketing

• Generate leads through effective marketing techniques
• Represent and continue to build the brand of your property
• Manage and execute a successful social media strategy
• Plan and execute exciting future resident, brand ambassador, and team events
• Provide creative and unique ideas for promotional item design

Operations

• Maintain a clean temporary leasing office.
• Screen, hire, train, coach and develop on-site staff.
• Create daily/weekly staff schedules and assignments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is strongly preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Knowledge of Hubspot, Asana, Later.com and Google Survey is a bonus.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Experience with Entrata or Real Page.

Personal Qualities

• Can-do attitude; willing to work outside your job description
• Skilled multi-tasker and self starter with strong time management skills
• Attention to detail and quality
• Able to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines and ask for direction when needed