Business Development & Marketing Coordinator

Description

The Business Development and Marketing Coordinator serves as a key support and activation partner with the center’s Local Leasing, Business Development and Marketing Programs. This position is a key contributor to on-site sales and traffic driving initiatives, along with fostering relationships with both prospective and current local licensees, assisting in efforts to maximize their opportunities for success, thus driving Net Operating Income (NOI) growth.

• Alert the General Manager and the Local Leasing Manager if there is hawking in the common area and follow the Hawking Guidelines.
• Assist Local Leasing Manager with gathering required information for license lease agreement renewals.
• Work with the General Manager and Marketing to create effective marketing initiatives and tools that support our retailer partners achieve their sales goals.
• Gather retailer sales data and input into sales management system.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• Coordinate the delivery, installation, and proof of posting for all paid media/advertising on both interior and exterior of center.
• Manage sponsorship and business development storage inventory.
• Track approvals, obtain licensee signatures, send fully executed agreements to lease admin, approve lease abstracts, track licensee openings, and ensure proper insurance is collected.
• Play a support role to activate the local implementation of local and national marketing platforms and any center consumer and/or retailer specific marketing programs.
• Serve as point of contact for basic sponsorship programs generated by Business Development (for example: sampling, national tours, signage, or banner opportunities, etc.). Coordinate event set up with client and mall operations staff.
• Provide information as needed to potential local leasing and sponsorship prospects to Local Leasing Manager.
• Responsible for ensuring that all Centennial brand standards are followed in communications and marketing program materials throughout the shopping center.
• Coordinate local leasing tenant set up and move-in/move-outs.
• Assist with holiday photo operations.
• Assist in curating, creating, and managing digital content (images, video, written) including updates to the property website, email blasts and social media channels.
• Request and maintain copies of insurance on file for new and existing local leasing licensees.
• Support initiatives to increase consumer interaction within digital mediums to drive property visit frequency and retailer sales growth.
• Solicit and encourage retailer participation/support as an effort to promote their business and add value to the overall center marketing plans.
• Ensure center retailer listing materials and marketing promotional materials are accurate, updated and inventory levels are maintained.
• Assist in collections for outstanding Accounts Receivable balances from local leasing licensees.
• Shadow Marketing Manager/Director in retailer strategy meetings and event planning.
• Assist with special event preparation of agreements and collecting insurance. Participate in planning and execution of event, including set-up, vendor coordination, on-site logistics and post event evaluation.
• Shadow Local Leasing Manager in prospect meetings for potential retailers.
• Prepare the license agreements for local leasing, storage, and sponsorship.
• Work directly with the Marketing Manager/Director assigned to drive sales/ traffic and NOI growth for the center.
• Maintain digital and hardcopy Leasing and Marketing files for center.
• In conjunction with the center team, manage visual merchandising of local leasing licensees and vacant storefronts as directed.

Requirements

All job offers are contingent on completion of a background check and proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

• Ability to work and learn independently and in a team situation.
• Ability to read and understand standard business documentation (e.g., contract language).
• Ability to deal with multiple projects and tasks effectively and establish priorities.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow through.
• Experience with social media platforms including content creation.
• Must be a strategic and analytical thinker.
• The employee must occasionally lift and /or move up to 30 pounds.
• Must possess the ability to manage budgets and have solid accounting skills.
• Must be proficient on basic Microsoft Office platform and Internet.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred, or equivalent work experience
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, time management, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Must be flexible and able to work events which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Consumer information management, including data entry, email list management, and contest/event registrations.
• Excellent people skills along with problem solving and time management ability.
• Minimum of 2- 3 Years of Experience in Marketing, Event Planning, Project Coordination, Sales,
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly dynamic work environment.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal and expansive reading.

Benefits

Retail or Real Estate

Pay Range: $28.85 USD - $31.25 USD

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance