Marketing Assistant – Sweetwater

Reports to:
Lease Up Specialist

Hours: Part Time or Full Time

Location: Gainesville, FL

Are you a student looking to expand your resume material within the realm of marketing, social media management, or event planning? This is the opportunity for you!

We’re looking for well-connected students within the regional UF Campus Area looking for an opportunity to bridge the gap from college to an everlasting career. Our Marketing Assistant will gain real world experience in a Class A New Development, working alongside of a trail-blazing development group! From mastering high level communication to integration skills in a highly profitable CRM platform – this experience will develop you personally and professionally.

The right candidate for this position will be energetic, organized, and curious with a passion for connecting with other students.

Your key goal in this position is to effectively listen to the students you serve and create everlasting relationships in tandem with maintaining brand awareness.

Essentially, as the perfect candidate for this position…

• You believe in the power of listening
• You love creating relationships with just about anyone
• You not only work well in teams, but you thrive on teamwork to be successful
• You are up to date with all things social media
• You crave opportunities to launch your post-grad career
• You have a passion for success and a serious case of GSD (Get Stuff Done)

Job Responsibilities

Outreach Marketing

• Source and Establish relationships with University Affiliated Organizations
• Execute daily, weekly, monthly marketing objectives on campus and within the surrounding community
• Schedule opportunities to present the Sweetwater community to Campus Organizations
• Work in tandem with Leasing team to coordinate partnership events that assist in meeting monthly leasing goals
• Utilize established partnership strategies to increase property traffic, maintain closing ratios and work to achieve and exceed leasing goals
• Maintain top tier hospitality through all facets of communication
• Create memorable relationships on campus through outreach to collect prospect information and aid in hitting weekly traffic goals

Other:

• Contribute to the general upkeep and cleaning of office and common areas
• Assist with projects and initiatives as directed by supervisor
• Assist with other duties and special projects as assigned
• Weekend are required, team members will alternate
• Ability to shuffle priorities and meet deadlines

Qualifications:

• Must be actively enrolled in the University of Florida or Santa Fe to be qualified
• Prior student housing experience preferred, but not required
• A passion for helping other students find housing
• Involvement in on campus orgs preferred

Business Skills:

• Web savvy, skilled internet researcher
• Fluent in the English language, its rules and proper usage
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

Personal Qualities:

• Can-do attitude; willing to work outside your job description
• Lifelong learner and able to identify new learning opportunities
• Skilled multi-tasker and self-starter with strong time management skills and keep attention to detail and quality
• Able to prioritize multiple projects, meet deadlines and ask for direction when needed
• Deals well with criticism and able to collect feedback easily
• Excellent communication and customer service skill