Senior Product Designer, Consumer

Realtor.com • Austin, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Recognized as the No. 1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home. Through its robust suite of tools, Realtor.com® not only makes a significant impact on the real estate industry at large, but for consumers, navigating the biggest purchase they will make in their life, by providing a user experience that is easy to use, easy to understand, and most of all, easy to make decisions. Join us on our mission to empower more people to find their way home by breaking barriers to entry, making the right connections, and building confidence through expert guidance. Are you a design expert? Are you looking to join a cross functional product team in creating world-class experiences that help people find and enjoy a home of their own? If you want to pursue your professional goals as you help grow an innovative real estate tech company, this work is for you. Join us as our newest Senior Product Designer and help change the world of real estate, one home at a time. We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to play an integral role in the performance and operation of a high-functioning product team. This role is expected to partner with the Product Manager and Engineering Lead from start to finish, from initial research and understanding of user problems, through scoping and the creation of user flows, all the way to polished pixels, shipped to the hands of our 100 million unique consumers and real estate professionals. To be successful in this role, you will need to confidently partner with your cross-functional team throughout the full product lifecycle with a high degree of comfort in all interaction & visual design activities, including contributing to the design system for our professional web & mobile apps. We fully expect that you will have stronger skills in some areas than others (i.e., stronger visual chops than research prowess), and that you are thirsty to continue learning and improving your skills. You will join a supportive team of product designers crafting tools and services for Agent and Broker customers to help grow their businesses and better support their clients throughout the buying and selling journey. This role requires strong visual design skills, as you will be creating experiences that connect our consumer and client-facing platforms. This role reports to the Sr. Manager of Product Design.

Requirements

• 8+ years working in design industry
• 3+ years of working in a product-led organization
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Portfolio which examples a strong design point of view and depth of experience, including user-centered design methodologies, interaction flows, prototyping, high-fidelity screens, and shipped products
• Proven ability to execute on diverse priorities, seamlessly navigating the context of both consumer and client-facing platforms
• Experience delivering multiple projects with cross-disciplined teams
• Strong and clear communication skills
• Informed and strong opinions, loosely held
• A practitioner of user-centric processes and design thinking principles
• Mastery of design thinking practices and craft
• Exemplifies a We, Not Me attitude

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a diverse group of stakeholders—including researchers, product leaders, engineers, product marketing, brand, and other designers—on complex problems
• Be the voice of the user, and explore multiple ideas while also knowing when to bring the work to an executable deliverable
• Deliver innovative solutions which significantly improve user experience across products for your team
• Independently lead all aspects of the design process from conception to completion
• Articulate the value of design as well as the reasons for your design decisions clearly, in non-designer-speak, to Product and Engineering teammates as well as other important stakeholders
• Actively contribute to the evolution and strengthening of our design system, including crafting components, auditing libraries, and ensuring quality in application of the system
• Facilitate workshops, design sprints, and other collaborative sessions for your team
• Uphold a high standard for design excellence, and contribute to raising the bar for design at the company

Benefits

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
• Family forming benefits
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Time Off
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree