UX Product Designer, Homes.com

Job Description

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. 

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.   

Homes.com is reimagining the home search experience for consumers and agents alike. We are empowering people to discover homes, share insights and make connections on their terms – disrupting a multi-billion industry.

Already one of the fastest growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level – and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com.

Homes.com is growing quickly and we’re looking for a powerhouse UX Designer, based in Arlington, VA to accelerate our growth.

Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ years’ experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company. 

What We Are Looking For:

As a UX Designer at Homes.com, you will be a driving force in bringing elegant and polished software to life to help buyers find the home of their dreams. You will play an integral role in the operation of a high-functioning and highly collaborative product team. You will partner with both the product managers and engineering leads to architect world-class user journeys, and ship cutting edge software to the fingertips of the millions of unique visitors that come to Homes.com each month. Success in this role is driven by operating with a highly collaborative, team-player mindset. The right candidate will embody a ‘we’ not ‘me’ mindset.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and this position is in office Monday through Friday.

Responsibilities

• Lead a design effort including strategy, user flows, prototyping and visual design
• Collaborate with a diverse group of colleagues including product leads, researchers, engineers, marketing leads, and other designers
• Understand customer needs using different research techniques (surveys, interviews, observations, data analysis)
• Set the design standard high, striking the balance between strong usability and aesthetic appeal
• Collaborate with the product team to deliver design solutions using wireframes, flows, mockups, prototypes, etc.
• Contribute to our emerging design system with flexible solutions and drive the evolution of our design practices.
• Help elevate the team practices in user testing, research, and interaction design.

Basic Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit University or College
• An excellent design eye and can take a design from ‘good’ to ‘great’ 
• 3+ years of experience with product design, human-computer interaction, usability and user interface design, and/or visual design
• Strong abilities in sketching, prototyping, and evaluating interaction design
• Proficiency in design tools & prototyping tools such as Sketch and Invision
• Knowledge of the best practices for interaction design for cross-platform devices and applications
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Experience working in an agile environment
• A track record of commitment to prior employers

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing a Design System
• Experience in establishing product metrics
• Enjoy working with data, information and presentation concepts and working with other smart, data driven people
• An interest in real estate is a plus

NOTE: This position requires that you present a portfolio of past projects as part of your application.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes
• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply.  However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing