Starwood Capital Group Careers

Description

Starwood Capital Overview:

Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with a primary focus on global real estate. Since its inception in 1991, the Firm has raised over $70 billion of capital and currently has approximately $115 billion of assets under management. Over the past 30 years, Starwood Capital has invested in over $200 billion of assets, including properties within every major real estate asset class.

Program Description:

Starwood Capital’s Internship Program is 9-weeks long and we select a group of highly motivated summer interns with the goal of identifying talent for our Full-time Analyst Program. Our size and structure provides individuals with a high level of responsibility and the unique opportunity to work directly with senior management, joint venture partners, investment bankers, brokers and commercial lenders in all real estate classes. Summer Interns will participate in a variety of specialized trainings that will refine their skills and assist them in transitioning into the professional working environment of Starwood and the investment industry as a whole. A mentorship driven program allows our Summer Interns to create lasting relationships that will support the continued growth of a successful career.

Responsibilities:

The role’s core responsibilities include interfacing with financial firms to track incoming business, executing email merges, general logistics/follow up efforts, and working with internal marketing and operations teams.  A successful candidate will have a sales mindset, existing investment/financial acumen, an approachable/likable personality, competitive spirit, and is truly self-driven.  It is Starwood’s desire to have the top performing sought after distribution talent in the financial services sales industry.  This role is designed for individuals interested in a fund raising career for real estate based products.

• Existing Producer Sales Support - tracking new monthly business procuring documents to resolve NIGO (not in good order) items. Be available to existing producers, fulfilling offering/marketing document requests (resolve or escalate as necessary), documenting interactions in Sales Force CRM
• Support Prospecting Efforts – Support the teams prospecting activities through email merges, tracking inbound calls, following up or escalating as necessary.
• Clean Note Taking and Follow Up - Track and maintain follow up tasks as needed to ensure items assigned are delivered on time and as expected. This may include daily review of sales numbers, pulling reports from Sales Force, participating and documenting calls and meetings (internal/external) regarding topics that may impact equity raise in the territory.
• Effective Use Salesforce CRM to gain a full picture of the territory’s opportunity set, log phone calls, meetings, emails, notes, and pull activity reports as needed
• Comply with all rules and regulations of selling securities as outlined by FINRA and SEC as well as any internal guidelines established by Starwood Capital.

Qualifications:

• Possesses strong (or a desire to develop) sales skills
• Excellent telephone voice, language, etiquette, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Proactive and innovative self-starter, takes initiative and is a solution-oriented thinker
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Excellent planning, time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to build deep lasting relationships
• High degree of investment acumen and analytical skills

To be considered for the 2025 Summer Internship Program, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate student
• Anticipated graduation date: Fall 2025 – Spring 2026