Partner with the Head of Creative Operations, Global Production Director, and creative/production leads to anticipate and confirm staffing for active and upcoming projects — factoring in bandwidth, capabilities, career growth, and interests.
Own and lead resourcing forums with Executive Producers and Creative Leads; ensure staffing charts, capacity, and assignments are always current and accurate.
Develop relationships across the creative team to build an intimate understanding of individual capabilities and motivations; always balance immediate needs with long-term growth.
Oversee the end-to-end contract worker (CW) recruitment process, including CW recruiters, role tracking in Airtable, extension requests, and talent network development.
Own Float and other resourcing tools — tracking all staffing and capacity for use in planning meetings and new project scoping.
Partner with Tools Lead to build, maintain, and continuously improve resourcing infrastructure and processes.
Lead onboarding for all new full-time (FTE) and CW hires in partnership with the Senior Creative Operations Lead; run weekly onboarding calls to ensure smooth integration.
Partner with creative leadership and Talent/HR on strategic hiring direction, diversity, and future growth planning.
Forecast and manage the full professional services and CW budget; provide monthly actualization and centralized reporting.
Coordinate real-time, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting on team output and resource utilization.

12+ years in creative services, including 5+ years in a creative resource management or operations lead role (agency, studio, or in-house)
Deep understanding of creative workflow, skill sets, and staffing dependencies across disciplines
Proven experience with talent sourcing, capacity planning, budget management, and financial tracking
Mastery of resourcing and project management tools (Float, Airtable, Excel/Google Sheets, etc.)
Experience developing and optimizing systems, processes, and workflows for creative organizations
Exceptional interpersonal skills — empathetic, diplomatic, and skilled at mediation and conflict resolution
Ability to execute with precision and speed while managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment
Collaborative, inventive, and calm under pressure

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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.

Senior Resourcing Lead, Creative Operations

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