Host Communications Strategy Lead

Airbnb Airbnb · Consumer · United States · Community

This role is for a Host Communications Strategy Lead at Airbnb, focusing on developing and executing communication plans for new features, products, and community updates. It requires a blend of strategic communications, marketing, and experience collaborating with technical and creative teams. The role involves defining engagement goals, developing campaigns, drafting messaging, and reporting on key metrics. While AI is mentioned as a tool, the core function is product marketing and communications, not AI development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own positioning and launch communications plans for new features, products and corporate/community updates.
  2. Establish engagement and business goals for key announcements and campaigns. Work with analysts and data scientists to develop KPI and measurement frameworks.
  3. Develop campaigns, draft messaging frameworks and positioning decks, and oversee communications execution (including writing, creative, etc).
  4. Identify key audiences and segments to focus on, and build plans that support these goals.
  5. Work in partnership with owned one-way and two-way channel owners (Community Center, Resource Center, social, CX, email) to define editorial approach and messaging, then manage campaign-related feedback to the business to inform decision making

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years experience in marketing or communications, at a world class tech company or startup.
  • Best-in-class verbal and written communicator.
  • Strong writing background and editorial acumen.
  • Ability to translate complicated product features and complex community policies into clear, compelling narratives.
  • Ability to lead and drive initiatives across a matrixed organization, solve problems and influence cross-functional teams.
  • Experience managing through cross functional teams.
  • Versed in product strategy, design and development principles and processes.
  • Managed creative agencies and led creative production.
  • Conducted, synthesized and applied user insights, research and testing to marketing strategy.

Nice to have

  • Experience in platform or community-driven businesses is a plus.
  • Passion for Airbnb.
  • Airbnb hosts are preferred.

What the JD emphasized

  • Best-in-class verbal and written communicator. Strong writing background and editorial acumen a must.
  • Ability to translate complicated product features and complex community policies (reviews, fees, cancellation policies) into clear, compelling narratives