Real Estate - Core+ (BREIT Shareholder Relations), Associate

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 $1.1 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.
 

Blackstone Real Estate Overview:

Blackstone is a global leader in real estate investing. Blackstone’s real estate business was founded in 1991 and has US $325 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, data centers, residential, office and hospitality. 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). 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 & Responsibilities:

The Associate will join the BREIT Shareholder Relations team in New York. The Associate will primarily focus on executing BREIT’s communications strategy and be involved in a collaborative effort to promote the capital raising and client service efforts of BREIT and its distribution partners through various marketing, sales strategy and business development initiatives. The Associate will spend significant time with other members of Blackstone’s real estate group, including the portfolio management, acquisitions, asset management, legal & compliance and finance teams, as well as work closely with the Blackstone Private Wealth Solutions, Public Affairs and Firmwide marketing teams. The main areas of responsibility for the role include:

• Produce creative and compelling written materials and information that resonate with internal and external audiences (existing and prospective investors)
• Develop various stockholder communications, including monthly/quarterly portfolio updates, periodic letters, thought leadership, etc.
• Produce monthly and ad-hoc talking points and messaging for internal audiences in response to portfolio updates/positioning, press, market/economic news, etc. 
• Coordinate with acquisitions, asset management and public affairs teams on communications for new and existing transactions
• Draft remarks for senior leaders for conferences, events and other public speaking engagements
• Serve as a highly detail-focused writer/reviewer of BREIT content with ability to edit for style, substance and grammar
• Ensure consistency of messaging across all marketing and written content and ensure content complies with global marketing regulations and Blackstone’s brand and messaging guidelines
• Become an expert on BREIT’s structure and investments
• Beyond communications, support various marketing, sales strategy, client service and business development initiatives

This professional will have active involvement with the senior leaders of one of the largest real estate managers in the world and will support a highly productive and innovative fundraising team.

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who are highly motivated (a self-starter), have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors. In addition to strong analytical and time management skills, the successful candidate must have:

• 3+ years of professional experience
• Prior work experience in investor relations and/or real estate private equity