Tony Kim

Learning Architect

The right education,
at the right place,
at the right time.

That's been my throughline for 14+ years, from Apple retail floors to Airbnb's 5.5M+ hosts to building AI-enabled learning systems at Stripe now. I turn ambiguous goals into learning strategy that actually moves the business: one program alone drove $24M+ in booking value. Some of it built with AI collaborators. All of it reviewed and owned by me.

Career

How I got here, one role at a time.

I care about helping people become the best version of themselves. Facilitation showed me that happening in a room. Training made it repeatable. Instructional design built it in before the room even started. Leading a team changed the question from “did this land” to “will it hold up when I'm not there,” and that's what pulled me toward Learning Architect: building systems that put the right education at the right place at the right time.

The mark next to each role below shows where it sits on that path.

Facilitator Training Specialist Instructional Designer People Manager Education Strategist Learning Architect
Learning Architect
Stripe Sep 2026 — Present

Combining learning experience design with product engineering skills to build the systems and platforms that meet Stripe employees at every stage — onboarding, feedback, leadership development.

Senior Education Strategist
Airbnb Jul 2025 — Aug 2026

Led scaled host education across Airbnb's three lines of business — Homes, Experiences, and Services — reaching 5,000+ listings through in-product content, webinars, and toolkits.

Senior Manager, Host Education
Airbnb Oct 2022 — Jul 2025

Led a distributed team of four education strategists. Scaled a pricing education program to 29% of the addressable host population, driving $24M+ in gross booking value.

Senior Manager, Instructional Design
Workday Sep 2020 — Oct 2022

Directed instructional design for Workday's Product and Technology org, leading a team of 4 designers and 4 program managers.

Instructional Designer
Meta Apr 2017 — Sep 2020

Designed blended learning for Meta's Global Market Solutions org — sales reps, account managers, and client partners across SMB, agency, and global advertisers.

Senior Instructional Designer
Pandora Media May 2014 — Apr 2017

Designed learning across six domains for Pandora's Revenue Operations team and led a blended onboarding build for 300+ client services hires.

Technical Trainer
Apple Inc. Nov 2012 — May 2014

Delivered technical, product, and customer experience training to frontline call center staff supporting global app review and developer support.

Training Specialist
Nespresso Apr 2012 — Nov 2012

Built brand ambassador and hospitality training programs supporting retail and B2B channel expansion across the US.

Field Trainer
Apple Inc. Jan 2010 — Nov 2011

Led field, train-the-trainer, and leadership training for retail staff and new store managers across multiple US locations.

Full resume

Case Studies

A few of these, up close.

Here's what some of that actually looked like in practice, from an AI-assisted prototyping tool to a pricing education program reaching millions of hosts. Each one covers the problem I was handed, what I did about it, and what shipped.

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