Address - Craft and grow the design system at an ASX listed, leading Australian busin e* *ss
- Collaborate with and learn from our design community
- Permanent role - Open to any location
We're REA
REA Group? (https://www.rea-group.com/about-us/about-rea-group/) is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne's east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.
With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step - whether that's finding or financing your next home.
Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we're proud to be named in Australia's "Top 5" Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.
Where the team fits in
The Product Designer, Design Systems is a member of the Design team which partners with Product and Engineering teams across the business to create amazing products and experiences for our consumers and customers. Our world-class team designs experiences that connect people and property, through immersive, intuitive and personalised experiences, providing Australians with knowledge and confidence to make great property decisions. Their passion for innovation drives them to create products our consumers and customers love.
In this role, you'll be responsible for amplifying design and enabling cross-functional product teams to perform at their best. This will be achieved by maintaining and improving the Design strategic pillars; Systems, Tools, Process, People and Culture.
Day to day you'll be working with cross functional partners in Product and Engineering, collaborating to expand, maintain and improve Construct Kit, REA's design system.
You'll have working knowledge of user interface design, interaction design, research processes and applying these with support to validate design decisions with developers to help craft world class experiences.
What the role is all about
- Explore new ideas and creative solutions that help provide tools and systems for designers and developers to do their best work
- Understand opportunities, user needs, and technical constraints to deliver products and services to our internal customers
- Follow appropriate processes and practices to solve problems in a consistent and efficient way. This includes utilising our doc site and working within Federated Design frameworks
- 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
- Work with others to plan, prioritise and undertake 'just enough design' using a lean mindset to achieve goals and deliver on objectives
- Give and receive feedback with positive intent to build productive relationships and ensure diverse viewpoints are incorporated in design solutions
- Deliver world-class products for our users, leveragingappropriate methods such as sketching, prototyping, user interface design, and interaction design
- Ensure usability of products and features by validating usability, ensuring accessibility and desirability
- Present work and participate in providing feedback in regular design critiques to ensure consistency and quality outcomes
- Regularly pair with our Senior Product Designer, Design Systems to generate ideas and refine concepts that best suit the needs of our customers and consumers
- Partner with our design and mobile communities to guide on best practice and identify opportunities to expand our design system to continuously improve our product experiences
Who we're looking for
- Someone with a few runs on the board, experience creating products using industry standard tools and best practice processes
- Ideally some experience working in a design system team *,* or experiencecreating and maintaining Design Systems
- A fundamental understanding of the development process
- Looks at tricky situations through a system focused lens
- Work productively in a fast paced and agile environment to create impact
The REA experience
The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we'll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We're committed to your development - both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.
We offer:?
- A hybrid and flexible approach to working
- Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers?
- Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing
- Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.
- Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life ?
- Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ?
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more e?ective and fuel disruptive thinking - be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities.?If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.
If you like the sound of us, then we think you should apply today. We're proud to be Circle Back Initiative Employer and we commit to respond to every applicant. While we're looking at your application, and preparing to come back to you with an update, why not get to know us a bit more through our various social channels?
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