Associate Product Designer, Apartments.com

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Job Description

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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.

Apartments.com

Apartments.com is the nation’s #1 rental marketplace for owners, property managers and consumers. Apartments.com is the network that millions of renters every year rely on to find their new place, is continuing to grow our industry-leading sales force. We provide apartment Property Managers and Owners with a platform to market their property listings and the industry’s most comprehensive virtual tools to attract the most and highest-quality renters. The Apartments.com Network includes Apartments.com, ForRent.com, ApartmentFinder.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, and eight other leading rental sites. Our suite of services includes digital advertising, social and reputation management, and market analytic solutions which delivers innovative tools for our customers. Learn more about Apartments.com.

Role Description:

Are you a passionate designer seeking to improve the user experience for a best-in-class brand with a talented team of product designers, developers and product managers? As an Associate Product Designer, you’ll contribute to a forward-thinking design philosophy and create a highly engaging, inclusive, and usable product for Apartments.com.

As a valued team member in our product organization, you’ll collaborate with team members to find opportunities for new products and features; validate assumptions through research and testing; and then sketch, prototype, test, deliver, and iterate compelling user experiences that customers return to time and time again. Together, you and our design team will drive the overall quality of design and user experience, make a substantial impact to the Apartments.com business, and improve the way the rental industry works.

This position is in office Monday through Friday in Atlanta, Georgia.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with product designers, product managers and to translate abstract ideas, research findings, analytics data, and business requirements into effective design solutions.Engage in design thinking with our team and help maintain and improve our design system to ensure design principles and methods are consistently applied across product experiences.Contribute to a few concurrent design projects from concept through production.Produce concepts, sketches, prototypes, high-fidelity designs, and other design assets and effectively communicate these ideas to a range of stakeholders and audiences.Present work to other team members and stakeholders to recruit feedback, iterate and improve, and then implement designs and launch changes.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required from an accredited, not-for-profit University or College, ideally in Human Factors, User Interface Design, Graphic Design, or related fieldExperience creating wireframes, mockups, and designsExperience designing and delivering website product features for consumersExperience collaborating with product and engineering teams to launch featuresExperience with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and PowerPointStrong visual and interaction design skills with a strong portfolioStrong verbal and written skills communicating ideas, concepts, and designsFamiliarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other front-end web programing languages Familiarity with W3C/WCAG and ADA web accessibility standardsA track record of commitment to prior employers

Preferred Qualifications:

1+ year of experience in an individual contributor role on a product design teamExperience conducting user research and testing throughout the product lifecycleExperience developing and evolving design systems

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 DrugLife, legal, and supplementary insuranceVirtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and familyCommuter and parking benefits401(K) retirement plan with matching contributionsEmployee stock purchase planPaid time offTuition reimbursementOn-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent)Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource GroupsComplimentary 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