Job ID:     2009-3363
Company Name:    CoStar Group, Inc.
Job Category:    Pharmaceutical/Biotech; Real Estate
Location:    Baltimore, MD
Position Type:    Full-Time, Employee
Experience:    2-5 Years Experience

CoStar Group is the world’s leading provider of information services to commercial real estate professionals in the United States, and now in the UK too. Agents, owners, surveyors, developers, retailers, investors, lenders, valuers and many other industry professionals rely on our suite of web-based services for access to the most comprehensive database of availability and deals information.

Twenty years ago CoStar Group, Inc. - a NASDAQ quoted company (NASDAQ: CSGP) - revolutionised the industry with a simple yet powerful idea: create the most thoroughly researched, unbiased source of commercial property information anywhere. Today CoStar’s proprietary database covers more than 2 million properties, over 37 billion square feet of inventory across all commercial property types and classes and includes more than 3 million high-resolution photographs and images in its digital library.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, CoStar has approximately 1,300 employees, including the largest professional research organization in the industry.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Overview:

CoStar Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSGP) is the number one provider of information/marketing services to commercial real estate professionals in the United States as well as the United Kingdom. CoStar’s suite of services offers customers access via the Internet to the most comprehensive database of commercial real estate information throughout the U.S. as well as in the United Kingdom and France. Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, CoStar has approximately 1,300 people working for the company worldwide, including the largest professional research organization in the industry.

Our strength as a business and our reputation as an employer of choice has been recognized by:

* Deloitte’s Maryland Technology Fast 50
* Business 2.0 Magazine’s List of 100 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies (CoStar Ranks 48th)

For over 20 years, top commercial brokers from around the country have depended on CoStar for commercial real estate information. Now, 20 years later, CoStar tracks billions of square feet around the world, providing critical data to commercial brokers, owners, property managers, banks, capital investors, retailers, and vendors. CoStar strives to achieve a full inventory of commercial properties, in order to provide a true analytic view of economic conditions. We are financially strong and growing and are looking for quality professionals who seek to join the industries leader in commercial real estate information.

Responsibilities:

CoStar Group is currently seeking Research Associates at our state of the art Columbia office. As a Research Associate, you are the foundation of our business.

The overall goal of the Research Associate is to effectively maintain a portfolio of active commercial real estate companies by regularly interviewing them to ensure that CoStar’s database accurately reflects their listings, inventory, and recent deals.

Essential functions:

* To grow an accurate and complete database of commercial real estate inventory, for lease and for sale listings, lease comps, sale comps, and tenant data.
* Conduct 20+ phone interviews per day of a portfolio of companies, to ensure all their listings (for sale and for lease) are accurately reflected in the CoStar database.
* Capture transaction info from portfolio- new listings, new sales comps, new lease deals. Convert leads from outside sources to new transactions and contacts- these sources include web sites, field leads, SEC filings, news stories, and tax records.
* Effectively brand CoStar during research interviews.
* Write news stories on breaking commercial real estate news uncovered through research.
* Provide assistance to customers during update process if they need help using products.

Qualifications:

* Professional work experience or college degree is required.
* Successful candidates will have comfort and/or experience in an environment that measures and rewards individuals for meeting and exceeding performance targets.
* Customer service/ call center and commercial real estate experience preferred.
* Proficiency in Windows-based applications, outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, and the ability to learn & apply concepts are essential.
* Successful candidates will also have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced work environment

Benefits:

* Extensive paid training.
* Comprehensive medical, dental, prescription and vision benefits with a choice of two plans.
* Company-paid life insurance for one time’s your annual base salary to a maximum of $300,000 per year.
* Company-paid long-term and short-term disability benefits.
* 12 days accrued paid vacation 1st year; 5 days sick leave per year, and 2 personal days.
* A 401(k) plan with eligibility the first of the quarter following 6 months of employment. The Company will match 50% of the deferred amount up to 6% of employee’s gross compensation with a 5-year vesting schedule.

Please submit your resume to: www.costar.com/careers.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer m/f/d/v. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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