Global marketplace for stays and experiences. The canonical design-led company.
Airbnb is THE design-led tech company. Co-founder Brian Chesky is a trained industrial designer from RISD, and design thinking has driven every major company decision. Trust between strangers sharing homes is fundamentally a design problem. Airbnb pioneered the "Snow White" storyboarding process (borrowed from Pixar), created one of the first major design systems (DLS), and popularized the "11-star experience" framework.
Design Leadership
Sergio Vilatimo
Creative Director
Elisabeth Schwarz
Head of Design Operations
Lin Gao
Interaction Designer
Ben Christie
Senior Design Manager
Teo Connor
VP of Design
Alex Schleifer
Former CDO
Sara Steinberg
Creative Director
Ayan Daniels Urbańska
Design Lead
Bek Stone
Director of Design at
Cat Nygaard
Design Director
Andrea P.
Staff Product Designer
2 open design roles
United States (Remote)
Staff-level experience design at Airbnb — one of the most iconic design organizations in tech. A staff role here means shaping the travel experience for hundreds of millions of people.
San Francisco, CA
A rare offline design role at one of the most design-celebrated companies in tech. Airbnb's investment in physical experiences signals serious commitment to holistic design thinking. This is the kind of role where a designer's work shows up in the real world, not just on screens.
Design team · 18 people
Sergio Vilatimo
Lead · Creative Director
Elisabeth Schwarz
Lead · Head of Design Operations
Lin Gao
Lead · Interaction Designer
Ben Christie
Lead · Senior Design Manager
Teo Connor
Lead · VP of Design
Alex Schleifer
Lead · Former CDO
Sara Steinberg
Lead · Creative Director
Ayan Daniels Urbańska
Lead · Design Lead
Bek Stone
Lead · Director of Design at
Cat Nygaard
Lead · Design Director
Andrea P.
Lead · Staff Product Designer
Charlie Aufmann
Design Lead
Janum Trivedi
Prototyping & Design
Karina Sirqueira
Design Director
Kathryn Gonzalez
Design Engineer
Shilpi Tomar
Content Designer
Kendra Ralston
content designer
Kevin Tenglin
visual designer
Who to reach out to
Design recruiters at Airbnb