Leasing and Marketing Manager - Mall

Location

Manhattan, KS | United States

Job description

Amazing opportunity for a Specialty Leasing/Marketing Manager to learn and grow. If you have Specialty Leasing, Marketing, and/or shopping center experience working with regional and local business or franchises, we’d love to speak with you!   

Who We Are:    

Manhattan Town Center is a single-level, enclosed, regional shopping center located in Downtown Manhattan. The center was established in 1987 through the unique forethought of the City of Manhattan and Forest City Enterprises, built to reflect the architectural flavor of Manhattan and the surrounding communities and to maintain and foster the expansion of the Manhattan retail community. Manhattan Town Center is located in the heart of downtown, encompassing more than 365,000 square feet with more than 50 small shops and full service restaurants located at the mall. The property is anchored by Dillard's and JCPenney department stores in addition to AMC Dine-In IMAX Theatre.

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Position Description:   

The Specialty Leasing/Marketing Manager is responsible for managing the specialty leasing program, including screening, negotiating license agreements for regional and local tenants and advertising/special events for common area and in-line spaces. Specific responsibilities include canvassing/prospecting the regional market as well as researching potential concepts to generate new leads, effectively negotiating new terms with potential tenants, acquiring approvals, and generating proper documentation.

This position is also responsible for the planning and implementation of the marketing activities, promotions, and events at the Shopping Center, including formation and development of partnerships and long-standing relationships with community leaders, local businesses, organizations, and service groups. This role is a hands-on position and will interface regularly with shopping center management and staff, tenants, 3rd party vendors, maintenance, and custodial personnel.

 

Essential Functions   

Specialty Leasing (70% of time spent)

• Identify opportunities for income enhancement and expense reduction including lease prospects, optimal mix, and related canvassing, negotiation of new and renewing license agreements/ leases with corporate approval, and coordination of temporary tenant program.
• Coordinate set-up and operation of temporary tenants with operations staff at assigned center(s).
• Monitor and account for the maintenance and upkeep of center(s) property, enforcing properties’ visual merchandising standards.
• Analyze financial reports and functions continuously including monitoring of sales and collections for both temporary and permanent tenants.
• Prepare, revise and/or review projection/ sales reports and budget.

Marketing (20% of time spent)

• Works with property management and DMM to develop, implement and administer annual events.
• Identify property objectives with team.
• Monitor visual merchandising presentations.
• Seek and encourage retailer participation in marketing programs as an effort to promote their business and add value to overall marketing plan.
• Manages website, social media, and all other shopping center advertising activities.
• Writes and Issues press releases.
• Provides informational updates, news articles, and photos of marketing activities.
• Forms and develops partnerships and long-standing relationships with community leaders, local businesses, organizations and service groups.

Special Events (10% of time spent)

• Plans and implements promotional activities and property events.
• Coordinates with vendors, and exhibitors during event planning.
• Performs oversight of event set-up, tear-down and follow-up.
• Tracks event key performance areas for continual improvement and modification.
• Develops marketing promotions that will be utilized by the shopping center (i.e. Back-to-School, Tax Free Shopping, etc.)
• Provides support to property management as needed.

Competencies   

• Adaptable to the changing nature of the business
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Excellent public relations abilities
• Proficiency in canvassing local area
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Office 365
• Proficiency in navigating Social Media
• Ability to work special events, with a flexibility in hours
• Attention to detail
• Ability to read, write, interpret, and analyze documents used in leasing, marketing and events promotion
• Self-starter
• Knowledge of basic accounting practices are a plus
• Capable of working with internal and external teams and partners

Candidate Should Possess:   

• 2+ years’ experience in shopping center management, special events, marketing or related field
• Bachelor's degree from four-year College or University preferred; Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered
• Experience with contracts a plus

What We Offer:    

We understand that our people are the most important factor to our success. As a result, we value and invest in our people through:   

Benefits Include:  

• Medical, Dental, Vision (100% Employer Paid)
• Generous Paid Time Off  
• Basic Term Life / AD&D and Long-Term Disability (100% Employer Paid)
• 401K (Company Match Available)

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

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