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Join a team that's making a tangible difference. We're seeking a Lead Production Designer! An immediate start is available for this Remote-based position, which places you at the center of innovation. This position requires a strong and diverse skillset in relevant areas to drive success. We offer a competitive compensation package, with a salary of a competitive salary. Â Â Role overview Application
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
The Community You Will Join:
Airbnb's Design team is looking for a Lead Production Designer to enhance production practices and processes across design. As a design leader they will be instrumental in refining our design systems and ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality and efficiency while delivering on product vision.
The Difference You Will Make:
As a Lead Production Designer, you will play a key role in partnering with Airbnb's design teams to deliver exceptional experiences for both Hosts and Guests. You will be responsible for refining production practices, managing... and supporting our design systems and documentation, creating detailed specs, redlining work from design partners, working with engineers to ensure parity between design and engineering, making sure that every detail meets the highest standards of quality, accessibility and globalization.
You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, contributing to the delivery of polished designs that are core to the Airbnb experience.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned Production Designer who has a deep understanding of creating detailed production specifications, redlining complex designs and refining design systems for consumer-facing products. They should excel in vision setting, clear communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Success in this role will be measured by the quality, collaboration, consistency and precision of your work.
This role is a Lead Experience Designer and operates as an individual contributor (IC), reporting to a Senior Manager of Experience Design, DLS
A Typical Day:
 Leads medium to large scale projects
 Develop pixel perfect designs for product implementation
 Design for different platforms including iOS, Android, web and mobile web
 Create, maintain, and distribute easy to use templates for reusable, systematic design
 Produce clear design specs/redlines referencing our design language system (DLS)
 QA work to ensure designs and creative assets are rendered appropriately in product
 Partner with engineers to ensure there is design parity that is design system compliant and on brand
 Document design processes and workflows
 Assist with the creation of documentation and documentation maintenance
 Partner daily with cross functional partners including product, engineering, research and QA
 Contribute new components and icon designs to our Design Language System (DLS) ensuring that they are both complaint to DLS and Accessibility
Your Experience:
 8 + years of Production Design experience in a product and/or marketing setting
 You are enthusiastic about details - a pixel perfectionist!
 Expert creative and technical problem solver with a fanatical attention to detail
 Experience with asset optimization for various platforms and mediums
 Experience creating, maintaining and working on design systems, tokens and variables
 Mastery of Figma including components, shared libraries and branching
 Self directed, solution oriented and ability to work autonomously
 Proven cross functional skills and experience in stakeholder management
 Proficiency in the following design tools: Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator
Additional Knowledge and Skills:
 A demonstrated ability with automation
 Proficiency in visual design - iconography, user interfaces
 Familiarity with JIRA, GitHub and other agile management tools
 Familiarity with prototyping tools (ie Principle, Invision, Framer)
 Strong understanding of accessibility and globalization best practices
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: 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.
How We'll Take Care of You:
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
Pay Range
$174,000 - $209,000 USD Apply Job! Take the Next StepAre you ready for this challenge? Apply now and let's discuss how you can become a vital part of our success story.
Apply Now
Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe. Every day, Hosts offer unique stays and experiences that make it possible for guests to connect with communities in a more authentic way.
The Community You Will Join:
Airbnb's Design team is looking for a Lead Production Designer to enhance production practices and processes across design. As a design leader they will be instrumental in refining our design systems and ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality and efficiency while delivering on product vision.
The Difference You Will Make:
As a Lead Production Designer, you will play a key role in partnering with Airbnb's design teams to deliver exceptional experiences for both Hosts and Guests. You will be responsible for refining production practices, managing... and supporting our design systems and documentation, creating detailed specs, redlining work from design partners, working with engineers to ensure parity between design and engineering, making sure that every detail meets the highest standards of quality, accessibility and globalization.
You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, contributing to the delivery of polished designs that are core to the Airbnb experience.
The ideal candidate is a seasoned Production Designer who has a deep understanding of creating detailed production specifications, redlining complex designs and refining design systems for consumer-facing products. They should excel in vision setting, clear communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Success in this role will be measured by the quality, collaboration, consistency and precision of your work.
This role is a Lead Experience Designer and operates as an individual contributor (IC), reporting to a Senior Manager of Experience Design, DLS
A Typical Day:
 Leads medium to large scale projects
 Develop pixel perfect designs for product implementation
 Design for different platforms including iOS, Android, web and mobile web
 Create, maintain, and distribute easy to use templates for reusable, systematic design
 Produce clear design specs/redlines referencing our design language system (DLS)
 QA work to ensure designs and creative assets are rendered appropriately in product
 Partner with engineers to ensure there is design parity that is design system compliant and on brand
 Document design processes and workflows
 Assist with the creation of documentation and documentation maintenance
 Partner daily with cross functional partners including product, engineering, research and QA
 Contribute new components and icon designs to our Design Language System (DLS) ensuring that they are both complaint to DLS and Accessibility
Your Experience:
 8 + years of Production Design experience in a product and/or marketing setting
 You are enthusiastic about details - a pixel perfectionist!
 Expert creative and technical problem solver with a fanatical attention to detail
 Experience with asset optimization for various platforms and mediums
 Experience creating, maintaining and working on design systems, tokens and variables
 Mastery of Figma including components, shared libraries and branching
 Self directed, solution oriented and ability to work autonomously
 Proven cross functional skills and experience in stakeholder management
 Proficiency in the following design tools: Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator
Additional Knowledge and Skills:
 A demonstrated ability with automation
 Proficiency in visual design - iconography, user interfaces
 Familiarity with JIRA, GitHub and other agile management tools
 Familiarity with prototyping tools (ie Principle, Invision, Framer)
 Strong understanding of accessibility and globalization best practices
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: 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.
How We'll Take Care of You:
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, benefits, and Employee Travel Credits.
Pay Range
$174,000 - $209,000 USD Apply Job! Take the Next StepAre you ready for this challenge? Apply now and let's discuss how you can become a vital part of our success story.
Apply Now