Leasing Consultant

Skills at the Center of This Role

Student housing runs on relationship velocity. At 18-Seventy Nine in Huntsville, Texas, the Experience Team Member role pulls on three skill sets simultaneously: sales instincts, community marketing, and front-line operations. If you're strong in all three, this position keeps you fully engaged. If you're building toward a leasing career, it's one of the better training grounds available in the student housing sector.

Scion operates in a niche that moves faster than conventional multifamily. Lease-up timelines are compressed, Turn periods are intense, and the resident base turns over on academic calendars rather than month-to-month rhythms. That context shapes everything this role touches.

What You'll Be Doing Day to Day

Your primary function is converting prospect interest into signed leases. That means conducting tours, fielding objections, and feeding useful intelligence back to the management team about what's working and what's not in the sales process. You're not just executing a script; you're expected to identify local marketing angles and pass those recommendations up the chain.

The role also carries real administrative weight. Package management, maintenance coordination, office organization, and after-hours lockout coverage are all part of the job. In student housing, after-hours calls are a genuine part of the rotation, and Turn periods, when hundreds of residents move out and back in within days, demand a level of operational stamina that most traditional leasing roles never require.

Social media and community engagement sit in this role as well. Promoting events, supporting leasing initiatives, and maintaining a professional presence both inside and outside the office are expectations, not occasional tasks.

What Makes Someone Good at This

• A customer-first instinct that holds up under pressure, not just during slow office hours
• Adaptability when priorities shift quickly, which they will around renewal campaigns and Turn
• Clear, confident communication across a diverse resident population
• Availability during summers, holidays, and Turn periods specifically
• Self-direction without needing constant supervision to stay productive

Strong candidates in this role tend to be people who treat the sales conversation as information gathering, not just pitch delivery. Understanding why a prospect hesitates, then translating that into actionable feedback, is the kind of contribution that gets noticed in a Scion community. The skills built here, including leasing fundamentals, resident engagement, and operational coordination, carry directly into assistant manager and property manager tracks within student housing and conventional multifamily alike.

Work authorization in the United States is required. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.