Senior Art Director, Apartments.com

CoStar Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401K with match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

On-site fitness center

Job summary

CoStar Group's Apartments.com is seeking a Senior Art Director to lead concepting, copywriting and visual design across campaigns and channels in Atlanta. This role blends headline writing with design across print, digital, and video to elevate the brand.

You will own ideas end‑to‑end, collaborating with product marketing managers, executives, sales, social teams, and external partners to deliver cohesive, high‑impact marketing. A strong portfolio and 12+ years of experience are required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of ad agency, marketing department, or design studio experience spanning print, digital, video, and interactive.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate creative rationale and influence stakeholders.
• Proven ability to write compelling marketing copy and design at a high level with a strong portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Champion bringing ideas to life from concept to launch—crafting both the message and the creative to deliver cohesive campaigns.
• Develop and evaluate headlines, copy, scripts, and messaging across channels.
• Design and produce engaging assets across digital, social, email, web, video, and print while maintaining on-brand quality.
• Collaborate with leadership, marketers, and vendors to turn insights into powerful campaigns.
• Create innovative digital advertising concepts across static, video, and immersive formats.

Skills

12+ years experience

Creative copywriting

Brand standards

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

After Effects

PowerPoint/Keynote/Slides

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design/Marketing

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Figma

After Effects

Job description

Senior Art Director, Apartments.com

Job Description

Overview

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.

Apartments.com

Apartments.com is the nation’s #1 rental marketplace for owners, property managers and consumers. Apartments.com is the network that millions of renters every year rely on to find their new place, is continuing to grow our industry-leading sales force. We provide apartment Property Managers and Owners with a platform to market their property listings and the industry’s most comprehensive virtual tools to attract the most and highest-quality renters. The Apartments.com Network includes Apartments.com, ForRent.com, ApartmentFinder.com, ApartmentHomeLiving.com, and eight other leading rental sites. Our suite of services includes digital advertising, social and reputation management, and market analytic solutions which delivers innovative tools for our customers.

Learn more about Apartments.com.

Role Description

Apartments.com is seeking a senior, conceptually driven Senior Art Director/Copywriter who is equally fluent in copy and design to join our creative marketing team in Atlanta. This is a multidisciplinary role ne who thinks in headlines and layouts at the same time — a creative who can write the line and design the page, then move fluidly between the two across a project.

As a member of the marketing team, you'll collaborate with product marketing managers, executives, sales leaders, social media teams, and other subject matter experts to concept and produce campaigns and collateral that grow our brand. You'll own work end to end: the idea, the words, and the visual execution, all in service of one unified brand voice.

You will be responsible for big-picture concepts, marketing copy, high-quality designs, graphics, mock-ups, and layouts for print, video, digital, and interactive — working across internal and external efforts alongside fellow creatives, marketing managers, and senior executives.

This position is 5 days onsite in our Atlanta office.

Responsibilities

• Champion bringing ideas to life from concept to launch—crafting both the message and the creative to deliver cohesive, high-impact campaigns that connect with audiences and drive results.
• Develop and evaluate headlines, copy, scripts, sales pitches, and messaging that capture attention, inspire action, and strengthen campaign performance across channels.
• Design and produce engaging creative assets across digital, social, email, web, video, print collateral, and direct mail, ensuring every touchpoint reflects a best-in-class brand experience.
• Partner closely with creative leadership, marketers, channel experts, and business stakeholders to turn insights into powerful, conversion-focused marketing campaigns.
• Create innovative digital advertising concepts and executions across static, video, and immersive experiences tailored to a variety of platforms and audiences.
• Transform complex ideas into visually compelling presentations that tell a clear story, influence decision-making, and inspire action.
• Help evolve and champion the brand by creating work that reinforces a consistent and recognizable visual identity and voice across every customer interaction.
• Collaborate with external partners, agencies, and vendors to bring creative concepts to life across print and digital production.
• Own the development and delivery of creative assets, ensuring all work is accurate, polished, on-brand, and ready for seamless execution across channels.
• Contribute ideas, push creative thinking, and continuously explore new ways to elevate the customer experience, strengthen campaign performance, and advance the brand, including but not limited to, market and competitive tracking, consumer trends and housing related insights as well as cross-brand learnings internally by bringing ideas to the team.
• Keep creative projects moving forward, proactively managing deadlines and delivering high-quality work on time, every time.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit, in person University or College in Design, Marketing or other relevant field.
• 12+ years of ad agency, marketing department, or design studio experience spanning print, digital, video, and interactive.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable business results through creative work, including driving engagement, awareness, lead generation, conversion, or other key performance metrics, while maintaining attention to detail and brand standards.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate creative rationale, influence stakeholders, and align teams around a shared vision that is rooted in performance results.
• Proven experience prioritizing work effectively, balancing competing demands, and allocating resources to maximize business impact and efficiency and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to write compelling marketing copy and design at a high level—a portfolio that shows strong writing and strong design, ideally in the same projects.
• Strong attention to detail and a keen eye for aesthetics.
• Demonstrated openness to feedback, with a growth mindset and the ability to incorporate constructive input to continuously improve creative work and team performance.
• Ability to thrive in a results-oriented environment where success is measured by both creative excellence and business impact.
• Demonstrated track record of championing innovation and translating new ideas into measurable business impact.
• Fluent in Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and After Effects.
• Expert-level understanding of PowerPoint, Keynote, and Google Slides.
• Experience working with printers, developers, videographers/photographers, and other vendors.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.

NOTE: This position requires a strong portfolio that demonstrates high-quality creative execution of both copywriting and design across multiple channels and formats. Writing samples must be included in the portfolio.

Preferred Qualifications

• B2B marketing experience.
• Knowledge or experience in the multifamily industry.
• Experience working on a marketplace business.
• Experience developing compelling sales enablement materials.
• Familiarity with AI tools to automate workflows, generate insights, and enhance efficiency.

What’s in it for you?

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed. We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, and tuition reimbursement.

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
• Commuter and parking benefits
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent)
• Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups
• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing