Graphic Designer

Description

National Development, a leading real estate investment, development, and management company, is seeking a full-time Graphic Designer to join our high-performing Marketing & Communications team in Newton, MA. We're looking for a versatile designer who loves both the art and strategy of visual storytelling. This is a hands-on, collaborative role that helps shape the visual identity of both our company and the properties we own.

The ideal candidate is equally skilled in Adobe Creative Suite and Canva, with comfort and enthusiasm in exploring other emerging tools (Figma, Adobe Firefly, Claude, etc.). This role reports to the Senior Vice President of Marketing & Communications and is hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days/week in office.

• Serve as the primary graphic design resource for National Development, helping maintain and evolve a strong, consistent corporate visual identity.
• Design and produce corporate marketing and communications materials, including presentations, brochures, reports, advertisements, invitations and other print and digital assets.

• Apply established property brand guidelines and templates to produce marketing materials and touchpoints, including websites, brochures, presentations, social media templates, email, signage and marketing center graphics.
• Design environmental graphics, including building signage, way finding and marketing center graphics.
• Create and refine maps, site plans and aerials that clearly communicate property location, access, amenities and surrounding context.
• Manage relationships with property photographers and maintain the company's photo and digital asset library.

• Make it easier for employees across the company to create professional, on-brand materials by maintaining accessible templates for both National Development and individual properties. Train and support employees in using these tools effectively.
• Be curious about emerging design, AI and productivity tools and proactively identify, test and recommend new solutions that can improve quality, increase efficiency and make strong design more accessible across the company.
• Balance the use of professional design platforms such as Adobe Creative Suite with newer tools and technologies, selecting the right solution based on the project, audience and business need.

• Collaborate closely with colleagues across Marketing & Communications, Investments, Development, Asset Management and Property Management to understand business objectives and translate them into effective visual communications.
• Manage multiple corporate and property marketing projects simultaneously while maintaining a high standard of design, accuracy and brand consistency.

Bringing together strong design expertise, brand stewardship and a forward-looking approach to tools and technology. You create high-quality corporate and property marketing materials, apply brand guidelines and templates consistently, and help colleagues across the company create polished, on-brand materials efficiently.

• 3-5 years of professional graphic design experience, preferably in related industry but open to all industries.
• Advanced proficiency in both Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and Canva, paired with a willingness to use other platforms when they are better suited to the business need.
• Familiarity with, and enthusiasm to explore, tools such as Gamma, Figma and AI-powered design and productivity platforms.
• Strong understanding of typography, layout, and how to translate a visual identity across print, digital and environmental…