Staff Art Director

Shape the future of how we connect with the people who power real estate. At Realtor.com® , we’re building the best open marketplace in real estate—by and for the industry. We help millions of Americans find their way home while championing the agents, brokers, and builders who make it possible.

We’re looking for a Staff Art Director to lead the design vision for our Client / Pro / B2B business. This is a role for a concept-driven, system-minded creative leader who can turn complex value propositions into bold, clear, and inspiring design across digital platforms and live events. Your work won’t just live in slides—it will be on the biggest stages in real estate, seen by thousands of agents, brokers, and industry leaders, shaping how Realtor.com® is perceived as a category leader. This is a career-defining opportunity to help redefine what B2B creative looks like in real estate while building your own profile as a leader in a high-visibility, high-impact role. You’ll join a growing team of 7 designers and 3 copywriters, and play a pivotal role in shaping campaigns, experiences, and activations that help professionals succeed—and make Realtor.com® the #1 partner for the real estate industry.

What You’ll Do

Lead with vision:

• Conceive and direct campaign ideas that inspire and perform—across web, email, paid media, and event stages.
• Lead at a strategic level — partner with marketing & product teams to align creative direction with business objectives, ensuring B2B campaigns drive expected business impact.
• Optimize systems at scale — recommend creative workflow refinements that ensure delivery against timelines and brand standards, enabling the team to scale quality efficiently.
• Shape the design systems, workflows, and templates that scale quality across the team.
• Translate complex industry stories into bold, clear, and intuitive creative that builds trust and drives action.

Drive business impact:

• Own the look and feel of Realtor.com®’s most important B2B campaigns, launches, and events.
• Partner with Marketing, Product, and Sales to create experiences that attract, engage, and retain agents, brokers, and builders.
• Lead the creative development of event activations—booths, keynote content, stage design, and digital extensions that set us apart on the industry’s biggest stages.

Mentor and elevate:

• Raise the bar for design across a 10-person creative team by modeling ambition, craft, and curiosity.
• Provide clear, constructive feedback that sharpens concepts and execution.
• Help others grow by sharing processes, systems, and standards that make great work repeatable.

Champion our values:

• Embrace ownership—delivering quality, speed, and clarity of communication.
• Push for innovation—testing new formats and approaches in digital and event design.
• Build partnerships across teams—energizing collaborators and driving better outcomes together.

How We Work:

We balance creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration. For most roles, our employees work three or more days in our offices, where they have the opportunity to collaborate in-person, adding richness to our culture and knitting us closer together.

What You’ll Bring:

• 8–10 years of experience in design, art direction, or branding (agency and/or in-house).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• A portfolio that showcases campaign leadership and B2B design work across digital and event platforms.
• At least 2 years in a lead or mentorship role guiding other designers.
• Ability to tie creative decisions to measurable business growth.
• Confidence in presenting to executive audiences, cross-functional partners, and industry stakeholders.
• Mastery of design craft—typography, layout, brand systems, and visual storytelling.
• Proven experience creating and managing workflows, documentation, and scalable systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to turn complexity into clarity.
• Expertise in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (bonus: event design, experiential, or motion).

Bonus points if:

• Experience designing event activations, trade show booths, or stage content (B2B industry events a plus).
• Familiarity with demand-generation campaigns and CRM-driven creative.

What Success Looks Like

• You set the design vision for Realtor.com®’s Pro/Client campaigns and activations.
• Your work drives measurable growth in leads, trust, and loyalty among agents, brokers, and builders.
• You drive brand differentiation - making Realtor.com the most trusted partner in the category. 
• You deliver event experiences that stand out at the most important industry gatherings.
• You elevate the culture of the creative team by setting high standards and mentoring others.
• You help make Realtor.com® one of the most trusted, distinctive, and ambitious brands in real estate.

Why now?

Realtor.com® is in the middle of its boldest creative era yet—with new leadership, a thriving Austin HQ, and a clear mission: help more Americans find their way home. We’ve launched national campaigns with Reba McEntire, rebuilt our in-house team with talent from Tesla, YETI, and USAA, and partnered with GSD&M to push work further, faster.

Now we’re doubling down on Client / B2B creative—from high-impact campaigns and launches like RealPRO and Morpheus, to industry-defining activations at NAR Next and Thrive. This role is about leading the design expression of that work—across digital, events, and everything in between.

How we Reward you:

Realtor.com® is committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits programs include, but are not limited to:

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
• Family forming benefits
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Time Off
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location