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Summer Analyst Intern

Job ID 312
Los Angeles, CA

Vice President, Graphic Design

Job ID 303
Los Angeles, CA

The Role

The Vice President, Graphic Design, plays a critical role in ARA’s Corporate Marketing and Communications team, overseeing the firm’s visual brand identity. Under the guidance of the Director, Marketing and Communications, this position is responsible for creating engaging and dynamic marketing materials for both print and digital formats, strategizing the best vehicles for message delivery and ensuring a consistent brand look and feel across all mediums.

Critical focus areas will be to elevate ARA’s existing materials while adhering to established brand guidelines for an institutional audience. ARA’s marketing materials must appeal to and target current clients, potential investors, recruits, general private equity/commercial real estate industry professionals, and internal stakeholders. Materials will be created to support ARA’s Investor Relations, Portfolio Management, Investments, Asset Management, and Operations teams. This role also works directly with the firm’s senior management and CEO to fulfill graphic needs for customized presentations to current and potential investors.

Candidates must have extensive experience and the proven ability to develop and implement creative ideas to benefit the firm’s overall marketing strategy as a value-add solutions provider. The ideal candidate is a true team player who thrives in a collaborative environment and is motivated to contribute to strategic initiatives to build ARA’s business.

Essential Functions

• Oversee visual brand identity for the firm, responsible for design and maintaining continuity of all collateral across mediums.
• Illustrate complex business concepts through creative layouts of art and copy with an attention to detail regarding arrangement, size, type, and style:
  • Create and implement dynamic concepts to meet the needs of many internal and external stakeholders.
  • Manage production of printed and digital collateral.
  • Partner with Production Team for quality assurance of printed materials.
• Complete assigned projects by coordinating with outside agencies, services, and printers.
• Create and edit marketing collateral, including quarterly reports, fund snapshots, client presentations, and other materials for internal and external use.
• Update, format, and produce PowerPoint presentations and additional marketing collateral for the Sales Team and the CEO.
• Under the Director, Markating’s supervision, support ARA’s digital strategy, including:
  • Creating standard templates for ARA’s social media channels (LinkedIn, etc.) and email marketing programs.
  • Creating bespoke posts for content campaigns and social initiatives.
  • Designing website landing pages for various content outputs.
  • Supporting UI/UX website updates.
• Regularly evaluate competitor materials to ensure ARA content is at or above par with all competitors.

Candidate Qualifications

• At least three years of hands-on design and production experience of print and digital marketing materials, including advertisements, sales collateral, email marketing, social media, and event material (trade-show elements such as booth design, poster boards, and promo items where the firm’s logo is featured) required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Marketing, or related degree or equivalent experience required.
• Advanced knowledge of design and visual principles, as demonstrated by a portfolio showing creative design, software skills, and an understanding of corporate marketing required.
• Experience working in a corporate setting and with an existing brand.
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator).
• Highly skilled in PowerPoint presentation creation.
• Experience with transferring data-centric charts and graphs from Microsoft Excel to design collateral required.
• Ability to critically evaluate choices, with ARA’s needs in mind, and the ability to communicate design choices to stakeholders.
• Familiar with editing video content and motion graphics in PremierePro, AfterEffects, or another similar editing software preferred.
• Basic knowledge of HTML/CSS.

Competencies

The ideal candidate for this role will exhibit competency in the areas listed below. At ARA, we see possessing these traits as vital to the success of the position:

• Creative Thinking – An innovative thinker who translates thoughts into actionable items.
• Works Collaboratively – A team player with a commitment to achieving objectives through collective action and communication.
• High Energy – Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment where multi-tasking is essential.
• Models Our Values – Conducts daily business and interactions with mindfulness to reflect ARA’s culture and promote its values and standards.
• Results Driven – Outperforms expectations and promotes the firm’s competitive advantage through an analytical and context-driven approach to problem-solving.

Job Specifications

• Expected work hours: 8:30 to 5:30, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends.
• Travel: Business trips with overnight stays may be required. Occasionally may need to drive a personal vehicle for business.
• Work environment and physical demands: General office environment.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

American Realty Advisors is committed to equal employment opportunity. We do not discriminate based on an individual’s race and associated traits, sex, gender, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, genetic information, military, and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law state or federal law. This policy governs all aspects of employment at American Realty Advisors, including hiring, assignments, training, promotion, compensation, employee benefits, employee discipline and discharge, and all other terms and employment conditions.

ARA considers for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance No. 184652.

Acquisitions Associate

Job ID 299
Los Angeles, CA

The Role

The Associate, Investments, works with ARA’s Investment Team to provide analysis and support throughout all areas of the acquisition process including underwriting, financing, due diligence, and closing with a primary focus on evaluating institutional quality industrial, residential, office, and retail real estate acquisition opportunities. This role is based in the greater Boston area supporting a senior acquisitions officer focused on the Mountain and Texas regions.

Essential Functions

• Assist with the evaluation, underwriting, due diligence investigation, and closing of potential real estate investments, including direct equity, joint venture, preferred equity, mezzanine financing, and other structured finance investments. Potential investment targets include stabilized development/redevelopment and value-add opportunities.
• Prepare complex and detailed financial analyses utilizing existing models, create ad-hoc Excel models as needed to evaluate a myriad of investment structures.
• Review Argus, Excel, and other financial models to accurately and logically calculate and report all appropriate financial information about the investment under consideration.
• Assist with preparation of various correspondence and reports, including letters of intent, investment committee memos, due diligence findings, and abstracts of various legal documents.
• Interact with market participants throughout the acquisition process to obtain information relating to investments under consideration, including leasing and sales brokers, tenants, property managers, governmental authorities, and other investors.
• Research, triangulate and maintain familiarity with financial investment metrics in major target metropolitan areas, including recent sales, cap rates, leasing activity, and supply pipeline.
• Assist with the presentation preparation and communication of potential investment opportunities, official investment memoranda, financial underwriting, due diligence investigations findings, and other critical investment-related information to the investment committee, and the deal team.
• Interpret real estate documentation about ownership structures, legal contracts, accounting, and property operations. Conduct reviews, summarize, and offer commentary on transactional documents under negotiation, including joint venture and loan agreements, and third-party engagement letters.
• Assist with the due diligence process, documentation, and reports, including lease review, loan documentation, physical, environmental, and title reports, covenants, conditions, and restrictions, purchase and sale agreements, and other related ancillary documents.
• Support other associates with the internal valuation process to ensure accurate valuations and optimal hold/sell evaluations for the existing portfolio.
• Other activities that may be assigned from time to time.

The above listing represents the general duties considered essential functions of the job and is not to be considered a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

Candidate Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, or related field required.
• At least three years of relevant experience in commercial real estate analysis or asset management; an intermediate understanding of real estate finance associated terms and formulas, as well as the construction/development processes.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with consultants, vendors, third-party property managers, and other members of the organization.
• Strong finance and mathematical skills including, but not limited to, the ability to calculate and understand discounted cash flows, net present value, internal rate of return. Capable of generating and interpreting statistical data; demonstrated analytical skills, including financial analysis.
• Familiarity with various software for word processing and spreadsheet preparation. Demonstrated proficiency and precision in Microsoft Excel with the ability and understanding of how to build formulas.

Job Specifications

• Expected work hours: 8:30 to 5:30, Monday through Friday with occasional weekends.
• Travel: Business trips with overnight stays may be required. Occasionally may be required to drive a personal vehicle for business.
• Work environment and physical demands: General office environment includes.

ARA and its service providers are Equal Opportunity Employers.

Associate Director, Investment Group

Job ID 307

Transaction Manager, Due Diligence

Job ID 309
Los Angeles, CA

Analyst, Asset Management

Job ID 311
Los Angeles, CA

General Summary

The Analyst works with ARA’s Asset Management Group in executing its operating strategy on a national real estate investment portfolio. The position is tasked with helping drive investment strategy based on the firm’s models and its approach to value creation through oversight of property operations and capital deployment.

Primary accountabilities include business plan preparation, presentation, and execution, developing monthly cash flow and investment return projections, internal and external reporting, market research, capital plan oversight, and involvement with new acquisitions. This individual will regularly engage with members of senior management, the acquisitions group, ARA’s third-party property management teams, and other external partners.

This role is based in ARA’s downtown Los Angeles office, and candidates will be expected to be Southern California residents and commute to the office.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist asset managers with:
  • Extracting metrics from various data sources, including CoStar, MRI, and Argus Enterprise, to support developing and executing strategic business plans and property operating budgets.
  • Reviewing monthly reporting packages and cash follow distributions/contributions, evaluating variances, and resolving any discrepancies.
  • Preparing detailed financial analyses of operating performance, leasing trends, submarket analytics, and competitive property analysis.
  • Conducting periodic physical inspections of assets, touring competitive properties, developing relationships, and commanding a general understanding of market and submarket dynamics.
  • Reviewing Common Area Maintenance reconciliations generated by third-party property managers against tenant leases and property operating expenses.
  • Participating in negotiations from Letter of Intent through lease execution, including economic lease analysis and credit review.
  • Maintaining reputation, relationships, and efficient information flow between asset managers, third-party property managers, joint venture partners, portfolio managers, and executives.
• Develop a basic understanding of budget analysis, financial reporting and the tools and software utilized to execute such analysis and reporting.
• Learn ARA’s property management and asset management policies, procedures, and guidelines; develop a broad knowledge of joint venture agreements, loan documents, lease agreements, property management agreements, development agreements, service contracts, and title documents.
• Develop a foundational understanding of the underlying economic, market, and industry trends that drive asset performance.
• Assist with drafting Investment Committee recommendation memos for asset repositioning and development, hold/sell analyses, dispositions, large capital projects, and key legal documents.
• Assist with Property Management Agreement and Leasing Services Agreement amendment, restatement, or extension processes.
• Support asset managers with oversight of the development or construction process, including conducting market research to validate new underwriting and future development pipelines.
• Assist the Investment Group in the overall underwriting, committee recommendation drafting, due diligence, and asset management transition processes, as needed for acquisitions.
• Assist Dispositions by preparing the asset for sale and supporting the due diligence and closing processes.
• Participate in other ad hoc activities that may be assigned from time to time.

