Hi, I'm Sarah Lombardo, a creative professional with a passion for commercial real estate branding, analysis, and design. I enjoy leveraging the latest tools and technologies to deliver compelling marketing materials and innovative brand strategies that position properties to close quick. With extensive experience in Adobe CC, responsive web design, and AI-driven creative processes, I love helping agents tell their story effectively. Throughout my career, I've led teams, developed tutorials, and created award-winning designs that drive business growth. I strive to remain approachable and collaborative, ensuring clients' visions come to life with creativity and precision.…

Sarah Lombardo

Hi, I'm Sarah Lombardo, a creative professional with a passion for commercial real estate branding, analysis, and design. I enjoy leveraging the latest tools and technologies to deliver compelling marketing materials and innovative brand strategies that position properties to close quick. With extensive experience in Adobe CC, responsive web design, and AI-driven creative processes, I love helping agents tell their story effectively. Throughout my career, I've led teams, developed tutorials, and created award-winning designs that drive business growth. I strive to remain approachable and collaborative, ensuring clients' visions come to life with creativity and precision.…

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Hi, I’m Sarah Lombardo, a creative professional with a passion for commercial real estate branding, analysis, and design. I enjoy leveraging the latest tools and technologies to deliver compelling marketing materials and innovative brand strategies that position properties to close quick. With extensive experience in Adobe CC, responsive web design, and AI-driven creative processes, I love helping agents tell their story effectively.

Throughout my career, I’ve led teams, developed tutorials, and created award-winning designs that drive business growth. I strive to remain approachable and collaborative, ensuring clients’ visions come to life with creativity and precision.

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Language

English
Fluent
Dutch
Intermediate
French
Intermediate

Work Experience

Senior Graphic Designer at Cushman & Wakefield
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2024
Developed branded internal communications, led contractor teams, and delivered global-wide tutorials on Adobe Suite. Ensured consistent voice across PowerPoints, brochures, manuals, and promotional digital assets. Led video tutorials on creating accessible, high-quality marketing materials in Adobe Suite, published company-wide.
Graphic Designer at Cushman & Wakefield
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2023
Redesigned a technical whitepaper into print and digital collateral that earned a Hermes Gold Award and quadrupled social shares. Designed LinkedIn and Facebook motion-graphics ads generating $3 million in new business leads. Created conference-booth graphics, brochures, presentations, and thought-leadership materials, increasing leads from 6 to 52.
Marketing Specialist at Cushman & Wakefield
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2021
Produced print and digital deliverables to support 23 brokers under tight deadlines. Streamlined creative intake by developing a Microsoft Forms + Teams ticket workflow and authoring a 100+ page process manual.
Event and Conference Designer at Marcus & Millichap
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2019
Designed event and conference collateral and built template libraries that accelerated new-project setup by 6000%. Programmed responsive email campaigns in Pardot, boosting open and click-through rates by 147%.
Designer and Brand Strategist at Freelance
January 1, 2012 - July 29, 2025
Utilized AI-driven research to gather and synthesize market data for custom brand strategies. Leveraged AI-assisted moodboard generation and rapid prototyping to accelerate turnaround and refine assets based on client feedback.

Education

MFA at Mills College
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2016

Qualifications

Adobe Certified InDesign Professional
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024

