Job Description
About CoStar Group
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.
About Domain
Domain is a leading property technology and services marketplace that is home to one of the largest portfolios of property brands in Australia, including the Domain, Allhomes and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) platforms. In 2025, Domain became part of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP), a global leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces and 3D digital twin technology. Together, Domain and CoStar Group is dedicated to digitising the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights, and connections that improve their businesses and lives.
The role will be part of a new team within the Audience division. This individual will work closely with Product and Engineering to develop new opportunities and optimise existing ones focused on connecting users who are looking to buy or sell homes with relevant agents and agencies.
This role’s purpose
The product Design Lead role is a role for a focused Design Specialist.
The role exists for a design expert, working autonomously to lead and innovate within large, complex projects.
The primary responsibility of a design lead will be to spearhead design initiatives, ensuring the highest standards of creativity, usability, and brand coherence across all aspects of our product.
The role serves as a brand guardian, actively participating in shaping and evolving our brand identity within the product landscape.
A Design Lead is also focused on growth and mentorship of team members and the broader design community with active engagement with design across
Additionally, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of our design system, ensuring consistency and efficiency in our design processes.
What success looks like
Partnering with product managers, engineers, researchers, and SEO, to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch
Contributing to strategic decisions and helping shape priorities and scope during planning
Design and prototype solutions that meet customer needs and achieve business outcomes
Conduct research to build empathy and understanding of our customers and evaluate solutions during the delivery phase of projects
Working collaboratively within a cross-functional scrum team to ship high-quality product at high velocity, balancing trade-offs and constraints along the way
Leading or facilitating workshops to foster collaboration and alignment
Key relationships
Upwards:
Product Design Manager - Direct people manager responsible for providing resources for the PDL and career development
Head of Design - Indirect people manager, should set vision and direction for the team and help with interpreting organisational strategy to the team level for the PDTL
Peers:
Product Design Leads - Helping build the team culture and provide the environment for a good design culture to evolve.
Downwards:
Product Designers and Senior Product Designers
Outwards:
Senior, Principal and Head of products - Product managers who set direction and prioritise work for the product teams. The PDL is responsible for maintaining these relationships and helping prioritise work in these areas with a particular focus on consistency, quality and impact of design work for these teams.
Tech leads - The PDL is responsible for ensuring designs are able to be implemented and to work with the tech leads to ensure design supports aligned product/tech delivery goals
Experience, education and certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
The ability to illustrate deep skill and understanding in at least one design sub discipline
Minimum of 5 years of experience in product design, UX/UI design, or a related role.
Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, or similar.
Strong portfolio showcasing a range of design projects with a focus on user-centred design principles and processes.
Experience in conducting user research and usability testing.
Demonstrated ability to create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
Experience working in agile development environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g., product managers, engineers).
Familiarity with accessibility standards and best practices (e.g., WCAG).
Experience with design systems and contributing to the development and maintenance of a design system.
Experience working on B2C products
Comfortable with experimentation and a track record of using data to inform design decisions
Ability to transfer skills e.g. by mentoring and coaching other designers
Why join us?
We’re the kind of place you can make a real impact, with a workplace culture where you can be you. It’s a fun, safe space where you’ll always feel you belong. Perks of the role include:
Hybrid working;
First-rate parental leave;
Continuous opportunities to leap, learn and grow in a team that values creativity and innovation;
We don’t just talk, we do. Every day we solve property problems for Australians and beyond. We encourage our people to see the possibilities, and turn them into realities.
What’s next?
We'll give your application the thoughtful attention it deserves and get back to you as soon as possible. If there's a match, one of our recruitment consultants will reach out so keep your phone handy! We're genuinely excited about the chance to work together and make a meaningful impact.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Domain
Domain is enthusiastically and unapologetically committed to fostering an equitable, inclusive work culture which reflects our customers and communities. We are proactively looking for candidates from all lived experiences, including people with disability, and people of all ages, ethnicities, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples), faiths, sexual orientations, and gender identities (including trans and non-binary people).
We are committed to providing an equitable recruitment process for people with disability. If you require adjustments during the process we’re here to support. If you wish to receive this job advertisement in an accessible format, or have a confidential chat about workplace adjustments, please contact our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team at edi@domain.com.au or leave a message on 1300 858 356 and we will get back to you.
CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing