Sr. Director - Communications

LivCor, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a real estate asset management business specializing in multi-family housing. Formed in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago,LivCorr is currently responsible for a portfolio of over 400 Class A and B properties comprising more than 150,000 units in markets across the United States.

Our business is focused on making real estate more valuable. But for us, it’s more than that. It’s people first, community always. It’s a life-filled career, not just a career-filled life. It’s doing good work, with good humans, and making a difference. It’s excellence in all its forms. Ultimately, we create great places to work, live, and grow. We do that by focusing on leaving people – and places – better than we found them.

Whew! Still with us? Cool. Let’s talk about where you’d fit in:

We are looking for a Senior Director of Communications for a new role that will help shape the internal and external communications architecture of two growing companies that are backed by one of the largest investors globally. 

An ideal candidate will be excited by unlimited growth potential and empowerment to bring fresh ideas to the table. You should be comfortable working in ambiguity and eager to shape something that is critical to scaling our business. You are solutions-focused with an ability to work in a highlymatrixed organization that delivers effective communications quickly. Given this is a new role that is helping build something from scratch, you must be eager to work both strategically and also roll up your sleeves and deliver tactically too.  This position will support Beam and PAC

Only read further if you are:

• Kind
• Humble
• Honest
• Relentless
• Smart with Heart

You should be:

• Authentic. You do you. Together, we’ll do something amazing.
• A passionate person with a love for real estate and investing; and believes that helping others win is a noble cause, essential to our success.
• An excellent team player who enjoys working with others and has strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated, energetic, and organized

What you will do:

• Jump in and help execute a range of immediate internal and corporate communications needs inclusive of executive, employee, and brand communications.
• Audit the existing communications needs to identify areas of redundancy, improvement, and opportunity.
• Work with others to translate your learnings into communications processes that streamline the workflow.
• Understand communication priorities for stakeholders to develop and execute thoughtful communications plans/campaigns, setting measurable goals and driving execution.
• Manage junior team members - set individual priorities and mentor team members in their work and professional growth.
• Be a brand leader, helping oversee adherence of brand guidelines and ensuring consistency and quality in execution.
• Help manage reputational risk, looking for how things could be perceived as representative of a bigger brand/brand ecosystem.
• Charged with refining the company’s social-media presence including auditing of content and personal profiles of individual spokespeople to promulgate messages, enhance the company’s brand and image, and ensure brand consistency.

What you should have:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree required (discipline agnostic if you can demonstrate a passion for communications and sharp critical analysis skills.)
• 10+ years of experience in a fast-paced, corporate environment.
• Robust corporate communication experience including employee and executive communications.
• Experience in any of the following is helpful but not required: government/political campaigns, private equity, financial services, commercial real estate, or hospitality
• Exceptional executive presence, including experience supporting senior business leaders with communications.
• Excitement and passion to help build an effective communications function.
• Ambition without ego.
  

What we offer:

We know that if we take care of our team everything else will fall into place. We aren’t perfect, but we will try to set very clear expectations, always let you know where you stand, and do everything in our power to help you get where you want to go.

Our culture and values matter to us. A lot. We’re definitely not serious but we take this stuff seriously, if you get what we mean. We want a place that is an ego-free zone. A place where good people do good things together. It shouldn’t be rocket science in workplaces, but for some reason it still is? We’re absolutely determined to be different, and we think we’re doing a pretty good job at it. We have a CEO who makes fun of himself, and who will encourage you to tell him when he is wrong. In fact, he needs people to – we all do. Supportive challenge is good, it’s how we get better. We like getting better. We also love diversity, of all kinds. We need people who look, sound, speak, love, and exist differently from one another. This isn’t at the end of this paragraph because it’s an afterthought. It’s SO important to us we want it to stand out.

Right. On to the technical stuff that we know matters to you. We offer competitive pay that is commensurate with the market and relevant experience, and a full slate of benefits that even includes things like paid parental leave.

If any of this sounds interesting, then maybe we are a fit. Life is too short to work with people you don’t like. So whatever you do, don’t make that mistake.

The LivCorian Values

1. Be you. Be Real. Be Open. You do you. Together, we will do something amazing.
2. Care, Always. We don’t want to let anyone down.
3. Courageously Curious. We love to learn, even when it hurts.
4. Help Others Win, Be A Good Neighbor. This is about ‘We, not Me.’
5. Relentless Hustle, Heart & Humility. Work hard. Be Kind. Make Better

LivCor is proud to be a US EPA ENERGY STAR® Partner

EEO Statement

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, job requirements and business needs without regard to race, color, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, religion, disability, citizenship status, national origin, pregnancy, veteran status and or any other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email talent@revantage.com.

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