No stranger to the real estate industry, Lisa has gained extensive experience working in various marketing and support roles in the sector over the last decade. Gaining invaluable skills, work ethic and experience from the numerous highly successful agents that Lisa has assisted over the years, coupled with a strong passion for property and the people it involves, obtaining her salesperson’s license was a natural progression.Establishing a role within Barfoot & Thompson, Auckland’s market leader, was an easy choice for Lisa. Drawn to a professional, successful, established New Zealand made brand with an immense network of salespeople connected to buyers was a logical and exciting decision. Approaching every day with a hugely positive attitude, determination and enthusiasm, Lisa provides exemplary customer service to her clients. Combining exceptional service with extensive marketing experience and skills; including photography, campaigns and copy writing and a thorough understanding of people, social aspects and body language gained through a bachelors degree majoring in Psychology, Lisa’s clients can be rest assured that they are in capable hands.

After completing her BSocSci in 2004, Lisa entered the real estate industry working for several years as a Sales Coordinator at NZInvest and then the more recent six years with commercial real estate firm, JLL. At JLL Lisa held various roles including Executive Assistant, Marketing Coordinator and Team Secretary to the Commercial Leasing Team and Office Manager enabling her to have a comprehensive range of marketing/administration/management experience and knowledge. Lisa now utilises these skills and a passion for all things property to support George as his Personal Assistant.

As Manager of the Auckland office, I am tasked with ensuring that the office runs seamlessly whilst supporting a high performance and collaborative workplace culture. This requires me to be involved with a variety of different facets including supplier relationships, fitout works, health and safety, talent sourcing, staff induction, front of house management and human resources/office communications.Key responsibilities include but are not limited to;- Manage and maintain current supplier relationships, whilst seeking competitive contracts. Suppliers such as (but not limited to); mobile phones, staff carparks, office cleaning, power, caterers and copiers.- Manage JLL front of house and Receptionist including regular meetings and performance management.- Preparation and formatting of HR documents including policy, staff message and announcements with creative flair. Administer this content on internal website and JLL.co.nz.- Chair meetings nationwide for Operations and Administration teams.- Organise new hire package and support for new staff members.- Assist with talent sourcing and recruitment advertising.- Assist with design and delivery of cost effective projects with a special focus, for example developing senior management or promoting staff benefits.When JLL decided to update their floorplan to increase the number of workstations, updating kitchens/meeting room facilities in 2013, I was appointed as the Project Manager. This project required me to be the tenant liaison to staff, dealing with queries and trouble shooting. I was required to consult and coordinate with designers on selections of furniture and office décor including colour schemes and art work were inline with Managements expectations throughout the project (presenting in meetings as required). All contractor meetings were attended to ensure that things happened in a timely and appropriate manner.

As Executive Assistant to the National Director of Office Leasing/Tenant Representation (Markets) and Business Support to the Markets team of 12, I handle a wide variety of situations, personalities and conflicts. I provide key executive support to the National Director of Markets, the Leasing Manager and the Director of Tenant Representation, completing a range of administrative functions in order to increase the time they have available for meeting clients and go about their jobs, this consists of extensive diary management, organising travel, meetings, preparing reports and correspondence. In order to complete this extensive range of tasks in a timely and accurate manner, I employ the assistance of our Leasing Administrator who is my direct report.My role as Marketing Coordinator requires me to support and develop Jones Lang LaSalle’s positioning in the market place as a leading professional property services company, coordinating innovative promotion and marketing solutions for the Auckland Office Leasing and Tenant Representation teams. I aim to ensure the smooth planning and organising of regular Office Leasing/Tenant Representation events and assist with Company Wide events as required.Responsible for maintaining a high level of firm confidentiality I prepare routine and advanced correspondence including Lease Agreements, the follow through of transactional documents, accounts receivable and payable. I ensure our leasing documents comply with the terms of REAA and Agents have the latest information available at their fingertips.

My role as Business Support for the Markets team was to ensure the smooth running of the Business line. This involved setting up new systems, re-defining old systems, updating information, generating relationships with all agents and clients to ensure smooth internal and external communication and generally assisting the team in their business growth and generation.As well as being the key executive support for the Director of Markets, Leasing Manager and Director of Tenant Representation, I also provided strong admin/business support to the Leasing and Tenant Representation teams.