Industry Experience

Professional Services, Real Estate & Construction
    Conference Signage Design: Bold Branded Materials Driving 8x Lead Growth
    To strengthen our presence at industry conferences, I led the design of branded signage for a subsidiary of a commercial real estate firm specializing in cleaning services for industrial, warehouse, office, and airport spaces. I collaborated with the Marketing Manager to analyze our materials and those of competitors, identifying ways to stand out while aligning with our parent company's branding. I adopted their visual language but introduced bold reds, striking on-site imagery, and assertive messaging to highlight our unique strengths. Designs featured real employees—32% women, 58% people of color—across key sectors, reinforcing our mission, vision, and values around safety, service, and teamwork. The final signage suite was visually distinct, DEI-forward, and tailored to connect with our target audience—boosting booth signups from 6 to 52. ConferenceDesign BrandStrategy SignageDesign TradeshowMarketing VisualIdentity MarketingDesign CommercialCleaning RealEstateBranding LeadGeneration…
    Millennial Shift Motion Infographic
    For years, suburban markets like Walnut Creek were stuck in SF/Oakland's shadow: brokers knew the area's luxury malls, transit links, and Class-A offices existed, but prospects assumed "real" opportunity meant city skyscrapers. Meanwhile, fresh research revealed millennials were trading urban lofts for suburban homes, provided their workplace was a short commute away. That mismatch between perception and data left Walnut Creek's prime office stock overlooked. Bridging that gap became a central challenge. I began by reframing our goal from "sell Walnut Creek" into "bring the office to where millennials live." With that clarity, I drafted a tight 60-second storyboard: opening on the share of market for housing types; the Unexpected bulk of suburban buyers; data to illustrate proximity demands; then revealing Walnut Creek's ready-made Class-A offices as the solution. Every frame was tested on paper first to ensure the narrative never wandered. In production, I paired fun, lifestyle illustrations with text overlaid with the iPhone's texting audio. The result was a piece that distilled complex data in a fun and approachable way. When it went live, brokers immediately plugged the animation into their client presentations, generated noticeably higher engagement and a steady stream of new leasing inquiries. By keeping the story relentlessly focused on what mattered most—suburban proximity—I turned dry data into a persuasive visual argument and opened doors for meaningful conversations. video motiongraphics analysis storyboarding animation infographic cre…
    Class-A Multifamily Leasing Flyers
    The client's goal was to market townhomes to urban professionals seeking city living, despite the location just outside trendy neighborhoods. To achieve this, I crafted a dynamic brochure showcasing the desired lifestyle. Featuring professionals engaged in city activities, the brochure allowed potential buyers to envision themselves in this vibrant setting. Additionally, gatefolds with cocktail recipes hinted at luxurious indoor entertaining, bridging the gap between urban lifestyle and suburban living. By including site plans within the cover folder, we seamlessly connected the depicted lifestyle with the actual location, compelling buyers to envision themselves in their dream home. graphicdesigner branding illustrator cre townhomes brochure siteplans floorplans…
    Award-Winning Industrial/Warehouse Leasing Materials
    The Contra Costa Logistics Center project transformed a toxic site into a thriving economic hub, creating thousands of jobs and revitalizing the local community. Through cohesive branding, compelling marketing materials, and innovative digital campaigns, I used design to tell a powerful story of progress and opportunity, seamlessly aligning the vision of developers, the leasing agency, and the city. For the brochures, I aimed to excite both the local populace and potential lessees by showcasing the site’s strategic advantages. Using aerial imagery overlaid with 3D renderings of the planned warehouses, I highlighted key infrastructure such as the nearby freeway, bridge, port, and housing. This approach effectively emphasized the site’s proximity to labor pools and drayage routes, making a compelling case for the site's economic and logistical value. As a result of marketing, this site earned the SIOR Top Industrial Lease – Large Market Award for 2023, and saw 1 lease signed pre-groundbreaking and 4 leases signed by 2025. graphicdesigner illustrator brochure land industrial warehouse cre…
    3D Office Availabilities Stacking Plans Placemat
    I created 3D stacking plans in Adobe Illustrator for Class A, B, and C office properties, visually mapping current availabilities across suburban markets. By combining buildings with multiple leases and subleases alongside fully leased properties, I built a clear, easy-to-scan table that highlighted the strength and desirability of each location. The format proved so effective in marketing campaigns that I was invited to present to design teams in the U.S. and six other countries, training them on how to create and implement 3D stacking plans in Illustrator for company-wide use. graphicdesigner illustrator 3d stackingplans cre…
    Office Leasing Flyer Refresh
    I was tasked with revamping a flyer originally created in Microsoft Word. Using high-quality renderings of the newly refurbished lobby as inspiration, I paired the soft, muted tones of the space with the vibrant colors of the company logo. By applying a grid-based layout, I organized the content to guide readers effortlessly through the information to the contact details. The result was a complete transformation that maintained brand consistency while significantly elevating the flyer’s design and impact. office leasingflyer cre branding graphicdesigner…