Product Design Intern, Apartments.com (Rising Seniors)

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Job Description

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ASSOCIATE PRODUCT DESIGNER - Apartments.com - ATLANTA

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, aspiring designer seeking to improve the user experience for best-in-class brand with a talented a 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 located in Atlanta, GA and with a hybrid schedule of 4 days onsite / 1 day remote.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES  

• You’ll collaborate with product designers, product managers and to translate abstract ideas, research findings, analytics data, and business requirements into effective design solutions. 
• You’ll 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. 
• You’ll support a few concurrent design projects at various stages of completion status. 
• You’ll support the production of 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 propose implementation recommendations. 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree seeking program in Human Factors, User Interface Design, Graphic Design, or related field 
• 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 conducting user research and testing throughout the product lifecycle 
• Experience developing and evolving design systems 
• Experience with Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, and PowerPoint 
• Strong visual and interaction design skills with a strong portfolio  

• 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Evidence of strong academic performance in college
• Experience conducting user research and testing throughout the product lifecycle
• Experience with MS Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint
• Strong verbal and written skills communicating ideas, concepts, and designs

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