Senior Creative Higher Education Engagement Manager

Adobe•San Jose, CA

About The Position

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

Deep credibility in professional design workflows, with knowledge of the film industry as a plus.
Proven ability to influence academic leadership and complex institutions.
Practical and informed perspective on technology in creative production.
Skilled at turning complex creative workflows into teachable, scalable models.
Experience teaching, lecturing, or developing curriculum in creative education.
Experience with pulling together a community of faculty members in digital or physical forums.
Experience working across various business and creative teams.
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.
8+ years leading creative initiatives in industry and/or higher ed.
Degree or equivalent experience in a creative or design-related field; background spanning creative fields.

Responsibilities

Build relationships with design and film faculty, chairs, and deans and advise on curriculum modernization, generative AI adoption, and industry-aligned creative workflows.
Translate real-world and forward-facing workflows into course and assignment recommendations that you deliver to faculty.
Guide responsible adoption of generative AI in higher ed programs and educate faculty and students on use cases, authorship, and ethical considerations.
Develop and scale faculty programs, course pilots, portfolio initiatives, and industry-connected capstones that drive product adoption.
Enable and lead a team of training partners on top creative and AI workflows.
Deliver structured insight on competitive tools, generative AI perception, and workflow gaps to influence Product, PMM, and GTM strategy.
Develop advocates across faculty, industry practitioners, and creative technologists to scale reach and impact of our platform through trusted voices and peer-led adoption.
Partner with Film, Video, and Motion evangelists to align institutional strategy, executive messaging, and cross-discipline creative workflow storytelling.