Leasing Specialist (Part-Time)

Leasing Specialists at AVE are talented sales professionals that play a hands-on role in driving results for their community's leasing program. They are responsible for activities related to our luxury apartment rentals, including leasing and move-ins. Successful Leasing Specialists enjoy building relationships with prospects and residents to learn about their needs and exceed their expectations. They have extremely strong follow-up skills and are passionate about selling the AVE lifestyle and closing leases! Successful Leasing Specialists meet and exceed leasing goals and provide a high level of service to our prospects and residents. 

• You have an understanding of the leasing process and are sales-oriented. You love to connect with prospects to learn about and meet their needs, are passionate about closing leases, and have strong follow-up skills.
• You are a people person. You must enjoy building strong relationships with prospects and residents and participating in Resident Events to foster a strong sense of community. 
• You have a "yes" approach to customer service. Exceptional resident service is what separates AVE from other rental communities. You must provide that high level of service to all existing, future, and past residents.
• You hold yourself to high standards. Our communities and team members, on and off the community, exhibit the highest level of professional and presentation standards. Dress to impress, we wear a stylish business suit every day.
• You are highly organized and skilled at multi-tasking. You will be responsible for day-to-day operations at the community, such as creating key cards, logging packages, check-in and check-out procedures, servicing the coffee station, and more.
• You have excellent communication skills. You will communicate with residents and guests directly by responding to requests via emails, phone calls, and face-to-face interactions. You will also communicate internally through coordination with management, maintenance, and housekeeping team members regarding move-ins, move-outs, make-readies, and work orders.
• You are flexible like us. Our successful Leasing Specialists know when and where to be to create business opportunities.
• You have a passion for representing a luxury lifestyle. You will set a great first impression to residents, clients, prospects, and visitors and greet everyone with a smile.

• 1 to 3+ years of proven sales/leasing experience
• Hospitality, travel, relocation, corporate housing, or multifamily industry experience strongly preferred
• Proven success in meeting and exceeding sales goals
• Proven execution of successful sales strategies to close new leases
• Tenacious and skilled at overcoming objections
• Strong communication and relationship building and follow-up skills
• Willingness to master and use a CRM, systems, and other sales tools (experience in Yardi CRM and/or Zendesk Sell is a plus!)
• Schedule flexibility in order to prioritize and pivot to business and prospect needs
• Must have reliable source of transportation

Must be available to work the required part-time schedule of Friday 8:00am to 4:00pm, Saturday 9:30am to 5:00pm, and Sunday 9:00am to 4:00pm. 

AVE is a brand of Korman Communities, a fifth-generation, family-owned-and-operated real estate company on a mission to create raving residents! Our first-class residential communities offer flexible living solutions - fully furnished apartments for month-to-month stays and contemporary unfurnished apartments for longer lease terms.

Our communities are designed to deliver unparalleled carefree living. We have professional, friendly teams on site to provide exceptional service, complimentary, on-demand, business and resort amenities for convenience, and fun resident events to create a sense of community.

While we own and operate a growing portfolio of best-in-class residential communities nationwide, our most important asset has always been our passionate, dedicated team members. We have a lot of longevity within our team because we commit to team members who embrace our values and promote our reputation for excellence. Many decades ago, we committed ourselves to a value system called QUEST which stands for Quality, Uniqueness, Excellence, Service, and Teamwork. The "S" representing "service," has been the driving force behind everything we do: service to our team members, service to our residents, service to our clients, and service to our communities. 

Visit us online at https://www.aveliving.com/careers.

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