- Company: Airbnb
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Job type: Full-time
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About the role
Join Airbnb’s design team in London as a Senior Staff Experience Designer. You will play a key role in shaping how Airbnb’s products appear in markets across EMEA, Latin America, and APAC. This individual contributor position reports to a Manager or Director of Experience Design. Your goal is to ensure global products feel truly local by adapting core experiences to regional needs while feeding insights back into the broader product strategy.
Responsibilities
- Shape the evolution of the Airbnb platform, ensuring consistency with brand and product architecture.
- Partner with Product Managers, Engineers, Researchers, and Writers to define problems, map user flows, and launch new services.
- Influence leadership decisions by providing a clear point of view and solving complex problems autonomously.
- Provide indirect leadership and mentorship to a team of designers, acting as the de facto creative director for innovative projects.
- Build strong relationships with leaders inside and outside core product teams.
- Scope project work in partnership with PMs and engineers, helping define the design process and timeline.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and progressive experience.
- 12+ years of experience as a Designer or Design Leader.
- Excellent visual and interaction design skills and craft.
- Ability to define design direction and lead others through the process.
- Demonstrated ability to help teams navigate ambiguity and set strategy for global products.
- Systems-thinking capability, including designing for offline experiences.
- Strong storytelling, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience designing platforms and systems, including 0 to 1 projects or major redesigns.
Pay and benefits
Specific salary details are not listed in the job advertisement. Airbnb is committed to inclusion and belonging, encouraging applications from diverse talent pools. They provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities during the recruitment process.
How to apply
Apply directly on Airbnb’s own careers website. Omadaily never charges job seekers.
