Legal Assistant, Airbnb
Product & Marketing
$65-77k
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
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Community marketplace for holiday accomodation
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$65-77k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a world where anyone can belong anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- Candidates with a strong interest in the law (and possibly going to law school), and gaining exposure to in-house legal work, are most likely to find this role fulfilling. Prior experience working at a law firm, in-house legal department or tech company is helpful but not required
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and adapt to rapidly shifting priorities
- Find new challenges exciting, and happy learning in situations where every day is different
- “No job is too big or too small” approach to work
- Proactive, resourceful self-starter with the ability to identify where support is needed, and work independently while exercising good judgment on when to seek guidance from managing attorneys and legal professionals
- Strong organizational skills and ability to efficiently prioritize and manage numerous projects simultaneously under deadline pressure, while maintaining excellent results and attention to detail
- Familiarity with Google Suite and/or ability to quickly learn and use new software tools
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written)
- Highly collaborative, team-oriented spirit
- High level of integrity, professionalism, curiosity and desire to grow
- Sense of humor, humility, and willingness to Embrace the Adventure!
What the job involves
- Airbnb’s Legal Department is a global team that will require working with diverse international colleagues around the world
- The successful candidate will be someone who is adaptable, collaborative and embodies Airbnb’s Core Values
- Candidates will be required to approach complex legal issues with a balance for local and global perspectives, while being adaptable to cultural differences and nuances
- A genuine and demonstrated interest in Airbnb and a commitment to ethics, integrity and fostering a workplace that emphasizes diversity and belonging is a must
- We are looking for a Legal Assistant to join our Product & Marketing Legal Team
- You will be responsible for creating and improving processes, maintaining records, conducting legal research, creating presentation decks, and communicating across the team
- You will build internal legal knowledge management and operational processes, supporting the legal team in driving operational excellence
- You will also support special projects and commercial contracts
- You are resourceful, a fast learner, able to handle ambiguity, willing to jump in and help with a variety of initiatives, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
- This role will report to the Associate General Counsel for Product / Airbnb.org, but will have responsibility for supporting various members across the Product & Marketing Legal Team, which counsels product, marketing, communications, community, Airbnb.org and other social impact, engineering, data science, operations, trust & safety, customer service, insurance and other internal client teams across the company
- Develop and improve processes to help drive operational efficiency, including processes for legal intake and review
- Improve and scale knowledge management systems, including maintenance of records, forms, and templates
- Support internal legal operations workflows and team collaboration for various legal areas
- Develop expertise in a range of Airbnb functional areas and processes, and build relationships with both business stakeholders and the broader Legal team
- Provide general project support to the team as needed, such as conducting legal research, managing standard regulatory filings, drafting simple commercial agreements and templates, helping manage budgets, developing presentation decks, etc
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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