Staff Product Designer, Enterprise AI and Innovation
Adobe Software
JOB LEVEL
P50EMPLOYEE ROLE
Individual ContributorThe opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of work in the enterprise space. Our team is focused on, and measured in, our ability to design innovative experiences. We're designing in new spaces so all Experience Cloud users are greeted with an intuitive and beautiful AI-powered experience.
We're seeking a Staff Designer to play a key role in driving the strategy and execution of these innovation initiatives. This designer will be a forward-thinking leader who can find opportunities and slice them into clear, staggered launch points.
They’re a driven self-starter who also understands how to collaborate with other designers, engineers, and PMs throughout the design process. They’re enthusiastic about mentoring team members and find fulfillment in contributing to others’ growth.
Gifted system thinkers and visual designers are an ideal fit for this team. If this sounds like an exciting opportunity to you, come join us and shape the future of work for professionals around the world!
What you’ll do
Drive innovation: Be a key leader in defining, explaining, and driving key innovation initiatives. Create clear, staggered phases to build out long-term vision.
Lead with design thinking: Approach problems from the user's perspective, solve challenges with design thinking, and communicate ideas with a well-informed rationale
Mentor designers: Provide mentorship to other designers in their growth in design craft and business impact
Facilitate collaboration: Facilitate workshops to drive strategic alignment and design refinement with cross-discipline collaborators and other designers
Craft and share stories: Package work and ideas into compelling stories to create excitement around Design’s unique ability to deliver business impact and growth
Design for scale: Account for the complexity of various user needs and product differences across Adobe’s enterprise offerings to deliver helpful, scalable experiences
Champion design excellence: Influence and advocate user-centric design in product roadmap prioritization with product, engineering, and leadership teams
What you need to succeed
Strategic influence: Drive innovation initiatives and garner enthusiasm for opportunities with engineering and product management to shift ideas into shipped work
Systems and critical thinking: Excel at breaking down complex systems to identify cross-product opportunities and user-centered solutions
Collaboration facilitation: Strong collaboration models and experience facilitating design thinking workshops, to align and collaborate with engineering, product, and design leadership
Problem solving: Able to balance speed and rigor, pivot directions, and seek solutions in creative ways. Don’t shy away from diving into the details to drive tough decisions forward.
Design excellence: Strong visual, interaction, and prototype design skills with keen attention to detail. To you, enterprise is never an excuse to compromise on design quality.
Growth mindset: Stay curious, informed, and adaptable in the ever-changing landscape of AI and new technologies. Proactively seek opportunities to mentor and receive feedback.
Excellent communicator: Excel in written, oral, and visual storytelling to drive team and business outcomes
User research: Expertise in conducting discovery research to progress from problem framing to opportunity identification for innovation initiatives
Experience: 8+ years in product design, interaction design, or a related field
Preferred Accessibility Design Skills:
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.
How to apply
To be considered for this role, please submit your resume and portfolio. If your portfolio is password protected, please include the password in your resume.
About Adobe Design
At Adobe Design, we amplify the world’s ability to build and communicate through innovative tools. Our distributed team of builders, researchers, content strategists, and more works across Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud. At Adobe, we build the tools that we use ourselves to build.
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