Leasing Manager - Lease Up Community

Description

• Maintaining full compliance with student housing policies, Fair Housing laws, and company standards.
• Driving renewal and retention strategy by engaging early with prospects and future residents, ensuring a smooth transition from lease signing through move-in.
• Leading the full lease-up process for major renovation student housing project—planning, executing, and adapting strategies to hit key occupancy milestones.
• Partnering closely with construction and operations teams to understand the development timeline and ensure marketing and leasing efforts are aligned with unit readiness.
• Building and managing a high-performing leasing team, setting daily goals, providing training and feedback, and fostering a culture of accountability and hustle.
• Creating compelling messaging that highlights the unique features of a new or upgraded community, leveraging renderings and future lifestyle branding.
• Developing and owning local marketing strategy—building relationships with campus partners, local influencers, student organizations, and businesses to drive awareness and referrals.
• Generating pre-leasing momentum before construction is complete, including virtual tours, renderings, hard-hat tours, pop-up events, and social media campaigns.
• Analyzing traffic, conversion, and lease velocity daily to refine outreach strategies and achieve results on tight lease-up timelines.
• Ensuring flawless execution of the tour experience, even when spaces are under construction or unavailable for viewing.

Requirements

• 2–4+ years of leasing experience with a proven track record in new development and/or renovation lease-ups in the student or multifamily housing.
• Proficiency with Entrata or similar CRM
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, especially with students and parents.
• Experience working closely with construction, marketing, and property operations during property openings.
• Proven success in meeting/exceeding occupancy targets in a high-pressure leasing season.
• Demonstrated success in launching lease-up campaigns pre-construction and achieving full occupancy before move-in.
• Knowledge of student lifestyle trends and Gen Z customer behaviors
• Proven experience and ability to lead and inspire a team in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments.
• Flexibility to work weekends, evenings, and campus/community events as needed.

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave
• Company paid STD, LTD and Life insurance
• Lease commission eligible
• 1 Paid Volunteer Day
• 401k + 4% employer matching
• Additional Leasing Hurdle Bonus!
• Competitive salary of $20 - $24 / hour
• 11 paid Holidays
• Generous benefits package! Including health, dental and vision
• Three weeks of PTO
• Minimum one-week paid wellness time
• 1 Paid YuDay

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance