About the Opportunity

This is an opportunity for a highly skilled and uber-organized Chief of Staff to work alongside the CEO and Founder of one of the top sales teams at Douglas Elliman. The Chief of Staff is the right hand to the CEO and Founder to assist and promote the Real Estate business. Position is for someone that thrives in a support role and has 5-7 years’ experience in New York City Real Estate. THIS PERSON MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE.

About the Company

Our client is a real estate industry powerhouse with well over $10 billion in sales, and leads one of the top teams at Douglas Elliman, New York City's premiere luxury residential brokerage. Our client consistently achieves annual sales in excess of $500 million, and has been repeatedly honored with the firm's most prestigious sales awards.

Role & Responsibilities

• Drive all aspects of the CEO's existing real estate portfolio so that she can focus on sales and development
• Assist with developing new business
• Assist with client communications
• Proactively manage CEO extremely busy calendar with an awareness as to purpose, timeliness, participation and business rationale for meetings and events
• Work seamlessly with CEO to ensure that nothing is overlooked in related to the real estate business
• Prioritize conflicting needs; handle matters expeditiously, proactively, and follow-through on projects to successful completion, often with deadline pressures
• Research and preparation of materials needed related to all meetings, conference calls and listings
• Business email monitoring to make sure nothing is missed and emails are responded to in a timely manner (within the hour)
• Support with showings, open houses and buyer tours
• Assist with team social media generating ideas and increasing exposure
• Act as a gatekeeper for the CEO

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience with Google Suite, Outlook, Microsoft Word and Excel
• A minimum of five to seven years of experience working in a support role
• A minimum of three to five years of experience in NYC Real Estate related industry
• Work experience in New York City; knowledge/familiarity with neighborhoods, transportation restaurants, bars, shopping, etc.
• Longevity in past positions
• Outstanding organization skills
• Exceptional professionalism, communication (both written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
• Strong work ethic, highly responsive with a warm attitude
• Calm demeanor under pressure and ability to remain professional at all times
• Experience working collaboratively with the ability to execute independently
• Self-starter, proactive, extraordinarily detail-oriented with a “no task too big or too small” attitude

Compensation

150,000 - 170,000 Base Salary plus Commissions