Real Estate – ICS, Marketing Coordinator | Black Stone

Job Description

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
 

Business Unit Overview: Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone’s real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $339 billion of investor capital under management. Blackstone is the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector, including logistics, residential, office, hospitality and retail. Our opportunistic funds seek to acquire undermanaged, well-located assets across the world. Blackstone’s Core+ business invests in substantially stabilized real estate assets globally, through both institutional strategies and strategies tailored for income-focused individual investors including Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT), a U.S. non-listed REIT, and Blackstone’s European yield-oriented strategy. Blackstone Real Estate also operates one of the leading global real estate debt businesses, providing comprehensive financing solutions across the capital structure and risk spectrum, including management of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT).

Job Description

In this role, the Marketing Coordinator will support the global real estate fundraising efforts and provide operational oversight and guidance to the global team. The main areas of responsibility for the Marketing Coordinator include:

• Global responsibility for coordinating investor roadshows and all non-US investor meeting requests in New York

• Liaise directly with investors, ICS coverage and product teams, firm investment professionals, PWS and PCG teams, executive assistants, and marketing coordinators to help set tone of investor meetings and ensure appropriate staffing and agendas
• Coordinate briefing notes and ensure relevant materials are prepared (including L&C clearance)
• Oversee and recommend related travel, expense coding, meeting invites and information logged in Salesforce

• Own and update global internal marketing/event calendar, ensure all meetings globally are appropriately staffed and assist with preparation of materials
• Support Investor Engagement team on a variety of projects, including:

• Global event strategy, budget and tracking
• Operational technology initiatives
• Annual Investor Conference and other conference planning

• Assist product specialist and coverage teams with fund closings/LP tracking and onboarding
• Various ad‐hoc projects and new business initiatives often leveraging Microsoft Excel and/or Powerpoint
• Seek opportunities to improve processes and efficiency of global RE ICS team operations
• Assist with planning internal global/cross-regional team meetings and events  

Qualifications

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated, have sound judgment, and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. The successful candidate must have:

• Strong communication skills
• Ability to multi‐task in a dynamic environment
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to take ownership of projects, be resourceful and independently manage projects to completion
• Comfortable engaging with senior management on a regular basis
• Strong Microsoft Office skills (including PowerPoint and Outlook with an emphasis on Excel)
• Willingness to learn about and keep up to date with new technologies and programs
• Familiarity with Salesforce is highly desirable

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$80,000 – $115,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;

• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;

• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;

• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and

• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.

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