Interaction Designer

Job Description

OVERVIEW

Are you a passionate, developing designer seeking to advance the user experience for best-in-class brand with a talented a team of UX/UI designers and researchers? As an Interaction Designer, you’ll contribute to a user-centered and data-driven 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 ensure our products meet the consumer’s needs in the best way possible. You will assist with the development of the product design strategy, determine customer goals, and define the product interactions necessary to achieve them. 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.

HYBRID Environment:

• 4 days onsite / 1 day remote

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• You’ll collaborate with product managers, UX researchers, and UX designers to translate abstract ideas, research findings, analytics data, and business requirements into effective design solutions.
• You’ll contribute design thinking on our team and suggest enhancements to our design system to ensure design principles and methods are consistently applied across product experiences.
• You’ll manage compile user, business, and technical requirements to develop and refine our product’s information architecture and user flows.
• You’ll produce concepts, sketches, prototypes, high-fidelity designs, and other design assets and effectively communicate these ideas to a range of stakeholders and audiences.
• You’ll 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 in Digital Communication, Visual Design, Graphic Design, or related field
• 2 years of experience as an interaction designer or a similar role on a product design team
• Experience creating wireframes, mockups, and designs
• Experience designing and delivering website product features for consumers
• Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams to launch features
• Experience developing and evolving design systems
• Strong proficiency in interaction design software such as with Figma
• Strong visual and interaction design skills with a strong portfolio
• Strong knowledge of graphic design, color theory, visual presentation, etc.
• Strong verbal and written skills communicating ideas, concepts, and designs
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other front-end web programing languages
• Familiarity with W3C/WCAG and ADA web accessibility standards

ABOUT COSTAR GROUP

CoStar Group is the world’s leading provider of information and marketing solutions for the commercial real estate industry. We are a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:CSGP) with a market cap of over US$30B and sit alongside other notable names such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Apple.

We've been living and breathing the world of commercial real estate information and marketplaces for over 30 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings. We’re working to build a world where people can reach their real estate goals more efficiently and effectively with the best tools and information available. That’s why we created CoStar Group, and that vision keeps us moving forward every day.

We do this by actively researching the commercial real estate markets and providing data, analytics, innovative tools, and powerful marketing platforms in the U.S. and Internationally to help our clients transact with one another. CoStar Group continues to win multiple awards including one of Forbes most innovative companies (2014, 2017) and Fortune’s fastest growing companies (2016, 2018, 2020).

Headquartered in Washington, DC, CoStar Group maintains offices throughout the U.S. and in Europe, Canada, and Asia with a staff of approximately 4,900 worldwide, including the industry’s largest professional research organization.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Working at CoStar Group means you'll enjoy a culture of collaboration and innovation that attracts the best and brightest across a broad range of disciplines. In addition to generous compensation and performance-based incentives, you'll be supported in both 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
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, prepared foods, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

Be part of a team of professionals enjoying the opportunity to learn, do, and grow in a rewarding atmosphere. But don't just take our word for it - see why our team chose to work at and stay at CoStar Group: