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Our client is a family-owned leader in retail real estate with an 80-year history of serving communities and creating superior value for investors. They own, operate, and develop premier retail properties in growing and thriving Sunbelt communities. Their properties are the heart of retail districts in high-growth demographic markets. This careful selection has led to record-high occupancy rates, as their prime locations drive signi?cant business for our tenants, enhance returns for investors, and support vibrant community activity.

POSITION SUMMARY: Our client seeks a strategic thinker who can implement and execute strategy and professionalize communications to key stakeholders. As the Senior Director of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations, you will lead and integrate the company’s internal and external corporate communications and investor relations functions — shaping and communicating the ?rm's vision, core values, corporate, ?nancial and operational narrative, capital allocation strategies, and stakeholder messaging. Creativity, deep collaboration, and entrepreneurial spirit are critical for success in this role.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develop and implement a cohesive corporate communications and investor relations strategy: Ensure strategy is aligned with business goals, long-term vision and our core values.  Shape and integrate the corporate narrative: Continually improve corporate narrative and ensure it is proactively and consistently communicated inside and outside of the organization.

• Proactive Storytelling: Identify and capture opportunities to highlight Company’s positive impact on communities, and showcase how they handle challenges (e.g., natural disasters, retail bankruptcies, etc.) with character and agility.
• Manage external communications: corporate pro?le, press releases/announcements (e.g., new corporate developments, acquisitions, executive hires, major deals), media engagements, and community relations.
• Manage internal communications: ensure clear executive leadership and spokesperson messaging to team members, host quarterly town halls, build and maintain effective internal communication channels, including office screens, intranet alternatives, and others.
• Manage Corporate News: Prepare press releases, talking points, presentations, FAQs, media strategy, and rollout timelines for major announcements.
• Content Creation: Collaborate with leadership to write blog posts, podcast notes, social posts, op/eds, and presentations for Executives, Capital Markets, and Leasing teams. Schedule guests for company podcasts and oversee the creation of corporate-level content. Collaborate with Company’s research team to publicize research reports and content.
• Crisis Management: Serve as the point person for the implementation of crisis communication plans, ensuring the Company responds with proactive decision-making to protect their reputation and neighbors.
• Investor Relations: Oversee all investor communications: capital raising materials, investor reports, performance updates, Investor newsletters and IR bulletins, and investor presentations. Build and manage investor database/CRM; Maintain accurate lists, manage investor outreach, relationships, meetings, roadshows, site tours, investor events.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree (Business, Communications, Real Estate, or related).
• 8+ years combined experience in corporate and investor communications.
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfort working cross-functionally (?nance, legal, operations, asset management) and with senior leadership / board / external investors.
• Discretion, professionalism, ability to manage sensitive ?nancial and strategic information.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Experience with real-estate development, commercial/residential property investment, asset management or joint ventures.
• Marketing experience.
• Knowledge of reporting/compliance requirements for private companies.

About Poline Search Partners

Poline Search Partners is an international executive search firm specializing in the shopping center industry. We serve property owners, developers, retailers and service providers who are seeking remarkable talent and work to align them with candidates who are eager for new growth opportunities. Since 1979, our team has been connecting companies and candidates with a commitment to integrity and client satisfaction—making us the industry’s most trusted leader in recruitment.

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