Cushman & Wakefield

Executive Administrator

Cushman & Wakefield$85K — $100K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of executive administrative experience, preferably supporting C-suite executives in real estate
  • Bachelor's degree required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficient with Outlook, MS Suite, Workday, Microsoft Teams, and CRM systems
  • Strong organizational and multi-tasking capabilities

Responsibilities

  • Assist Executive Broker in managing business operations to ensure administrative efficiency
  • Organize and prioritize critical issues, providing oversight and guidance
  • Anticipate needs of Executive Broker and clients to deliver timely results
  • Manage complex calendars, including meetings, travel plans, and scheduling conflicts
  • Coordinate and prepare presentations and proposals using data from industry sources
  • Handle email correspondence and ensure follow-up on urgent matters
  • Maintain confidentiality while preparing reports and managing broker expenses

Benefits

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Flexible spending and health savings accounts
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Life and disability insurance programs
  • Paid and unpaid time off
Full Job Description
Job Title
Executive Administrator

Job Description Summary
Cushman & Wakefield's New York Midtown office is seeking an experienced C-suite Executive Administrator to support Executive Brokers in handling all administrative and strategic initiatives required to facilitate the transaction of Cushman & Wakefield's commercial real estate business.
Job Description

Principal Responsibilities
  • Assist Executive Broker with managing their complex business operations to ensure administrative, financial, and operational activities are performed in a seamless and efficient manner
  • Provide oversight and guidance, organize, and prioritize critical issues
  • Anticipate Executive Broker, client and business needs and undertake necessary actions to produce effective results timely
  • Manage and organize complex calendar activities such as meetings, agendas, luncheon arrangements and travel plans; work around scheduling conflicts and keeping Executive Broker on schedule
  • Assist in planning and coordinating complex travel arrangements
  • Manage email correspondence for Executive Broker promptly. Reply where necessary, print attachments, follow up on actions, flag urgent messages. File in appropriate folders
  • Update and maintain contacts, telephone numbers and email addresses
  • Manage CRM
  • Manage deal booking process
  • Coordinate and track presentations and client deliverables, ensuring timely completion
  • Prepare site search / space survey tour book presentations in PowerPoint and maps, leveraging data from CoStar and from calling/emailing brokers for information
  • Draft proposals and RFPs and assemble proposal matrix / summary packages for client's review
  • Answer and screen all incoming calls to Executive Brokers office
  • Organize and input broker expenses and charitable contributions, track payments and allowances
  • Support Executive Broker's community and industry activities and events
  • Ensure that education, credentials and licensing of brokers is current
  • Prepare, collect and maintain information for the preparation of confidential reports, proposals, and other materials
  • Provide PTO coverage to colleagues
  • And any other duties as requested


Minimum Qualifications
  • 10+ years of executive administrative experience supporting corporate c-suite professional/s, real estate background preferred
  • Bachelor's degree required


Required Skills

1. Excellent verbal and written communication skills

2. Highly organized, logical thinker

3. Takes initiative

4. Flexible schedule for Over time

5. Ability to multi-task and organize a daily workload by priorities

7. Sense of urgency about tasks or assignments

8. Friendly, personable demeanor

10. Strong work ethic/commitment level

11. Team player

12. Positive attitude

13. Excellent attention to detail and follow through

14. Proactive approach to problem-solving

15. Technologically proficient with Outlook, MS Suite, Workday, Microsoft Teams etc.

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: $ 85,000.00 - $100,000.00

About Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield plc is a global commercial real estate services firm. The company's corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois. Cushman & Wakefield is among the world's largest commercial real estate services firms, with revenues of US$9.4 billion in 2021. The company operates from approximately 400 offices in 60 countries, has around 50,000 employees and manages about 4,100 million sq ft of commercial space. It is one of the "Big Three" commercial real estate services companies, alongside CBRE and JLL.
Learn more about Cushman & Wakefield
Size
50,000 employees
Market Cap
$2.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$220.5 million
Founded
1917
5 Year Trend
+8.6%
Revenue
$7.8 billion
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