Product Designer

Rea Group; Melbourne, Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Birthday leave

Parental leave

Volunteer program

Hackdays

Job summary

REA Group is seeking a Product Designer for a 12-month fixed-term role based in Melbourne or Sydney. You will partner with product, editorial and engineering teams to improve media products and advertising experiences across REA’s journey.

Join a fast-paced, agile environment where you will lead discovery, deliver thoughtful design systems and create clear, consistent experiences for editorial content and portal experiences.

Qualifications

• Experience designing digital products across discovery, delivery and iteration.
• Strong stakeholder collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Familiar with design systems and editorial products.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery and design across editorial content and media from problem definition to delivery.
• Collaborate with PMs, engineers, data, editorial and content teams to ideate and implement.
• Contribute to advertising products and formats using feedback and data.
• Design consistent experiences for editorial categories, components, hierarchies, and design-system patterns.
• Create journeys, prototypes and artefacts to align teams.
• Participate in design critiques and promote user-centred practices.

Skills

UX design

Product design

Design leadership

Discovery

Collaboration

Agile

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Job description

• Shape media and editorial experiences across New Homes & Audience Solutions

• Help improve ad performance, customer value and consistency across REA’s digital experiences

• 12-month fixed-term role based in Melbourne or Sydney

We're REA

With bold and ambitious goals, REA Group is 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 have been named one of Australia's Best Workplaces four times since 2021 — including third place in 2025 — plus Best Workplace for Women in 2023 and Best Workplace in Technology in 2024 and 2025. These listings are testament to every person who helps make REA a great place to work.

Where the team fits in

The New Homes & Audience Solutions team helps customers and commercial partners get more value from REA’s audience, editorial content and advertising products. The team works across media on portal and editorial experiences to improve ads performance, customer outcomes and consistency across the product experience.

What the role is all about

As a Product Designer, you will partner with product, commercial, engineering, data, editorial and content teams across REA to improve media products, support new advertising experiences and bring greater consistency to editorial categories, articles and design-system patterns.

• Lead discovery and design across editorial content and media on portal, from problem definition and exploration through to delivery and continuous improvement

• Partner with product managers, engineers, commercial stakeholders, data specialists, editorial teams and content teams to understand opportunities and bring ideas to life

• Contribute to the discovery, launch and iteration of advertising products and formats, using customer feedback and performance data to guide decisions

• Design clearer, more consistent experiences for editorial categories and articles, including components, hierarchies and design-system patterns

• Create journeys, interaction models, prototypes and other design artefacts that build shared understanding and align teams around a direction

• Participate in design critiques and help promote user-centred practices across cross-functional teams

Who we're looking for

You are someone who enjoys working in agile, fast-paced environments and moving between strategic thinking, discovery and hands-on design delivery. You're comfortable with ambiguity, care about design quality and can connect customer needs to business outcomes.

• Experience designing digital products and experiences across discovery, delivery and iteration

• A collaborative, solutions-focused approach, with strong stakeholder partnerships and a generous attitude to sharing knowledge and receiving feedback

• Experience using research, customer insight and data to understand needs, test ideas and evaluate product performance

• An understanding of design systems, interaction design and systems thinking, with an eye for creating simple, effective and consistent experiences

• An interest in media, advertising, editorial products or agency environments. Knowledge of how Meta and Google ads are created and managed would be a real bonus

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.

Some of our Perks & Benefits include:

• A hybrid and flexible approach to working

• Flexible leave options including, birthday leave and purchase additional leave

• Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers

• Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity

• Hackdays so you can bring your big ideas to life

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 effective and fuel disruptive thinking. 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.

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