Lead Product Designer

Lead Product Designer

Job Description

Overview

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.

About the Role

CoStar Group's growing Product Design team makes a direct impact on people, creating products for our 60 million users. We are looking for a Lead Product Designer with strength in visual design and user research skills to join our team and support our commitment to user-focused product development. In this role, you will partner closely with various product managers and business analysts in charge of discrete product capabilities as well as broad, cross-product initiatives. The Senior Product Designer who supports one or more product teams is a passionate customer advocate. You genuinely care about how the products you work on support our users, and you contribute to the success of a user-centered design practice within our organization.?

This position is located in Richmond, Virginia and is in office 4 days per week and remote 1 day per week.

About You

Simply put, you love simplifying complex problems. You thrive at being hands-on and immersive. You look for opportunities to improve the way things work, and you have the drive to challenge the enterprise software status quo. You are also experienced working with product teams and know how to clarify requirements and work towards consensus and compromise. You're a proactive self-starter. If you see a problem, you look for ways to fix it instead of waiting for others to fix it for you. You are looking to shape the experience of the users of our software - to make things better for the user's sake, not just for design's sake.?

Share Your Work, Share Your Process

We want to see sample projects and past work that reveals your passion for solving complex problems, meets the needs of the user, and supports clearly identified business objectives. A portfolio is required.

Responsibilities

Produce designs with input from your product team to achieve the desired customer experience, including user flows, high-fidelity wireframes, detailed mockups, and interactive prototypes?

Act as the user-advocate in cross-functional teams with product managers, architects and software engineers

Communicate your design process and recommendations effectively to C-Suite level stakeholders and below across the organization?

Create intuitive products that elevate the user experience in delightful ways using best practices, current design trends, and user research?

Collaborate with product managers, executives, and other stakeholders to incorporate specific design requirements, visual treatment, and content structure?

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree from an accredited, not for profit university or college

5+ years relevant design experience, working with a product team?

Experience working on the design and creation of enterprise applications?

Strong communication skills (delivering to both business and technical partners)?

Experience working with robust designs systems using atomic UI design principles

Strong proficiency in sketching, prototyping, articulating design decisions, and processing stakeholder feedback?

Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma

A portfolio of well-designed, user-centered projects?

Track record of commitment to prior employers

Preferred Qualifications

Data visualization experience where infographics are used to tell a story

Prior experience with survey and analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Pendo, UserTesting.com, and SurveyMonkey

Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a PLUS?

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

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 37 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable products and services. We've continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry and for our customers. 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.

CoStar is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. CoStar is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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