Creative Lead, Design

Summary

Join Airbnb's Marcom team as a Creative Lead and ensure creative excellence for the Interactive team. Partner with product directors, marketing leads, and stakeholders to develop creative solutions from concept to execution. Leverage your design expertise and understanding of design systems, brand design, and UI/UX to enhance creative ideas. Translate business and marketing objectives into impactful campaigns across various initiatives and mediums. Champion design and visual storytelling, collaborating with various departments and external agencies. Be a guardian of Airbnb's values of inclusivity, diversity, and acceptance.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience overall within a creative agency or in-house at a leading brand
• A diverse portfolio of interactive and innovative communications work
• A passion for the craft of their discipline, and for being hands-on with teams and the work
• Strong presentation skills, with an ability to convey complex concepts in compellingly simple terms
• Skilled in multitasking to manage a high volume of creativity and content
• A willingness to collaborate and debate with strong creative thinkers, at all levels, in all corners of the company—from junior creatives to business leads to the CEO
• Strategic + Systems based thinking – your work is built upon insights and systems, not simply creative whims
• A CURRENT PORTFOLIO OF WORK IS REQUIRED FOR EACH APPLICANT

Responsibilities

• Hands-on execution of world-class communications—from strategy and concept to point and pixel perfect artwork
• Reviewing, providing constructive feedback to peers and more junior team members across multiple disciplines: visual design, copywriting, art direction, motion graphics and interactive
• Champion the craft of design and visual storytelling, and help elevate them throughout the department’s output
• Partner with Brand and Campaign Creative to ensure the brand’s creative direction and voice is consistent across all touchpoints
• Collaborate with various departments, producers, program managers, photographers and illustrators to achieve the finished product on time and on budget
• Support external creative and production agencies to execute work that is of the highest quality and consistency
• Champion Airbnb’s mission of connection and belonging at every step. Be a guardian for Airbnb’s values of inclusivity, diversity, and acceptance

Benefits

This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits