Experience Designer, Airbnb for Real Estate

The community you will join

The Airbnb for Real Estate Team focuses on building products and services for the world of apartment buildings - a significant growth opportunity for Airbnb . We design tools for building owners and operators to help them enable and monitor Airbnb stays. We help onboard apartment listings into the Airbnb marketplace. And, we help connect renters with Airbnb-friendly buildings. We are a small but agile team within the Airbnb community. 

We are looking for an experience designer to join our team. You will work within our product organization with product management and engineering colleagues. You’ll work alongside other experience designers and report to our team’s head of design. 

The difference you will make

As an experience designer, you will lead design across different areas of our product suite. Working closely with cross-functional partners, you will help envision new tools, services, and product features. Your work may focus on building managers who depend on our products to manage and monitor Airbnb activity in their properties. You may also focus on customers who use our marketplace to find a new place to live. As part of our team, your goal will be to make it easy to host in apartment buildings. 

A typical day

• Lead UX initiatives - identify, define and shape product improvements across desktop and mobile surfaces
• Design iteratively - from conceptual design to detailed design, presenting work, and hosting regular reviews with product colleagues
• Lead design research initiatives to understand user needs, identify opportunities, evaluate concepts, and test usability
• Work closely with product management, data science, marketing, and sales to define business opportunities and product strategy
• Work closely with engineering to determine feasibility and ensure design fidelity
• Regularly analyze UX patterns and themes in other products, to help inspire design

Your expertise

• 5+ years experience as a digital product designer - in-house or agency
• Experience designing digital/software products from concept to market launch
• Experience launching MVP solutions quickly, evaluating user data, and iterating through design improvements
• Experience working in a collaborative, team environment
• Process driven, with a reliable and consistent approach, plus the ability to set clear expectations with stakeholders
• Excellent time management skills, communication skills, and attention to detail
• Expert skill in design software (Figma preferred)
• Experience with product/project management software (Asana preferred)
• Knowledge of software development and web technologies

Your Location:

This position is US - Remote Eligible. The role may include occasional work at an Airbnb office or attendance at offsites, 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: [email protected]. 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.