Community Marketing Specialist — Drive Leases & Traffic

Essex Property Trust; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 67,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing discount 20%

Medical/dental/vision benefits

Paid parental leave

401k employer match

Annual bonus program (discretionary)

Wellness programs

12 paid holidays and 15 PTO days

Job summary

Essex Property Trust invites a Community Marketing Specialist to support marketing programs across the Essex portfolio at the Irvine Regional Office. The role focuses on executing campaigns, tracking performance, and driving traffic and leases with collaboration from property operations teams.

The candidate should have a 4-year degree in Marketing/Communications/Business Administration and 1–2+ years in corporate marketing, preferably in multifamily real estate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business Administration, or related field.
• 1–2+ years in a corporate marketing environment; multifamily real estate preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Customer service orientation and attention to detail.
• Excellent organization and time management; ability to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as regional portfolio marketing expert.
• Review weekly traffic, exposure, and occupancy reports to identify performance gaps.
• Execute community and regional marketing tactics and campaigns.
• Ensure marketing tactics are optimized and provide incremental support.
• Support asset positioning, naming and messaging.
• Identify and provide gap analysis for assigned portfolio.
• Ensure lease-up targets are met on time and on budget.
• Shop competitors and conduct analysis to determine key points of difference.
• Tour communities and recommend onsite branding improvements.
• Oversee onsite use of marketing resources.
• Contribute to centralized reporting of visits and observations.
• Keep top talks and other community research up to date.
• Provide regional perspective to cross-functional marketing team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Customer service orientation

Detail-oriented

Organizational and time management

Multitasking

Analytical and decision-making skills

Team player and collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing/Communications/Business Administration or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Essex Property Trust invites a Community Marketing Specialist to support marketing programs across the Essex portfolio at the Irvine Regional Office. The role focuses on executing campaigns, tracking performance, and driving traffic and leases with collaboration from property operations teams.

The candidate should have a 4-year degree in Marketing/Communications/Business Administration and 1–2+ years in corporate marketing, preferably in multifamily real estate.