Planitar + REA Group
Planitar recently joined REA Group, one of the world’s leading digital property companies. REA operates Australia’s largest residential and commercial property websites—realestate.com.au and realcommercial.com.au—as well as property platforms across Asia. With operations spanning Australia, India, and now North America through Planitar, REA Group is transforming how people experience property globally.
As part of the REA family, Planitar is accelerating growth in new markets while continuing our commitment to innovation and customer value. This acquisition brings together iGUIDE’s industry-leading 3D capture technology with REA Group’s extensive property platform expertise and market reach, enabling us to deliver more immersive, data-rich property experiences for consumers across Australia.
JOB SUMMARY
We're looking for a Product Designer to join our growing design practice and help establish design as a core discipline at Planitar. Planitar has an in-market mobile app called iGUIDE PLANIX which our customers use in conjunction with our hardware to capture and measure spaces. You will be an integral member of this product team, ensuring that our product solutions are not only functional but also intuitive and effective for our users. Your role will require balancing an overall understanding of usability, accessibility and user flows with a strong visual design instinct. We are looking for someone that has a strong grasp of design heuristics, can prototype rapidly and collaborate closely with our engineers to deliver solutions that are both usable and appealing. You will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, and other stakeholders to champion user needs and drive product success.
Core Responsibilities
Responsible for leading design for our iGUIDE PLANIX app, helping improve the efficiency of existing users and improve the onboarding experience for new users.
Partner with our existing Senior Designer to establish design process and standards.
Understand user flows, create high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and collaborate with engineers to ensure design concepts are clearly communicated and implemented.
Participate in research synthesis sessions and identify design opportunities.
Build and evolve our design system to ensure consistency across products.
Collaborate directly with engineering teams to ensure feasible implementation.
Present design work and rationale to stakeholders across the organization.
Help shape design-to-development workflows and handoff processes.
Contribute to design strategy discussions and establish team best practices.
Qualifications:
3+ years of experience in UX design, interaction design, or a related field with a portfolio demonstrating both visual excellence and problem-solving ability.
Proficiency in Figma or comparable tool including experience with component systems and prototyping.
Experience participating in (or interest in learning) user research and testing.
Ability to balance craft excellence with shipping velocity.
Collaborative mindset and eagerness to learn from senior team members.
Experience working directly with developers and working to balance design goals with technical constraints
Experience with complex B2B or technical software applications is a plus.
Interest in helping to establish design as a discipline and department within a growing company
