Communications Associate, Airbnb
US Policy
$88-103k
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
Job no longer available
Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$88-103k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree
- 3+ years of relevant experience in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, including supporting a team in a communications and administrative capacity
- Ability to exercise strong judgment and maintain confidentiality
- Strong process-oriented skills and passion for learning, improving, and sharing best practices
- Excellent communication and writing skills
- Acute attention to detail and follow through, and strong organizational skills
- Knowledge and expertise in building and executing organic campaigns and strategies that drive favorable press and social buzz
- Proactive self-starter with a proven track record of taking initiative
- Positive attitude, enthusiasm and ability to keep a level head in even the most stressful situations
- Personal integrity that reflects Airbnb’s core values and commitment to diversity and belonging
What the job involves
- Airbnb is seeking a Communications Associate to support the U.S. Policy Communications Team and tell the Airbnb story across the country. You will work alongside a cross-functional team from public policy, legal, trust and safety, and more to showcase the benefits of sharing your home and traveling on Airbnb
- You must be comfortable writing, organizing, and supporting communications campaigns with high-reach and visibility. You will be adept at time management, developing processes, working with journalists, liaising with cross-functional teams, organizing media inquiries and gathering stories from within our host community
- The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, curious, engaged, proactive, organized and solutions-oriented
- Support Regional Communications Managers in proactive policy communications strategy and reactive responses to news and local impacts to the business
- Produce and maintain the proactive U.S. policy communications narrative
- Develop internal and external written materials: story pitches, op-eds, messaging guidelines, Q&As, briefs, presentations, talking points, etc
- Serve as connective tissue between regional U.S. comms leads
- Provide organizational support to the U.S. policy communications team
- Identify opportunities to partner with Airbnb’s public policy team regarding new community policies that protect the business and strengthen the company’s reputation
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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