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About the role
- Support the Head of Design in evolving Real and its ancillary businesses (Title, Mortgage, etc.), ensuring design excellence and brand consistency across channels.
- Lead by example through hands on design execution across digital, print, web, social, and video.
- Translate ambiguous or high level business needs into clear creative direction and finished deliverables.
- Lead and mentor a distributed team of onshore and international designers, including design managers and individual contributors.
- Provide clear creative direction, feedback, and coaching to help designers elevate their work.
- Review and approve design output to ensure quality, consistency, and alignment with brand standards.
- Partner with stakeholders in Marketing, Product, Technology, Growth, Agent Success, and Business Services teams primarily based in the US to bring ideas to life through compelling design.
- Translate business goals into effective visual solutions that support acquisition, engagement, and retention.
- Help maintain and evolve brand guidelines, templates, and design systems to support scalability.
- Ensure brand alignment across all internal and external communications, digital campaigns, agent facing materials, and experiential touchpoints.
- Oversee the development of marketing assets including digital, print, web, social, and video.
- Stay at the forefront of industry trends and emerging technologies to infuse fresh, modern design into everything we create.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in design, with at least 1 year in a leadership role overseeing multidisciplinary teams in a high-growth or tech-driven environment.
- Proficiency in industry-standard design tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.); familiarity with front-end web development a plus.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to give clear feedback and direction.
- Strong ability to take vague or high level business ideas and turn them into clear, polished design connect design strategy to company objectives and KPIs.
- Excellent communicator, collaborator, and people leader.
Benefits
- Our Operating Principles are the blueprint of Real’s culture. They guide how we show up, make decisions, and bring our mission to life every day:
- Be Agent Obsessed: We design every decision around creating value for our agents and their clients.
- Move Fast with Purpose: We act with urgency, clarity, and focus—without compromising our standards.
- Own Your Outcome: Effort matters, but results matter more. We adapt, learn, and improve.
- Be Bold; Challenge Often: We challenge assumptions, rethink “the usual,” and push for smarter, simpler solutions.
- Win Together: We set high standards, collaborate deeply, and celebrate shared success.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
designvisual solutionscreative directiondesign executionbrand guidelinesdesign systemsfront-end web development
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationleadershipmentoringfeedbackcoaching