Job Summary
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (NYSE: JLL), a global real estate services firm, is seeking a Research Analyst to join our team in Xi’an, China.
Day-to-day activities include gathering data analysis as well as writing reports on majtrends in China’s retail, office, logistics property markets. The analyst will become an expert in the real estate industry in Xi’an entire West China region covering Chengdu, Chongqing, other gateway cities. In the process, the analyst will make a considerable contribution to the quality accuracy of research produced by the firm, tailored consulting projects, development of a constantly-evolving “house view” on property. Ideally such a “house view” will involve cultivating expertise on China’s macroeconomic situation how it influences local property markets. The analyst also will help the coordinate the production of China-wide reports fJLL’s Real Estate Intelligence Service (REIS), reporting to China central research team.
• Use primary secondary data sources to develop, enhance leverage understanding of China’s national city economies, demographics, commercial real estate markets.
• Develop expertise in key industries like e-commerce, consumer retail dynamics, transport infrastructure distribution networks, shopping mall warehouse development, etc.
• Conduct fieldwork, including vacancy tenant inspections of existing projects as well as assessment of future project completion dates by cultivating local contacts conducting interviews.
• Serve as a client facing conduit fJLL research, actively participating in pitches, presentations projects.
• Authquarterly research reports blogs; periodically contribute to themed white papers.
• Contribute in ongoing efforts at new product development, including Tableau ArcGIS products
• Prepare market presentations, client reports, studies.
• Coordinate the production of reports by colleagues in Shanghai across China.
• Review colleagues’ report drafts faccuracy quality of analysis. Work with analysts to audit improve collected quarterly data.
Desired Skills & Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, social sciences, related field preferred; master’s degree a plus
• China-specific exposure to property investment and/property-related consulting, urban planning, other related field is a majplus
• A demonstrated interest in (exposure to) office retail real estate
• Fluency in English is required; Research reports are written bilingually in English/Chinese
• High-level analytical problem-solving skills, strategic-thinking capacity
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, experience with Tableau ArcGIS is a plus.
• Experienced, polished innovative presentation skills high attention to detail
• Willingness to develop proficiency with new platforms to identify insights through data analytics mapping
• Self-motivated, able to work independently travel independently when required (role is at least 20% travel)
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