Principal Creative Higher Education Engagement Manager

Adobe • Los Angeles, CA

23h • $148,900 - $271,500

About The Position

Our Company Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobe’s all about. We give everyone—from emerging artists to global brands—everything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! We’re passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images, videos, and apps, and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours! Role Overview Adobe is seeking a strategic leader with deep experience in the creative industries to drive adoption and long-term preference for Adobe creative and generative AI workflows across top design-focused higher education programs through faculty partnerships, curriculum integration, and industry workflow alignment.

Requirements

• Design Workflow Authority: Deep credibility in professional design workflows and creative production pipelines, with knowledge of the film industry as a plus.
• Executive Influence: Proven ability to influence academic leadership and complex institutions.
• AI Leader: Practical and informed perspective on generative AI in creative production.
• Workflow Translator: Skilled at turning complex creative workflows into teachable, scalable models.
• Academic Experience: Experience teaching, lecturing, or developing curriculum in design education.
• Community Building: Experience with pulling together a community of designs, faculty members in digital or physical forums.
• Cross-Discipline Exposure: Experience working across design, motion, and video creative teams.
• Project Management: Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution—defining scope, aligning teams, managing timelines and resources, and delivering high-impact outcomes in creative and academic environments.
• Credentials: 8+ years leading creative initiatives in industry and/or higher ed.
• Degree or equivalent experience in a creative or design-related field; background spanning design, motion, and film environments.

Responsibilities

• Academic & Executive Relationships: Build trusted relationships with design and film faculty, chairs, and deans and advise on curriculum modernization, generative AI adoption, and industry-aligned creative workflows.
• Design Workflow & Curriculum: Translate real-world and forward-facing workflows into course and assignment recommendations that you deliver to faculty.
• Generative AI Leadership: Guide responsible adoption of generative AI in design and film programs and educate faculty and students on use cases, authorship, and ethical considerations.
• Adoption Programs: Design and scale faculty programs, course pilots, portfolio initiatives, and industry-connected capstones that drive product adoption.
• Training Programs: enable and lead a team of training partners on top creative and AI workflows
• Market & Product Insight: Deliver structured insight on competitive tools, generative AI perception, and workflow gaps to influence Product, PMM, and GTM strategy.
• Community & Evangelist Ecosystem: Develop advocates across faculty, industry practitioners, and creative technologists to scale reach and impact of our platform through trusted voices and peer-led adoption.
• Cross-Discipline Account Strategy: Partner with Film, Video, and Motion evangelists to align institutional strategy, executive messaging, and cross-discipline creative workflow storytelling.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level