Staff Product Designer, Firefly Site

Adobe•San Jose, CA

About The Position

Creativity is deeply human—and crafting AI tools that empower it demands clarity, care, and strong design leadership. The Firefly Site creative team seeks a Staff Product Designer to lead the development of intuitive, expressive experiences that help people discover, understand, and adopt Firefly’s AI-powered creative tools. In this role, you’ll bring cohesion across Firefly’s ecosystem by blending product strategy, UX systems, visual craft, and AI literacy. You’ll thrive in complexity, guide teams through ambiguity, and advocate for users with confidence, empathy, and purpose. Adobe Design builds tools that amplify the world’s ability to create and communicate, as a global team of designers, researchers, prototypers, content strategists, and program managers working across Adobe’s Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud product lines. Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences, with industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio. Adobe's 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar, committed to hiring the very best and fostering a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact.

Requirements

A portfolio showing exceptional UX and visual design across responsive, multi‑surface experiences
Proven experience leading design within large, cross‑functional organizations
Hands‑on experience crafting AI‑powered products or tools, including working directly with AI capabilities and constraints
Proficiency in prototyping (low‑ to high‑fidelity) to explore and communicate complex interactions
Experience designing for user acquisition, onboarding, or adoption of sophisticated products
Mastery of modern design and prototyping tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.)
Excellent communication skills and a deep commitment to inclusive, accessible

Nice To Haves

Experience designing accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities.
Understanding of applying WCAG conformance criteria in design, specifically testing comps, wireframes, and prototypes for accessibility standards.
Accessibility certifications CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or ADS from the IAAP preferred.

Responsibilities

Design connected, approachable experiences that help users discover, understand, and trust AI‑powered creative tools
Lead with high craft across UX architecture and UI, ensuring AI interactions feel intentional, transparent, and human
Partner closely with product, engineering, data science, and marketing to align strategy and execution
Prototype early and often—using interactive prototypes to explore, test, and validate AI‑driven workflows
Champion clarity and cohesion across Firefly surfaces through systems thinking and design leadership
Present design direction to senior leaders with confidence, grounding decisions in customer insight and AI understanding