Senior Product Designer, Visual & Illustration

About the teamThe Zillow Experience Design (ZxD) team is a fast-paced, collaborative, and driven product design team passionate about creating the best customer experience for movers and professionals in the Real Estate industry. We’re a multidisciplinary team dedicated to building useful, usable, and innovative experiences across web, mobile, and internal software platforms. Meet us and learn more at https://www.zillow.com/careers/design/

About the role

Join as a Senior Product Designer on the Brand Experience team and create visionary user interface models, visual assets including illustrations, motion prototypes, and visual presentations. This role serves as a bridge between Product Design, Brand Marketing, Engineering, and Design Systems to create outstanding brand moments across the Zillow brand experience. The road is ready for you to drive within the Design Operations organization and shape experiences used by millions that continue to push Zillow to be the most-loved place for movers and Real Estate professionals.

Responsibilities 

• Define and evolve brand's visual language, motion, and guidelines for digital products.

• Set visual design, illustration, and motion standards, driving quality and consistency.

• Own product illustration and iconography strategy and execution.

• Envision and articulate the future of the company's digital brand experience.

• Develop and maintain design system components, patterns, and interactions.

• Create inspiring mockups, prototypes, and design artifacts that translate brand identity into a compelling UI for web, email, and native platforms.

• Manage multiple design projects independently, delivering quality results.

• Provide guidance to design partners to ensure the consistent application of brand guidelines..

• Communicate and advocate for established visual design standards.

• Champion brand expression throughout the user journey by partnering with product, engineering, and marketing teams, as well as external partners, to ensure seamless brand integration and consistency.

• Foster a culture of design excellence and learning.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.

In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $145,500.00 - $232,500.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC and may not be applicable to other locations.

In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.

Who you are

• 5-7 years of experience in product, visual, UX design, or similar roles

• An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating strong visual design expertise, a deep understanding of typography, color, digital executions, and great user-centered design solutions.

• Strong skills in Marketing & Brand Design including illustration, motion design for interactive experiences, and high-fidelity product prototyping

• Expertise concepting, iterating and executing final illustrations and icons

• Expertise in Visual Design and defining visual languages

• Excellent visual communication and storytelling abilities

• Proficient in Design System thinking, cross-platform scalability, UI/UX standards, and Accessibility

• Experience designing for high traffic native app, web and email

• Highly proficient in Figma, Adobe Suite, and related design and production software

• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

• Effective cross-team collaborator with the ability to work across multiple creative projects

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.

As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do helps people get home and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making home a reality for more and more people.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages as well as parental leave, family benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life. But don’t just take our word for it. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index, and TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact your recruiter directly.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state and local law.

Applicants who receive job offers from Zillow Group will be asked to sign a Proprietary Rights Agreement which includes confidentiality, intellectual property assignment, customer and employee non-solicitation, and non-competition provisions. If you are contacted for a role at Zillow Group and wish to review a copy of the Proprietary Rights Agreement prior to receiving an offer, you may request a copy from your Recruiter.