Principal Graphic Designer

Job Description

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.

is reimagining the home search experience for consumers and agents alike. A CoStar Group company with 30+ years’ experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces, we pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With  we’re building a brand that is redefining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of home buying within a tried-and true, award-winning company.

is hiring a digital-focused Graphic Designer to support the SEM/SEO Performance Marketing team, animation design, and presentation decks. You will design high-performing display ads, paid social campaigns, email/CRM assets, responsive landing page experiences, animated graphics, and presentation decks. The right candidate combines strong visual craft with performance-oriented thinking, rapid experimentation, and a data-informed approach to creative. You thrive on analyzing performance metrics, optimizing creative output, and scaling successful campaigns.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-moving, experiment-driven environment where the impact of your work is visible and valued.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and is in office Monday through Friday.

• Concept, design, and deliver creative for paid search, paid social, native and programmatic display ads, CRM/email campaigns, and direct-response creative.
• Develop creative variations and testing frameworks to support rapid A/B experimentation based on performance data and insights.
• Produce motion assets (short-form video / GIFs/ HTML) for social and programmatic placements.
• Build and maintain creative templates and platform-specific spec guidelines for rapid iteration.
• Ensure all assets meet technical requirements, brand standards, and accessibility fundamentals (e.g., alt text, legible type sizes on small ad units).
• Partner with creative lead, marketing stakeholders, and channel specialists to deliver beautiful, functional, conversion-focused creative.
• Present concepts, executions, and rationale clearly, and execute final production, variation builds, and resizing.
• Work in partnership with multiple advertising vendors such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Taboola to assess their supported ad formats and develop innovative creative units that optimize ad delivery.
• Monitor creative performance across channels and proactively optimize assets based on data-driven insights.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit, in person, University or College
• 7+ years of experience designing performance marketing, growth, or direct response advertising (in-house or agency).
• Strong visual design fundamentals: typography, composition, hierarchy.
• Demonstrated ability to translate a KPI or performance insight into a new creative execution.
• Hands‑on experience building assets to platform technical specs (Google Ads, Meta, DV360, programmatic, email platforms) and building responsive landing pages.
• Fluent in Adobe…