Creative Director, Airbnb
Growth Design
$208-260k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$208-260k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- It requires a great creative and strategic mind paired with equal parts humility and empathy
- You are a standout designer and storyteller who can see the bigger picture
- Before sitting down to design, you think about first principles—what problem are we solving, why will people care, how can it scale
- You understand the nuances, power and principles of design deeply
- You have a strong track record of partnering closely with Growth Marketing professionals, and overseeing all aspects of the creative process from start to finish
- You can communicate effectively with direct reports, fellow team members, and cross-functional partners
- You think strategically and can help build high-level product narratives, translating them into inspiring and successful creative solutions
- You are a learner not merely a “knower.” You have mentored numerous teams to brilliance and have an enviable portfolio that demonstrates success at driving business impact, particularly lifestyle brands
- 12+ years experience overall, and 5+ years of experience within a creative agency or in-house at a leading brand
- An outstanding and diverse portfolio of innovative digital work with a proven record of business impact
- Experience leveraging emerging technology to solve design problems at scale
- Excellent management skills. Experience inspiring creative teams with a strong vision and empowering individuals to achieve their best work
- Experience collaborating closely with Growth Marketing teams. Ability to translate market research, data, and strategy to creative solutions
- Deep experience working toward solutions across performance Marketing media
- Flexible and dependable
- Incredible organization, communication, prioritization, and decision-making skills
- Empathy for the customer, and empathy for individuals on the creative team
- Passionate about Airbnb’s mission and purpose
- A CURRENT PORTFOLIO OF WORK IS REQUIRED FOR EACH APPLICANT
What the job involves
- Airbnb is looking for a visionary Creative Director, Design to join the Marcom Creative Team
- Spanning design, copywriting, interactive, photography, film, and events, this internal team stewards the Airbnb brand and creates a wide range of highly visible work to inspire our rapidly growing guest and host communities
- The Creative Director, Growth Design will report to the Group Creative Director
- This key role will help steer performance marketing, lifecycle marketing for guests and hosts while sustaining a supportive creative culture that inspires teammates to produce ever better creative
- You'll be entrusted with the Airbnb brand and expected to push it forward
- You will be helping to build a challenging, enriching, respectful, and fun environment for a team of talented creatives
- These are important shoes, and we're excited to fill them
- Inspire, generate, and refine big ideas that are strategically-informed, channel agnostic, and deeply integrated between all touch-points and product experiences
- Champion the craft of design and help elevate them throughout the department’s output
- Partner with leaders across the company to ensure the brand’s creative vision is consistent with broader company vision and initiatives
- Partner with external creative and production agencies to execute work that is of the highest quality and consistency
- Partner with Executive Producers, Program Managers, Marketers and Photo to match project needs with company priorities
- Partner with Engineering teams to build new capabilities to push the work forward
- Champion Airbnb’s mission of connection and belonging at every step. Be a guardian for Airbnb’s values of inclusivity, diversity, and acceptance
Our take
When Airbnb was originally founded, the product helped customers book air mattresses on people's apartment floors. Since then, Airbnb has had over a billion customers hosted through its platform. With more than 4 million registered hosts worldwide, it has grown into a major player in the hospitality sector.
Airbnb has been successful in disrupting the traditional holiday lettings sector. Before it existed accommodation was limited to hotels and bed and breakfasts, but Airbnb has mainstreamed the idea of renting out spare rooms or even entire homes. It has created a new sector of hosts purchasing properties to rent out on the platform and provides a level of flexibility and a range of offerings not previously possible for travelers.
Perhaps a victim of its own success, by 2022 supply of Airbnb-listed properties began to outstrip demand in some markets, as hosts overestimated the appetite for domestic travel. However, the company is still posting strong financials and has unveiled new tools to support its hosts in a tougher rental market. With a healthy bottom line and a huge user base, Airbnb is very likely to overcome the current market turbulence and continue its growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Apr 2020
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Mar 2017
$447.8m
SERIES F
Total funding: $3.8bn
Company benefits
- Paid volunteer time
- Health food and snacks
- Generous parental and family leave
- Learning and development
- Annual travel and experiences credit
Company HQ
Showplace Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Brian Chesky
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Industrial Designer, studying at Rhode Island School of Design.
Nathan Blecharczyk
(Co-Founder & CSO)Studied Computer Science at Harvard, and had around 4 years of professional Software Engineering experience before founding Airbnb, including interning at Microsoft.
Joe Gebbia
(Co-Founder)Also studied Industrial Design at Rhode Island, and previously founded various design-related startups
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