Director of Design

Adobe•San Jose, CA

19h

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. Adobe Design is the multidisciplinary, global organization behind Adobe experiences. Our full-stack team includes design researchers, design engineers, experience designers, brand designers, content strategists, and program managers dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for Adobe users. Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity. Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours. Let’s Adobe together

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.