Description
VP Research and Communications
Reports to EVP HNW Investor Relations and Business Development
Direct Reports: Manager Research
Job Description:
Research
- Lead the firm’s efforts to identify market trends, thematic opportunities and threats that inform investment and operational tactics
- Update and leverage market research and internal data to monitor conditions including cycle model and market rankings, and communicate trends
- Give presentations for investors/clients and assist in capital raising efforts by contributing to in person meetings, investor/consultant questionnaires, etc.
- Create market summaries for the year-end and mid-year company newsletters
- Present market information to leadership team 1-2x a year to provide insights into economic and apartment market conditions as well as identify areas of opportunity and risk
- Distribute brief communications to Bell Officer group and links to external presentations every 2-4 weeks, as needed, with key updates from research calls and relevant news
- Provide summary updates on the Monthly Portfolio Review calls (10-15 min), including economic context, materials events, performance of our markets (3rd party and Bell data), etc. Calls to be recorded and circulated to Officer group
- Provide rent and occupancy guidance for annual Bell budget packages
- Provide guidance for cap rate and rent growth inputs using external resources for semi-annual track record process
- Development and design new and updated research dashboards (supported by Bell’s Business Intelligence team)
- Respond to requests from investors and clients using Bell and 3rd party market resources and BI data
- Support Investments and Business Development departments to supplement information for underwriting and management proposals
Communications
- Work with the Senior Leadership team and Bell departments to collect, organize, simplify and publish internal/ external communications and data in a way that creatively, succinctly and accurately “tells the story” about market and industry trends and company updates
- Create presentations for the Executive team for internal and external high-level corporate meetings and industry functions such as Bell Town Hall, ULI, NMHC, etc.
- Ghostwrite high-level and broad corporate communications for Executive team
- Connect with PR agency to help generate, create and edit articles and interviews for external media and industry events
- Support investor presentations for institutional and High Net Worth (HNW) annual meetings
- Oversee development of corporate and select investor and research communications, including company newsletters and investor updates
- Copy, edit, proofread, and revise corporate communications
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree preferred or minimum 10 years’ experience in investor relations and/or research related field
- Demonstrated experience and leadership in managing comprehensive strategic communications, media and/or investor relations
- Creative and thoughtful on how research and media technologies can be utilized
- Innovative thinker, with a track record for translating strategic thinking and research trends into action plans and internal/external communications.
- Self-reliant, analytical, problem solver, results and detail-oriented and strong written and communication skills
- Ability to make decisions in a changing environment to anticipate future needs
- Exceptional presentation and interpersonal skills, particularly with executives within and outside the company
Experience
10+ to 15 years
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