Product Designer (12-month contract)

Rea Group

The Role

Overview

Design end-to-end product experiences for REA's property platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • analytics
  • prototyping
  • user research
  • design system
  • usability testing
  • agile delivery

Tasks

-Work effectively with team members and stakeholders to solve problems and meet common goals. Share insight to foster a shared understanding and alignment with a 'REA-first' mindset -Help track and analyse performance of products and features; monitor use over time using analytics, surveying; iterate and experiment on the experience to achieve business and user goals -Work productively in a fast paced and agile environment to create impact -Follow appropriate processes and practices to solve problems in a consistent and efficient way. This includes utilising our Playbook and working within Federated Design frameworks -Deliver high quality experiences for our users using systems thinking that adheres with our visual identity and design system guidelines -Ensure usability of products and features by validating usability, ensuring accessibility and desirability -Deliver commercially feasible user-centric design solutions that meet team goals and business objectives -Create experiences that help push the boundaries within our products -Deliver world-class products and features for our users, leveraging appropriate methods such as sketching, prototyping, user interface design, motion and interaction design with a strong level of competency -Work with others to plan, prioritise and undertake 'just enough design' using a lean mindset to achieve goals and deliver on objectives -Support in conducting unbiased research utilising qualitative and quantitative methods to understand user needs and pain points. Help analyse data to understand patterns and opportunities

Requirements

  • 3+ years
  • design tools
  • product development
  • solutions-focused
  • user needs
  • business growth

What You Bring

-Experience the end-to-end product development process and solve real problems that have a positive impact on the entire property experience -You look at tricky situations through a solutions-focused lens -Someone with a few runs on the board, 3+ years of experience designing products using industry standard design tools and best practice processes -Understand business opportunities, user needs, competitive landscape, and technical constraints to deliver products to market that drive user satisfaction and business growth

Benefits

-Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life -Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave -A hybrid and flexible approach to working -Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity -Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers

The Company

About Rea Group

-Flagship platforms like realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au attract millions of users monthly across Australia and beyond. -International expansion included acquisitions in Europe, Asia, and North America, spanning Italy, Luxembourg, India, and the US. -Its services span residential, commercial, and industrial property advertising, mortgage brokering, and property analytics. -Blended agile tech culture: cloud-native, multi-language engineering teams driving user-centric innovation. -Notable moves: controlling atHome in Europe, merging SEA assets with PropertyGuru, and eyeing stakes in the UK’s Rightmove.

Sector Specialisms

Residential

Commercial

Property Development

Home Financing

Property Valuation