Resident Experience Associate (Tues - Sat from 12pm - 8pm)

bozzuto; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 43,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness benefits

Paid time off & holidays

401k with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Career development

Job summary

Bozzuto is hiring for a Resident Experience Associate in Chicago. You will greet prospects and residents, build relationships, and personalize interactions to make everyone feel at home. The role emphasizes converting leads to tours, coordinating with the leasing team, and delivering outstanding service.

Responsibilities include planning events, managing front desk operations, social media engagement, and supporting a stellar resident experience. A leasing license may be pursued within 90 days.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in a hospitality, retail, travel or hotel environment.
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal.
• A sharp professional appearance.
• Competent with various software, apps and computer programs.
• An eye for detail and a knack for anticipating a customer's needs.
• A customer-focused mentality.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds (we deliver a lot of packages during the holidays!)

Responsibilities

• Converting leads into community tours by following up with all prospects and providing helpful and compelling information about the community and neighborhood.
• Coordinating tours of the community with the leasing team to support occupancy goals.
• Solving problems and providing timely assistance to residents and prospects with care.
• Planning and executing meaningful events and activities that engage residents and foster a sense of community.
• Building brand loyalty and achieving resident retention by ensuring a consistently positive experience and well‑kept community.
• Generating awareness, interest and excitement via social media.
• Encouraging happy customers to share reviews on social networks.
• Organizing front desk logs, package rooms, club room reservations and freight elevators.
• Working weekends or evenings depending on the shift.
• Willingness to obtain a leasing license within your first 90 days of employment.

Job description

Primary Responsibilities:

As the Resident Experience Associate, you're the first person prospects and residents meet when they come home. You take ownership and pride in creating stellar first impressions and building ongoing positive relationships. Your natural ability to strike up a conversation and make people feel "at home" is what enables you to excel. You enjoy personalizing every interaction and consider it a challenge to learn the names and favorite things of all of your customers (that goes for four-legged residents too)

As a Resident Experience Associate (Tues - Sat from 12pm - 8pm), your primary responsibilities include:

• Converting leads into community tours by following up with all prospects and providing helpful and compelling information about the community and neighborhood
• Contributing to desired occupancy levels by coordinating tours of the community with the leasing team
• Solving problems and providing timely assistance to residents and prospects with care
• Planning and executing meaningful events and activities that engage residents and foster a sense of community
• Building brand loyalty and achieving resident retention goals by ensuring a consistently positive experience and a meticulously cared for community
• Generating awareness, interest and excitement via social media
• Encouraging happy customers to share the love by writing reviews on social networking sites
• Obsessively organizing front desk logs, package rooms, club room reservations and freight elevators
• Working weekends or evenings depending on the shift
• A willingness to obtain a leasing license within your first 90 days of employment

You Create Value by:

• Engaging people in meaningful conversations that demonstrate your concern and genuine desire to make them feel at home
• Solving problems for your customers and treating them like you would your best friend
• Meticulously following up with everyone
• Playing an active role in making certain the community is impeccable
• Jumping in and covering for team members when needed
• Seeking out opportunities to enhance the customer's experience

What You Bring to Us:

• 2+ years' experience in a hospitality, retail, travel or hotel environment
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
• A sharp professional appearance
• Competent with various software, apps and computer programs
• An eye for detail and a knack for anticipating a customer's needs
• A customer-focused mentality
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds (we deliver a lot of packages during the holidays!)

Salary Range

$43,000 - $47,000 USD

When you join Bozzuto, you're not just accepting a job; you are becoming part of a community that cares about your overall well-being and professional growth. We recognize that our team members are the core of our business, and we are committed to taking care of them so they can deliver outstanding experiences to our residents. In addition to an award-winning culture, our benefits take into consideration everything from career development, retirement, family matters and health and wellness.

Working on our team and in this position, you can expect:

• Competitive compensation.
• Health & wellness benefits. We offer coverage for medical, dental, and vision, including access to the best doctors at an affordable price.
• Paid leave. We provide 20 days of paid time off plus holidays.
• Retirement planning. We offer a 401k program with a company match.
• Tuition reimbursement. Plus, many other programs to support career development and growth.

A place you belong. We proudly offer a diverse range of employee resource groups, providing opportunities for our employees to connect over shared experiences, backgrounds, and cultures.

Bozzuto is proudly an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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