ABOUT US

10 East is an institutional-grade wealthtech platform led by Michael Leffell, the former Deputy Executive Managing Member of Davidson Kempner. The platform offers streamlined access to high-quality private market investments for individual and institutional investors by leveraging a decade+ legacy of strong investment performance, a strategic sourcing network, and dedicated institutional resources. Platform members invest at their discretion, alongside our principals and partners, in single-investment and niche fund vehicles across private credit, real estate, private equity, and venture capital. 10 East’s offerings are typically unavailable via traditional wealth management platforms.

The firm was originally founded as Portage Partners (“Portage”) in 2010 by Mr. Leffell as a single-family office. It later expanded to service a set of partners who are predominantly founders and/or executives of investment firms. Portage rebranded to 10 East in 2022. Since inception, the firm has completed +365 investments, committed +$1.2 billion in equity together with its partners, and has a strong decade+ track record of performance.

ABOUT THE ROLE

10 East is hiring a Research Associate to lead our content and research strategy focused on private markets—playing a critical role in accelerating strong traction to date across our multi-channel marketing program. The successful candidate is a multi-talented, proactive and thoughtful individual aligned with the firm’s culture of collaboration, mutual respect, and intellectual honesty. The core responsibility of the role is to oversee content generation, including, but not limited to, short-form social media posts, long-form blog posts, research papers, the ‘Below-the-Radar’ newsletter, collaborations with academic institutions, annual private market outlook, and thematic data insights.

Content/insights are to be broadly related to private equity, private credit, venture capital, and real estate—though there are some instances where we may provide research coverage of public markets. This position will report directly to the Chief Strategy Officer and cross-functionally collaborate with both the growth and investment teams.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop a content calendar, executing short and long-form content that can be repurposed for blog, social media, whitepapers, and email newsletter channels.
Iterate on market-based feedback, creating a mix of evergreen and timely content.
Collaborate with investment team to understand key trends and thematic areas of focus to guide content creation.
Develop ‘market tracker’ and reporting cadence for clients.
Engage selectively on social media channels.

KEY INDICATORS OF SUCCESS

5+ years of private investment research experience.
Strong understanding of private funds and VC, PE, RE and/or private credit investment strategies.
Highest level of integrity and professionalism.
Excellent writing and communication skills.
Superior organization skills with great attention to detail.
Well-organized, team player, highly motivated, self-starter.
Industry designations a positive but not required (e.g., CFA, CAIA).
A customer service mindset, proactive and resourceful; no project too big or too small.

This is an in-office position at our office in Midtown Manhattan.

In compliance with New York City’s pay transparency law, and in pursuit of fairness, we publish salary ranges for our open roles. The target salary range for this role is $150,000 – 250,000. We can offer the successful candidate equity on top of the base salary relative to experience, as well as comprehensive benefits inclusive of 401(k), medical, dental, and vision benefits. The total compensation package will be determined relative to the successful candidate’s experience and qualifications.

Please send your resume to tstephens@10east.co to express your interest in the position.

10 East is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to our employees, applicants and candidates based on individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disabilities, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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