Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.

The Community You Will Join:

You will partner with supporting disciplines such as writers, researchers, product specialists, and engineers to build beautiful, usable, forward-looking products that empower people. Our design charter is to help foster an emotional connection with our community, keeping usability and accessibility as our prime virtues. We do our best to practice inclusive design at every turn, spanning both the online and offline experiences we create for our community.

The Difference You Will Make:

With expertise in systems, interaction, and prototyping, you excel at simplifying complex problems into user-friendly and scalable solutions. You know how to craft compelling visions that address user needs and business challenges, as well as persuade cross-functional stakeholders to embrace these ideas. You have a proven track record of delivering high-quality designs — and even driving work across a team of designers, writers, and researchers. From conceptualization to implementation, you can effectively collaborate with a wide set of cross-functional partners. You proactively stay updated on emerging technologies, such as generative AI, to drive innovation. 

This role is a Staff Experience Designer and operates as an individual contributor (IC),  reporting to a Senior Manager of Experience Design.

A Typical Day: 

• Drive a compelling vision and strategy for a complex domain area. Effectively persuade a wide audience of cross-functional stakeholders through well-crafted visual storytelling. 
• Lead multiple initiatives from inception to launch, including overseeing the quality of other designers’ work in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.
• Deliver high-quality designs and prototypes that balance user needs with business objectives and technical requirements. 
• Actively contribute to our design language system, including conversational design patterns.

Your Expertise:

• 10+ years of hands-on product design experience, and 2+ years experience leading projects and/or initiatives.
• Domain experience designing for complex domain areas, such as multi-sided marketplaces. Past experience with messaging is appreciated, but not required.
• Proficiency across UX thinking and systems design, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping. 
• Track record of designing and shipping high-quality products and user experiences across multiple platforms (e.g. Web, Mobile Web, Android, iOS) for complex domain areas. 
• Effectiveness in working collaboratively on platform teams.
• Excellent communication skills, especially communicating complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and levels of the organization.

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at off-sites, as agreed to with your manager. While the position is Remote Eligible, you must live in a state where Airbnb, Inc. has a registered entity. Click here for the up-to-date list of excluded states. This list is continuously evolving, so please check back with us if the state you live in is on the exclusion list.

If your position is employed by another Airbnb entity, your recruiter will inform you what states you are eligible to work from.

Our Commitment To Inclusion & Belonging:

Airbnb is committed to working with the broadest talent pool possible. We believe diverse ideas foster innovation and engagement, and allow us to attract creatively-led people, and to develop the best products, services and solutions. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

We strive to also provide a disability inclusive application and interview process. If you are a candidate with a disability and require reasonable accommodation in order to submit an application, please contact us at: reasonableaccommodations@airbnb.com. Please include your full name, the role you’re applying for and the accommodation necessary to assist you with the recruiting process. 

We ask that you only reach out to us if you are a candidate whose disability prevents you from being able to complete our online application.

How We'll Take Care of You:

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.