No global movement springs from individuals. It takes an entire team united behind something big. Together, we work hard, we laugh a lot, we brainstorm nonstop, we use hundreds of Post-Its and we give the best high-fives in town.

Airbnb is looking for a talented Project Coordinator and Production Designer hybrid  to help us build the future of travel. As a Coordinator, you partner closely with the SF-based Design Operations team to ensure smooth coordination and project flow. You make sure the work is clearly specified, in-sync with the global Design team, and delivered on-time. You are also eager to get your hands dirty, jumping into projects to lend your design expertise. You are ready to grow your skills within a world class team of designers. You love details and pixel-perfection.  

Responsibilities:

• Manage intake of work and coordination with the broad Design Operations team
• Serve as the point-of-contact for tracking and status on projects and initiatives, blockers, risks and dependencies
• Provide up to date visibility into current projects, team utilization, project health and priorities
• Own and maintain resourcing and project status in Airtable
• Collaborate with Studio Design Operations Lead with resourcing and team allocation
• Manage deliverables in an accurate and timely fashion
• Communicate with stakeholders both inside and outside of Design as necessary
• Manage timelines and tasks for local staff to ensure work quality and efficiency
• Create and maintain comprehensive visual audits of our products and flows.
• Maintain and improve our extensive library of Figma components
• Develop and maintain parallel libraries to enable Airbnb’s Design Language System (DLS) in other design software (e.g. Principle, Origami)
• Write, update, and maintain the library of documentation associated with DLS
• QA work to ensure designs and creative assets are rendered appropriately in product
• Partner closely with cross functional partners including product, engineering, research, content and QA

Requirements:

• You are enthusiastic about details - a pixel perfectionist!
• 5+ years of Design experience in a product and/or marketing setting
• Proven ability to manage workflows, project plans and ship high quality design
• Communicative, organized, and achieve consistent results
• Experience with asset optimization for various platforms and mediums
• Great communication skills, written and verbal, with a diverse group of stakeholders
• Proven cross functional skills and experience in stakeholder management
• Experience and familiarity with design systems and/or brand style guides
• Self directed, solution oriented and ability to work autonomously
• Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environment
• Demonstrated ability documenting and sharing processes 
• Proficiency in the following design tools: Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator 

Bonus Skills:

• Proficiency in visual design - iconography, UI, logos, layout
• An intermediate comprehension of HTML, CSS, and JS standards 
• Familiarity with JIRA, GitHub and other agile management tools
• Familiarity with prototyping tools (ie Principle, Invision, Framer)
• BFA/MFA or equivalent industry experience