Communications Lead, Dach

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**:
In order to build the world's most loved travel company, we need the world's most interesting and talented people. Are you one of them? If so, we want to talk to you

The communications team is responsible for telling the Airbnb story around the world. Whether we are briefing press on inspiring travel trends, highlighting unique experiences led by local hosts, or explaining how travel on our platform benefits local families and communities, we are the voice of Airbnb on a broad range of topics.

We're a fast-growing and high-energy team with a passion for people, places and great stories. If you'd like to be part of one of the world's greatest communications teams, come tell us your story.

Based in Berlin, the Communications Lead, DACH & CEE will be responsible for the overarching communications strategy across Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Central Eastern Europe (focus: Czechia, Poland, Hungary). Reporting into the EMEA Head of Communications, the role will lead the DACH & CEE communications team, driving communications initiatives that support our corporate, policy and consumer-related goals in the region. The role will ensure that communications activities support the needs of the regional business, as well as being in line with global priorities.

You must be comfortable working in a global company across multiple stakeholders, building effective communications plans across all comms functions, corporate, consumer and policy and you must be adept at managing a highly talented and driven team of comms professionals. We're looking for a passionate, articulate and savvy communicator who can work under pressure within tight deadlines.

**A typical day**:

- Leads the DACH & CEE Communications Team, setting a Communications strategy and plan that aligns with the global and regional strategy
- Oversees the development and execution of market plans supporting Corporate Communications, Policy Communications, Editorial Communications and Consumer Communications
- Takes global and regional strategies and priorities and turns them into communications plans that meet local business needs
- Provides Communications strategic advice and counsel to the DACH & CEE leadership team
- Drives high standards in work across the market and ensures results are measurable
- Motivates and leads the team to originate creative communications approaches
- Responsible for ensuring effective cross-functional collaboration with other departments and within the overall policy & communications department
- Responsible for maintaining a clear organizational structure for the comms team and overall team performance

**Your expertise**:

- Bachelor's Degree
- Corporate and / or policy comms experience, either working in a communications agency or in-house
- Fluent German and English is mandatory
- Excellent writing and strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in media relations with an established media network
- A strong and effective people manager with a proven ability to lead and develop teams effectively
- Forward thinking, innovative and creative - proactively shares perspectives at all levels of the organization
- Ability to inspire and motivate team members to deliver major press moments and campaigns
- Excellent problem solver with ability to unblock the most complex situations and facilitate drama-free environments

**This position is a fixed-term contract (FTC) for 12 months with the possibility of extending to 18 months.**

**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.