Research Associate

Marcus & Millichap is the nation’s leading brokerage firm specializing in real estate investments with offices nationwide. Marcus & Millichap offers owners and investors the nation's most comprehensive real estate research and analysis for all types of income-producing property.

Marcus & Millichap is seeking a Research Associate to join its industry-leading Research Services team in Phoenix. The position reports to the Senior Vice President, National Director of Research and Advisory Services and is responsible for creating presentation decks directly for the National Director of Research, as well the CEO and sales agents company-wide for client presentations and industry conferences.

• Prepare and execute presentations, reports, and projects for use by executives and senior personnel in a wide range of conferences, speaking engagements, and media appearances.
• Interpret data from a variety of sources to convey information clearly and accurately to assess the economic environment and evaluate commercial real estate trends.
• Develop analysis and presentations to enhance client understanding of market trends and investment opportunities.
• Collaborate executives and senior personnel to craft presentation narratives; manage multiple presentations simultaneously while accurately conveying Marcus & Millichap’s outlook on the Commercial Real Estate market.

• Ability to translate data and information into clear, professional presentations and analyses that offer insightful interpretation.
• Strong understanding of economic concepts and the ability to apply economic thinking to real world scenarios relevant for investors and clients; able to think analytically.
• Strong organization skills, solutions-oriented perspective, highly motivated, extreme attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines.
• Professional experience, familiarity with or interest in the commercial real estate industry is beneficial.
• Proficient in MS Office, with intermediate knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint.
• CRE Industry applications such as CoStar, RealPage, RCA (MSCI), Moody’s are considered a plus; familiarity with Federal Reserve Economic Data ‘FRED’ and other government data sources beneficial.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Real Estate, Economics, Finance or Business preferred.

Our mission is to help our clients create and preserve wealth by providing the best real estate investment sales, financing, research, and advisory services available.

Founded in 1971, Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI) is a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm focusing exclusively on investment sales, financing, research, and advisory services, with nearly 1,700 investment sales and financing professionals in 80 offices throughout the United States and Canada.  

Marcus & Millichap closes more transactions than any other real estate investment brokerage firm nationwide. In 2024, the firm closed 7,836 transactions with a sales volume of approximately $49 billion.

The firm has perfected a powerful property marketing system that integrates broker specialization by property type and market area; the industry’s most comprehensive investment research; a long-standing culture of information sharing; relationships with the largest pool of qualified investors; and state-of-the-art technology that matches buyers and sellers.

Marcus & Millichap provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without discrimination with regard to race, religious belief (including dress or grooming practices), color, sex, sex stereotype, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions (including breast feeding), age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identification and expression, transgender status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic characteristics, genetic information, family care, marital status, enrollment in any public assistance program, status as military, a veteran or qualified disabled veteran, status as an unpaid intern or volunteer, or any other classification protected by law. We also prohibit discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. In addition to federal law requirements, Marcus & Millichap complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.