Staff Designer, Generativeai 3D Experiences

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!

The opportunity

Adobe Design is seeking a Staff Designer with passion and expertise in 3D creation/editing tools to join MINT (Machine Intelligence and New Technology) and help us build the best GenAI 3D tools for creativity. Are you interested in designing next-generation experiences for many customers—from pro creatives to creative communicators? We believe GenAI should accelerate creativity and not replace it, this role is to play a key role in the future.

What You’ll Do

As a key design member and leader with a point of view on our team, you will be an integral part of designing integrated experiences to transform the future of 3DI Creative work; beyond the traditional set of Adobe tools. Because what we do involves many partner teams, we need someone who is motivated by collaboration and driving progress toward the best solutions through leadership and innovation.

In this role, you will:

• Proactively collaborate across multiple teams to align on strategy and extend design patterns.
• Dig in with prototypers, engineers and researchers to understand the capabilities of new and developing technologies to match user needs.
• Steward GenAI strategy for enterprise content creation at scale across the MINT design team and beyond.
• Define and communicate clear strategy and vision in a relatable, inspirational, and simple way to understand.
• Collaborate with senior executives, product managers, senior engineering scientists, and partners across the company to bring new products to life.
• Find opportunities to create simplicity out of complexity. Make a plan and take action in ambiguous circumstances.
• Explore design ideas via sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and prototypes. Use feedback and research to refine and iterate towards product objectives. Pair strong communication skills with a user-centered perspective to influence and persuade.
• Reach out and listen to the 3D creative community, reading between the lines to connect friction points to experience solutions.

What You Need To Succeed

Must-haves:

• College degree or equivalent practical experience in design with an emphasis on graphic design, HCI, or related design field
• A history of leading design for and launching complex, yet intuitive products
• Excellent design craft and the ability to blend that with strong intuition for business
• A real passion for collaborating across many subject areas
• Ability to build functional prototypes to test with users and or work closely with prototypers
• Mastery of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, XD and other design tools such as Keynote, Sketch, or Figma
• Ability to contribute to the creative spirit of the Adobe Design team
• Proven experience and/or training in design or a related field
• Experience working iteratively with engineering teams to bring the vision to life
• A background and understanding of 3D tools and the community surrounding that space
• Very strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills and storytelling skills

Nice-to-haves:

• Prior experience crafting design strategy for the 3D tooling space, GenAI, platform experiences, and/or systems
• Deep knowledge around and passion for accessible and inclusive design

How To Apply

To be considered for this role, please submit your resume and portfolio. We’d especially like to see strong systems thinking, elegant design solutions, and a proven ability to adapt your designs based on what you learn.

About Adobe Design

Adobe Design creates tools that amplify the world’s ability to create and communicate. We’re a distributed team of designers, researchers, prototypers, content strategists, program managers, and more who work across Adobe’s three product lines: Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several  U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $135,900 -- $252,000 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

At Adobe, for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC = base + commission), and short-term incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Non-sales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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