For: CoStar Group
Year: 2024
Tools: Figma (component system and design), Aninix (animation plugin for Figma)
Figma files available upon request.

My Role

UX, Animation

Contributors

Andre Williams - UI

James Minior - Product Manager

Claire Wang - Analytics, ChatGPT Subject Matter Expert

Project

I worked on a new feature for our listing software that incorporated emerging AI generation capabilities to our listing description entry form.

Challenges

Analytics told us that descriptions were often one of the more challenging aspects for landlords who used our tools to list their properties. Incorporating AI can simplify this process and value to our product as well as an additional competitive edge.

One of the biggest challenges of the project was balancing technical possibilities with the need to protect our assets from machine learning algorithms and keep our costs as low as possible. This required us to balance the scope of our work with the need to create a useful and polished end product. 

Work

Going into the project, I had limited knowledge of ChatGPT, so collaborating with a team of product managers, developers, and AI experts meant that we all brought key capabilities to the work. As the lead designer on the project, I designed both the AI feature as well as the backend pages that allowed developers to adjust the prompt algorithm. I also created a custom loading animation using Aninix, an animation plugin for Figma. It was exported as a JSON file and implemented using Lottie.

I'm proud of the work we did, creating a usable AI function while protecting our assets and keeping costs low.