Job Description
CoStar Group Company Intro:
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.
Role Description:
CoStar for Lenders empowers clients to make informed decisions by seamlessly connecting their portfolio to CoStar’s dynamic, precise data and analytics. Our industry-leading property information and credit default modeling offer lenders a competitive edge, enabling operational efficiency, risk management, and deal success.
As a Lead Designer for CoStar Lender, you will drive our design efforts, from user flows to production. You will translate complex business needs and data into design solutions. You'll collaborate with a diverse team of professionals, including product leads, researchers, engineers, marketing specialists, and fellow designers.
This position is in our Richmond, Va office and offers a hybrid schedule of 4 days onsite and 1 day remote.
Responsibilities:
- Lead design efforts to enhance CoStar Lender. Work closely with the product team to deliver design solutions through wireframes, flows, mockups, prototypes, and more.
- Lead the integration of CoStar for Lenders into the CoStar Cosmos design system.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as product leads, researchers, engineers, marketing experts, and other designers.
- Employ research techniques, including surveys, interviews, observations, and data analysis, to understand customer needs.
- Set high design standards, ensuring a harmonious blend of usability and aesthetic appeal.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited, not for profit university or college
- 8+ years relevant design experience
- A track record of commitment to prior employers.
- 2+ years in financial services products or commercial real estate products
- Strong knowledge of design principles, information architecture, and interaction design
- Proficiency in translating business requirements into design solutions and getting subject matter experts aligned with the solution
- Expert proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills
- Proven experience as a UX designer with a strong portfolio showcasing complex interactions and workflow
- Experience in leading and managing design efforts
- Knowledge of usability testing and user research methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in commercial lending
- Expertise in data visualization
- Expertise in analyzing user metrics.
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)
- 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.
CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
