Associate

Cushman & Wakefield; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision and dental insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield in New York is seeking an Associate to originate and execute commercial real estate transactions, focusing on office leasing. You will build long-term client relationships, identify opportunities, and advise clients using market data and financial analysis.

The role leads end-to-end deal processes—from proposals, RFPs, and client presentations through negotiation and document review—working with local teams to deliver marketing, pitches, and communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in business, finance, or real estate.
• 6+ years of experience as a producing commercial real estate broker, preferably in office leasing.
• Proficiency with MS Office, Costar, Salesforce, and Adobe Creative Suite.

Responsibilities

• Developing relationships and finding new business opportunities.
• Nurture existing relationships to obtain repeat and referral business.
• Proven track record of building long term relationships with clients
• Staying on top of market statistics and trends.
• Consult and advise clients on their real estate situation.
• Prepare request for proposals (RFPs) and market comparisons.
• Lead or assist sales pitches & presentations
• Negotiate lease terms

Skills

Office leasing

Relationship building

Negotiation

Market knowledge

Communication skills

Financial analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or real estate

Tools

MS Office

Costar

Salesforce

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Job Title

Associate

Job Description Summary

The Broker is responsible for originating and executing commercial real estate transactions, with a focus on office leasing. This role builds and maintains long-term client relationships, identifies new business opportunities, and advises clients using market knowledge, data, and financial analysis. The Broker leads the end-to-end deal process—from proposals, RFPs, and client presentations through negotiation and document review—while partnering with internal and local brokerage teams to deliver high-quality marketing, pitches, and client communications. Success requires strong transactional skills, consultative selling, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple fast-paced priorities independently.

Job Description

Job Summary

Essential functions and responsibilities:

• Developing relationships and finding new business opportunities
• Nurture existing relationships to obtain repeat and referral business
• Proven track record of building long term relationships with clients
• Staying on top of market statistics and trends
• Consult and advise clients on their real estate situation
• Prepare request for proposals (RFPs) and market comparisons
• Lead or assist sales pitches & presentations
• Negotiate lease terms

Key Competencies:

• Strong office market knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Client Focused
• Detail Oriented
• Strong real estate transactional skills
• Problem Solving/Analysis
• Financial Aptitude

Important Education and Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree required in business, finance, or real estate

Important experience:

• 6+ years of experience as a producing commercial real estate broker, preferably in office leasing

Additional eligibility qualifications:

• Intermediate proficiency with MS Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Costar
• Salesforce or other CRM
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including creating and editing marketing materials
• ProficiencywithMicrosoftOfficeSuite
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite
• AdvancedproficiencywithAdobeInDesign
• Detailoriented,self-starter,wellorganized,abletosetprioritiesandhandlemultipleprojects at any given time, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment independently
• Demonstratedstronginterpersonalskills
• Proven record of providing outstanding

May be responsible for one or more of the following:

• Createandcoordinateinitiallistingpresentationsandbrokeropinionofvalue
• Compile, write and distribute regular market updates with sales comps and descriptions of any market changes.
• Reviewandanalyzelease/saledocuments
• Manage and coordinate leasing and/or investment sales process

Work with local brokers to drive direction and implementation of all marketing efforts as it pertains to promotion of specific listings

• Create and edit the content of marketing materials and presentations to include flyers, corporate leasing proposals, case studies, qualifications booklets, email blasts, invitations, and website content using Adobe InDesign
• Create and handle copywriting of brochures, flyers, and floor plans for exclusive building listings
• Design, animate, and produce client presentations by utilizing multiple forms of graphics
• Create proposal responses and pitches to include extensive writing and editing of company information, proposal text, and graphics
• Maintain local web pages for corporate website and/or property websites
• Plan and support client and local C&W events (e.g. State of Real Estate, charitable events, etc.)
• Manageduediligenceandmarketingprocesswithclientsforinvestmentsalesandleasing projects
• Manage progression of escrow process working with photographers, engineers, environmental surveyors, escrow officers, title reps, etc.
• Review real estate publications to analyze market conditions and disseminate to team members and clients
• Draft lease and sale proposals and counter-proposals
• Prepare monthly reports for clients including current status of deals, marketing efforts for available properties, companies currently targeting, etc
• Attend local functions, submarket community planning meetings, real estate seminars and specialty meetings
• Exercise discretion and independent judgment in the performance of job duties listed above

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: 65k draw + Commissions

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [e-mail] . Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.

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