Job Title
Data Specialist (Contract)
Job Description Summary
This is a contract position running through September 2026.
The Data Specialist reports to the Local Manager. The Data Specialist is responsible for supporting the development of local research output and data collection. Specifically, this position provides support for gathering and entering local market data into Cushman & Wakefield’s proprietary database. The Data Specialist is accountable for accurate and proactive maintenance of proprietary and third-party databases with local market data, as well as pulling data from said systems to support the business’s needs. This position is not specific to a service line but may specialize by property type.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Perform primary research on buildings that are built, under construction, proposed or under renovation
- Call and/or inquire on available properties, update proprietary database as applicable
- Track new construction, renovations, and completions, leases and sales, tenant movements (tenants in the market), direct and sublet space, etc.
- Update C&W exclusive listings on a monthly basis
- Collect, maintain and review articles relevant from all Real Estate sources for database implementation and market knowledge
- Assist with quarterly statistics process for use internally and externally under the direction of the Research Manager
- Contributes to the creation of market conditions under supervision of the Research Manager, publications to include quarterly MarketBeat and other C&W publications as well as client pitches, branch PR and consulting projects
- Assist as needed, on regional, and national level projects apart from normal report generation
- Gathers and formats information for Research requests
- Follows up on availability, lease and sale surveys
- Assists in creating and populating photo database where applicable
- Physically canvas and phone canvas buildings in order to populate tenant database and derive stacking plans where applicable
Qualifications:
- BA/BS required
- 0-1 years applicable experience
- PowerBI Skills preferred.
- Writing and analytical experience preferred
- Responsible for large sets of data entry
- Computer