Airbnb Senior Communications Lead Northern Europe 

United Kingdom, England, London 

539808543

The Difference You Will Make:

Based in London, the Senior Communications Lead, Northern Europe will be responsible for the overarching communications strategy across three key markets: the UK, Ireland, and the Netherlands. The role also includes oversight of reactive communications in the Nordics.

The role spans corporate and policy work, facing regulatory challenges, as well as consumer campaigns driving brand awareness and positive sentiment. The role demands expertise in both consumer and corporate communications, with adaptability to switch between areas regularly and apply best practices to challenges and opportunities.

A Typical Day:

• Create, manage and drive the execution of the Northern Europe overarching communications strategy and plan, continuously aligning with the global and regional business and marketing strategies
• Direct and oversee the development and execution of market plans supporting Corporate Communications, Policy Communications, Editorial Communications and Consumer Communications
• Develop inspiring and compelling comms strategies to challenge the team and the business to achieve beyond our existing success
• Provide strategic comms advice and counsel to cross functional teams, collaborating with senior stakeholders from across the Northern Europe business to work together to achieve goals.
• Responsible for maintaining a clear organisational structure for the team and overall team performance and career development.

Your Expertise:

• A team leader with both a record of leading high performing comms teams, and experience of working with cross-functional teams to drive success

• A proven history of encouraging and developing innovative industry-leading thinking and turning it into executable plans and campaigns

• Experience of operating in a high performing cross functional team, acting as counsel on all comms related matters and being proactive in elevating the work of comms across the region

• A strong track record of developing inspiring goals that motivate team members to achieve personal and professional success

• Forward thinking, innovative and creative - proactively shares perspective at all levels of the organisation

• Excellent problem solver with ability to anticipate future issues, unblock the most complex situations and facilitate drama-free environments where the team will thrive