Associate Research Consultant - Bilingual French English

Job Description

Company Intro 

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.  

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 38 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.  

CoStar  

CoStar is the global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics and news. Commercial Real Estate industry professionals around the globe use CoStar to access the most comprehensive data to make decisions with confidence. CoStar delivers immediate, verified commercial real estate information on over 5.9 million properties across every market.   

Learn more about CoStar.  

OVERVIEW  

CoStar delivers real-time, verified commercial real estate data that helps clients confidently spot great opportunities and make smart choices ahead of competitors. By combining the power of CoStar’s independent research organization – the industry’s largest – with global data delivery, software, and application solutions, clients can act on opportunities with confidence. 

The Market Research team is the heart of CoStar, capturing market-critical information that enables our commercial real estate clients to make informed, high impact business decisions daily. CoStar Group’s research contributes to the most important segment of our economy, helping businesses open offices, retail stores, warehouses, and manufacturing facilities. CoStar Group is seeking an Associate Research Consultant (Field Leads) to join our growing research organization. 

As an Associate Research Consultant (Field Leads), you will contact key decision makers representing various commercial real estate spaces available for sale and/or for lease submitted by our field research team or submissions from new listers. Through these interviews, you will curate their listings, ensuring they are getting the most visibility on our platform. In addition, you will capture market-critical information that enables our clients to make informed high impact business decisions. 

This position is in office Monday through Friday.

RESPONSIBILITIES  

Contribute to the growth of an accurate and complete database of commercial real estate inventory  Conduct 50+ daily inbound and outbound phone calls with brokers, developers, investors, and other real estate professionals to obtain real-time property and transaction data  Investigate new space listings, recent sale and lease transactions, building ownership and construction in a market  Build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with clients  Partner with our clients to help them position and market their properties on the CoStar platform for the market/audience  Strategic outreach to brokers and owners to add listings to CoStar from leads submitted by Field Research Onboard new CoStar contacts verifying their properties and listings

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE 

• Bachelors’ degree from an accredited, not-for-profit University or College, with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA  Majoring in real estate, business, management, or comparable program.  
• Track record of commitment to prior employers 
• Flexibility to work shifts aligned with EST, CST, MST, or PST time zones 
• Professional or internship experience in customer service, real estate, or comparable industry.  
• Permanent US work authorization 
• Fluent in both French and English is required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Natural curiosity, persistence, and ability to conduct thorough investigative research 
• Proven success performing to metrics or key performance indicators (KPI)
• Experience communicating with internal business partners and external clients by phone 
• Be goal-oriented and manage multiple responsibilities, adjust to changing priorities, and excel in a fast-paced environment 
• Ability to develop and grow client relationships by conducting effective interviews with commercial real estate professionals, resulting in database updates 
• Customer-focused approach to tasks, including a drive towards partnering with clients 
• Ability to work within a team environment as well as an individual contributor 
• Demonstrated knowledge of and/or experience within the commercial real estate industry 
• Experience and demonstrated proficiency with Excel that includes the ability to manipulate data, filter, and develop basic formulas 
• Capability to accurately capture and enter data 
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing situations at a high growth company 

What’s in it for you?   

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.  

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.  

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):  

Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug   Life, legal, and supplementary insurance   Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family   Commuter and parking benefits   401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions   Employee stock purchase plan   Paid time off   Tuition reimbursement   On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes  Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups   Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks  

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing