Director of Design

Adobe • San Francisco, CA

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About The Position

Do you see endless opportunities at the intersection of creativity and marketing? In this role, you will shape the future of inventive thinking and interactive storytelling for Adobe’s worldwide audience. As a Director of Design, you will lead a passionate team to build world-class, logged-out site experiences. You will bring together powerful capabilities from across Adobe to craft seamless, end-to-end user journeys. Partnering closely with cross-functional executives, you will provide strategic direction to elevate craft and resolve ambiguous problem spaces. Ultimately, your leadership will drive tremendous impact and uncover new ways to expand the reach of our tools.

Requirements

• 12+ years in product design, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Deep expertise in the interactive landscape, modern digital tooling, and setting an uncompromising craft bar for consumer-facing brand experiences.
• Hands-on design and prototyping skills; ability to inspire by showing, not just telling.
• A proven background leading large interactive teams, ideally blending agency/studio leadership with in-house technology experience.
• Passionate about scaling and mentoring design teams; player/coach approach is essential.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the design vision for Adobe's logged-out interactive marketing presence, establishing a world-class craft bar that engages a wide array of audience groups.
• Act as a player/coach: rolling up your sleeves to prototype, craft, and experiment, while also elevating and mentoring a team of designers.
• Lead end-to-end design across core areas of our interactive marketing sites.
• Partner with engineering to ensure designs are feasible, scalable, and performant.
• Champion an innovator's mentality: architecting prototypes and applying the latest interactive web tooling to push digital boundaries.
• Create spaces for rapid experimentation to evolve how our brand shows up online.
• Translate evolving customer insights and enterprise feedback into actionable build strategies with a focus on short and long-term impact.
• Advocate for audience needs and ensure design decisions are grounded in real-world performance.
• Inspire change across every product group as a trusted interactive leader.
• Influence senior collaborators with compelling narratives, prototypes, and strategy docs.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits programs
• Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
• new hire equity award

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees