Staff Product Designer, Document Cloud Genai

Staff Product Designer

Adobe Design is looking for a Staff Product Designer to join our Document Cloud Generative AI team. You'll work on products such as Adobe Acrobat, Sign, and Scan that are ubiquitous in the lives and work of more than 600 million monthly active users and span across a multitude of surfaces and platforms. As the fastest-growing group in Adobe, you'll be given the chance to create the future of documents for the everyday knowledge worker, small business, and individual around the world.

The Document Cloud Design team also has a strong legacy of innovation and continues to be recognized for groundbreaking work. We were honored in TIME's Best Inventions in 2023 for our advancements in Liquid Mode, and again in 2024 for Acrobat's AI Assistant. If you're passionate about crafting intuitive experiences of this magnitude, we'd love to hear from you!

What You'll Do

• Design. Develop sketches, end-to-end flows, prototypes, and polished UI — adapting your process to fit the problem at hand.
• Simplify. Translate complex user needs into practical, human-centered solutions that balance business objectives and user needs.
• Champion. Develop a strong point of view grounded in analysis of user research and data insights, advocating for user needs and clear, thoughtful solutions.
• Influence. Drive alignment through compelling storytelling and confidently present design rationale to executives and key partners.
• Collaborate. Build positive relationships and work closely with product, engineering, and design partners.
• Delight. Invent the future with solutions that are usable, useful, modern, and accessible.
• Elevate. Uphold a high bar for the Design craft and mentor others.
• Inspire. Partner cross-functionally on generative AI initiatives to unlock new customer value and drive innovation.
• Adapt. Stay curious in the rapidly evolving AI and technology landscape, anticipating how customer needs will change.

What You Need To Succeed

Must-haves:

• 8+ years of proven product design experience.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional UX and visual design across responsive, multi-surface experiences.
• Proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools, including Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud.
• Strong problem-solving skills and deep expertise in core UX principles and methodologies.
• Empathy for both customers and teammates, with a process grounded in listening and understanding.
• A strong sense of ownership and accountability to move work forward in ambiguous environments.
• Adaptability to design with current and new technologies, and evolving user experience patterns.
• A proven track record of leading complex, ambiguous projects from concept to execution.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, using listening and empathy to drive alignment and progress.
• Dedication to inclusive, accessible, and respectful design practices.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience crafting information-centric workflows, and experience with AI/ML-powered product experiences.

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

Please submit your resume and portfolio. We are particularly interested in seeing:

• Thoughtful, high-craft solutions
• How research involving direct customer connection have shaped your design decisions
• How you partner cross-functionally and lead with empathy
• How you've navigated complexity within large organizations

About Adobe Design

Adobe Design creates tools that amplify the world's ability to create and communicate. We're a global 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 $146,300 -- $274,300 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.

In California, the pay range for this position is $189,400 - $274,300.

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.