Anywhere Real Estate
Anywhere Real Estate is hiring: Art Director, Product Design Systems - US Based
Anywhere Real Estate, Houston, TX, US, 77246
Art Director, Product Design Systems
Role Summary
The Anywhere UX team is scaling quickly, and we’re looking for an Art Director, Product Design Systems to define and elevate the visual language of our digital products . In this role, you’ll guide the evolution of our design system ( Bespoke ) and set the creative standard for how our products look, feel, and connect with users.
You’ll lead the principles, assets, and system foundations that shape our UI — from typography, color, and layout to illustrations, iconography, and imagery. You’ll collaborate closely with design, engineering, and brand partners to balance cohesion and differentiation across our ecosystem, ensuring that our products are not only consistent, but compelling.
This is a hands-on leadership role for a designer who thrives at the intersection of craft, systems thinking, and cross-functional influence .
What you’ll do
Set the visual quality bar across our product ecosystem, ensuring UI is polished, purposeful, and connected to our design language.
Evolve Bespoke, our design system , to enable high-quality art direction and scalable UI foundations.
Lead the creation and refinement of visual assets including illustrations, iconography, color, and imagery within product UI.
Partner with Brand Studio to align product design with company brand expression, while maintaining a unified product experience.
Mentor and inspire designers , raising the bar for craft, collaboration, and system thinking.
Shape governance models that drive adoption and maintain high execution quality without slowing delivery.
Advocate with cross-functional leaders on the impact of visual/UI design on usability, accessibility, and brand perception.
Support strategic storytelling by designing clear, compelling presentations and visuals for team-wide and cross-functional communications.
Experiment with emerging tools and technologies (including AI) to accelerate asset creation, documentation, and system management.
What you bring
8–12 years of experience in visual/UI design, art direction, or design systems in a product environment.
3–5+ years in a senior/lead role with experience mentoring or managing designers, strongly preferred.
A portfolio demonstrating visual design leadership in digital products (UI, systems, creative direction).
Expertise in typography, color, iconography, and visual design systems.
Experience balancing brand alignment with product-specific differentiation .
Proficiency with Figma and shared asset libraries.
Familiarity with documentation tools (Zeroheight, Storybook) and collaboration platforms (Jira, Confluence, GitHub).
Strong communication and storytelling skills; ability to influence partners and executives.
Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (http://www.anywhere.re/) (NYSE: HOUS) is moving real estate to what's next. Home to some of the most recognized brands in real estateBetter Homes and Gardens Real Estate (https://www.bhgre.com/) ,Century 21 (https://www.century21.com/) ,Coldwell Banker (https://www.coldwellbanker.com/) ,Coldwell Banker Commercial (https://www.cbcworldwide.com/) ,Corcoran (https://www.corcoran.com/) ,ERA (https://www.era.com/) , andSotheby's International Realty (https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng) , we fulfill our purpose to empower everyone's next move through our leading integrated services, which include franchise, brokerage, relocation, and title and settlement businesses, as well as mortgage and title insurance underwriter minority owned joint ventures. Anywhere supports nearly 1 million home sale transactions annually and our portfolio of industry-leading brands turns houses into homes in more than 118 countries and territories across the world.
At Anywhere, we are empowering everyone’s next move – your career included. What differentiates us is our scale, expertise, network, and unique business model that positions us as a trusted advisor throughout every stage of the real estate transaction. We pursue talent – strategic thinkers who are eager to always find a better way, relentlessly focus on talent, obsess about growth, and achieve exceptional results. We value our people-first culture, which thrives on empowerment, innovation, and cross-company collaboration as we keep moving the world forward, together. Read more about our company culture and values in our annual Impact Report (https://anywhere.re/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2024-Impact-Report.pdf) .
We are proud of our award-winning culture and are consistently recognized as an employer of choice by various organizations including:
Great Place to Work
Forbes World's Best Employers
Newsweek World's Most Trustworthy Companies
Ethisphere World's Most Ethical Companies
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In Summary: Art Director, Product Design Systems is responsible for defining and elevating the visual language of our digital products . This is a hands-on leadership role for a designer who thrives at the intersection of craft, systems thinking, and cross-functional influence . You’ll lead the principles, assets, and system foundations that shape our UI .
En Español: Art Director, Product Design Systems Role Sumario El equipo de Anywhere UX se está expandiendo rápidamente y estamos buscando un director artístico, product design systems para definir y elevar el lenguaje visual de nuestros productos digitales . En este papel, guiará la evolución de nuestro sistema de diseño (Bespoke) y establecerá los estándares creativos para cómo nos vemos, sentimos y conectamos con los usuarios. Dirigirá los principios, activos y fundamentos del sistema que dan forma a nuestra UI desde tipografía, color y disposición hasta ilustraciones, iconografía e imágenes. Colaborará estrechamente con socios en diseño, ingeniería y marca para lograr cohesión y diferenciación en todo nuestro ecosistema, asegurando que nuestros productos sean no solo consistentes sino convincentes. Este es un rol exclusivo para un diseñador que desarrolla las manos puestas en la intersección de sistemas de producto, diseño de imagen y diseño gráfico, así como crear una visión de calidad entre sus propias marcas. Formar modelos de gobernanza que impulsen la adopción y mantengan una alta calidad de ejecución sin ralentizar la entrega. Abogar con líderes interfuncionales sobre el impacto del diseño visual/UI en usabilidad, accesibilidad y percepción de marca. Apoyar la narración estratégica diseñando presentaciones y visualizaciones claras y convincentes para las comunicaciones entre equipos y funciones transversales. Experimentar con herramientas y tecnologías emergentes (incluyendo IA) para acelerar la creación de activos, documentación y gestión del sistema. Lo que trae 812 años de experiencia en diseño visual / UI, dirección artística o sistemas de diseño en un entorno. 35+ años en un papel líder con ingenieros expertos mentores o administradores, muy preferido. Una cartera que demuestre habilidades de liderazgo en productos digitales (UI, sistemas creativos). Hogar de algunas de las marcas más reconocidas en bienes raícesBetter Homes and Gardens Real Estate (https://www.bhgre.com/) ,Sotheby's International Realty,Coldwell Banker (http:// www.coldwellbanker.com /),Coldweller Banker Commercial,Corcoran,ERA y Sotheby's International REALTY, cumplimos nuestro propósito de potenciar la próxima carrera de todos a través de servicios integrados, que incluyen resultados integrales, titulares, reubicación y crecimiento, así como asesores especializados en infraestructura hipotecaria e inmobiliaria que se centran cada año en nuestra empresa, nuestros negocios, nuestras empresas y compañías están trabajando juntos para lograr un mayor valor estratégico en todas partes del mundo. Leer más sobre la cultura y los valores de nuestra empresa en nuestro Informe Anual de Impacto (https://anywhere.re/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2024-Impact-Report.pdf) .