Headquartered in the Greater Washington area, American Real Estate Partners (AREP) is a US-based leading institutional fund manager and real estate partner with over $13 billion deployed across key U.S. markets. Specializing in data center, residential, industrial, and office assets, AREP has acquired more than 34 million square feet of Class A real estate and currently manages over 25 million square feet.
PowerHouse Data Centers, a wholly owned division of AREP, is a developer and owner of next-generation data centers and provides technical real estate solutions for hyperscalers across the country. Backed by strategic joint venture partnerships, PowerHouse leverages its proven leadership and best-in-class technical expertise to deliver innovative real estate solutions.
POSITION SUMMARYThe
Senior Graphic Designer - Digital Sales & Enablement is primarily responsible for owning end-to-end graphic design execution across AREP's corporate, office, data center (PowerHouse), and residential (CityHouse) platforms. This is a player-coach execution role to produce in-house and manage outside agency partners for sales and marketing materials. This position is critical to providing high-quality, on-brand creative execution that drives business growth and brand credibility.
The Senior Graphic Designer reports to the SVP of Integrated Marketing Communications and has a full-time, in-office schedule.
Primary Responsibilities- Lead end-to-end design creation and production for marketing materials, with a heavy focus on sales decks, one-pagers, case studies, web content and collateral built to persuade, not just inform.
- Lead stakeholder alignment and protect quality; ask the right questions, resolve conflicting inputs, and keep projects moving while holding the line on accuracy, clarity, and brand standards.
- Transform complex, technical source material from multiple stakeholders into clear and credible visual narratives, smart diagrams, clean charts, and scannable layouts that a business audience can absorb fast.
- Own project delivery: set timelines, manage versions, maintain file hygiene, and ensure every output is correct and client-ready.
- Develop digital content and assets for AREP, PowerHouse, and CityHouse social channels and websites.
- Brief, direct, and manage agency partners; providing strong creative direction, reviewing outputs, and driving revisions until the work meets set standards.
- Build repeatable templates, chart styles, and layout systems that raise quality, enforce brand consistency, and reduce rework across teams.
Key Qualifications & Competencies:- Bachelor's degree graphic design, visual arts, or related field, or additional significant relevant working experience in lieu of degree.
- 10+ years of professional graphic design experience with strong knowledge and understanding of core graphic design principles, techniques, and storytelling.
- Strong portfolio across print, digital, and campaign work displaying real-world examples that demonstrate expertise in graphic design and creative conceptualization.
- Highly Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), PowerPoint (expert-level), Google Slides, Acrobat Pro, Dropbox, SharePoint.
- Basic HTML/CSS literacy; high-level experience with web and social media platforms.
- Strong ability to create decks, one-pagers, case studies, landing pages, and event collateral that are built to persuade-not just inform.
- Strong ability to take messy, highly technical inputs from multiple stakeholders and turning them into clear, credible visual stories.
- Strong Typography, hierarchy, spacing, grids, charts, and layout discipline.
- Demonstrated ability to move quickly without cutting corners, especially under deadline pressure, and deliver best in class deliverables.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with ability to work independently and under direction.
Key Behaviors- You think in story and structure. You can take a complex subject and build a narrative that a busy audience understands fast
- You handle ambiguity. When inputs conflict or are incomplete, you ask the right questions, propose a direction, and move the work forward
- You're the in-house design execution engine, and own the design process end-to-end-from first draft to final deliverable
Candidates with any or all of the following background are strongly encouraged to apply:- Experience in infrastructure, or technical industries
- Agency experience
- After Effects
- Figma (components, responsive layouts, handoff-ready specs)
- Asana/Jira/Monday for project management
- Webflow and/or WordPress
- 3D, video editing and/or motion graphics
AREP offers a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your eligible family members, a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), life and supplemental life insurance and short and long-term disability insurance. Our package includes Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, 401(k) plan with employer match, Employee Assistance Program and Employee Discount Program.
AREP is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, as well as any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
If you require special accommodation, please email HR@americanrepartners.com.
AREP does not accept unsolicited resumes or identifiable candidate information from third-party recruiters. Any unsolicited information will not be considered for engagement purposes.
