Airbnb Senior Lead Corporate Policy Communications LATAM São Paulo 

Brazil, São Paulo, São Paulo 

812938381

A typical day:

• Be a trusted advisor and crucial stakeholder to the LATAM Policy team; to advise on policy comms ideas and strategies to support policy planning and goals
• Ensure the timely cascade of important global and regional policy updates, giving the team guidance and direction on implementation and weaving global messaging into local stories
• Consult and support on policy comms strategies for local regulatory and litigation updates
• Supports teams on proactive campaigns and helps create content and messaging around key issues such as over tourism and housing, linking to global frameworks and playbooks.
• Reviews external-facing policy-related press materials
• Implement strategies to educate internal and external stakeholders about our global policy narrative
• Collaborate with global campaign strategists and regional Communications leads to localize the narrative for regions and geos
• Help drive and or consult on strategic communications plans for proactive Policy campaigns
• Design impactful reports, studies and other deliverables illustrating our social value proposition for sharing with key policy audiences
• Support use of platform data for policy purposes and manage the Corporate Communications Narrative & Data team
• Contribute to written materials: op-eds, presentations, messaging guidelines, Q&As, briefs, presentations, talking points, etc
• Works with the regional team to identify interview opportunities for global executives (VPs and e-staff) and works with country comms leads to develop proposals for exec participation
• Responsible for ensuring the seamless execution of all exec comms briefs, strategies, materials and meetings working in tandem with the country comms leads
• Supports the comms leads with reactive corporate comms issues, ensuring message discipline and escalating when appropriate
• Advises teams on incorporating global narratives and corporate messaging into local programs
• Proactively builds regionally relevant initiatives working with the editorial task force, to include data reports or partnerships with industry bodies, such as IPSOS, Oxford Economics, UNESCO, WWF.
• Drafts briefing documents, op-eds and presentations for globally relevant, regional-level issues or opportunities e.g. sustainability, disaster response etc
• Connects regularly with the editorial task force to suggest story angles, themes and opportunities for corporate relevant stories

Your expertise:

• 12+ years communications / public affairs experience, either working in a PR agency or in-house
• Proven-track record leading Corporate and Policy communications initiatives involving trust, crisis, policy and regulatory matters
• Team management skills, ensuring we are always finding the full potential of our talented team
• Expert knowledge of Latin America’s media environment and political landscape including public policy matters - more specifically relating to traveling, housing, technology, and the short term rental industry.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multi-functional leads in a matrix organization
• Excellent writing skills
• Fluency in both written and spoken English and Spanish is a must, Portuguese a plus.
• Passion for Airbnb and the mission of the company
• Experience working on projects in a fast-paced environment
• Passion for simplicity and getting things done
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong problem solving skills
• Excellent verbal communications and interpersonal skills
• Maintaining enthusiasm and a calm demeanor in stressful situations

Offices: Mexico City, Mexico, Miami, United States, São Paulo, Brazil