The above listing represents the general duties considered essential functions of the job and is not to be considered a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, or related field required.
• Demonstrated interest in commercial real estate, investment analysis, or asset management through a combination of internships and coursework.
• Strong financial and mathematical skills, including, but not limited to, the ability to calculate and understand discounted cash flows, net present value, and internal rate of return. A thorough understanding of accounting principles, including comprehending standard accounting reports and statements, is required.
• Familiarity with various software for word processing and spreadsheet preparation. Demonstrated proficiency and precision in Microsoft Excel with the ability to build and utilize complex formulas.

Physical Demands

• Expected work hours: 8:30 to 5:30, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends.
• Travel: Business trips with overnight stays may be required. Occasionally may need to drive a personal vehicle for business.
• Work environment and physical demands: General office environment at ARA’s downtown Los Angeles corporate offices.

American Realty Advisors and its service providers are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

American Realty Advisors and its service providers considers for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance No. 184652.

Analyst, Asset Management (Summer ’22)

Job ID 313
Los Angeles, CA

Please note: ARA is currently hiring this position for a summer '22 start.
 

General Summary

The Analyst works with ARA’s Asset Management Group in executing its operating strategy on a national real estate investment portfolio. The position is tasked with helping drive investment strategy based on the firm’s models and its approach to value creation through oversight of property operations and capital deployment.

Primary accountabilities include business plan preparation, presentation, and execution, developing monthly cash flow and investment return projections, internal and external reporting, market research, capital plan oversight, and involvement with new acquisitions. This individual will regularly engage with members of senior management, the acquisitions group, ARA’s third-party property management teams, and other external partners.

This role is based in ARA’s downtown Los Angeles office, and candidates will be expected to be Southern California residents and commute to the office.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist asset managers with:
  • Extracting metrics from various data sources, including CoStar, MRI, and Argus Enterprise, to support developing and executing strategic business plans and property operating budgets.
  • Reviewing monthly reporting packages and cash follow distributions/contributions, evaluating variances, and resolving any discrepancies.
  • Preparing detailed financial analyses of operating performance, leasing trends, submarket analytics, and competitive property analysis.
  • Conducting periodic physical inspections of assets, touring competitive properties, developing relationships, and commanding a general understanding of market and submarket dynamics.
  • Reviewing Common Area Maintenance reconciliations generated by third-party property managers against tenant leases and property operating expenses.
  • Participating in negotiations from Letter of Intent through lease execution, including economic lease analysis and credit review.
  • Maintaining reputation, relationships, and efficient information flow between asset managers, third-party property managers, joint venture partners, portfolio managers, and executives.
• Develop a basic understanding of budget analysis, financial reporting and the tools and software utilized to execute such analysis and reporting.
• Learn ARA’s property management and asset management policies, procedures, and guidelines; develop a broad knowledge of joint venture agreements, loan documents, lease agreements, property management agreements, development agreements, service contracts, and title documents.
• Develop a foundational understanding of the underlying economic, market, and industry trends that drive asset performance.
• Assist with drafting Investment Committee recommendation memos for asset repositioning and development, hold/sell analyses, dispositions, large capital projects, and key legal documents.
• Assist with Property Management Agreement and Leasing Services Agreement amendment, restatement, or extension processes.
• Support asset managers with oversight of the development or construction process, including conducting market research to validate new underwriting and future development pipelines.
• Assist the Investment Group in the overall underwriting, committee recommendation drafting, due diligence, and asset management transition processes, as needed for acquisitions.
• Assist Dispositions by preparing the asset for sale and supporting the due diligence and closing processes.
• Participate in other ad hoc activities that may be assigned from time to time.

The above listing represents the general duties considered essential functions of the job and is not to be considered a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, or related field required.
• Students are required to have completed a Bachelor's degree by June 2022. 
• Demonstrated interest in commercial real estate, investment analysis, or asset management through a combination of internships and coursework.
• Strong financial and mathematical skills, including, but not limited to, the ability to calculate and understand discounted cash flows, net present value, and internal rate of return. A thorough understanding of accounting principles, including comprehending standard accounting reports and statements, is required.
• Familiarity with various software for word processing and spreadsheet preparation. Demonstrated proficiency and precision in Microsoft Excel with the ability to build and utilize complex formulas.

Physical Demands

• Expected work hours: 8:30 to 5:30, Monday through Friday, with occasional weekends.
• Travel: Business trips with overnight stays may be required. Occasionally may need to drive a personal vehicle for business.
• Work environment and physical demands: General office environment at ARA’s downtown Los Angeles corporate offices.

American Realty Advisors and its service providers are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

American Realty Advisors and its service providers considers for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance No. 184652.