Sr Staff Designer

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 Senior Designer with a passion for 3D creation/editing tools to join the 3D& Immersive Design team working to build the latest tools for creativity.

As we continue to assemble an innovative 3D & Immersive organization, we are looking for hardworking designer to influence any part of the design process from problem definition, to design development, implementation and reiteration. 

As a design member, you will be an integral part of crafting and improving existing Adobe products helping our team expand beyond the traditional set of Adobe tools. You will partner with product teams and influence product development by defining the right problems to tackle, provide design and interaction explorations. We have an outstanding team of designers, product managers and engineers who are eager to work with you to deliver relevant, user-centric experiences for our whole ecosystem that is enjoyed and relied upon by creative users every day. 

What you'll do

• Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Design and end users to deliver high-impact, innovative features for our end users. 

• Create end-to-end user flows, design artifacts and prototypes to help influence and steer product development.

• Advocating user-focused design, representing the voice of Adobe users throughout expertise and among cross-functional team members. 

• Communicate clear strategy and vision in a relatable, inspirational, and simple way to understand.

• Communicate and align with engineers to understand the feasibility of your designs, eventually finding thoughtful alternatives along the way. 

• Collaborate across products. partner with other designers to find opportunities for optimized end-to-end experiences across OS and devices. 

• Conducting user research with partners – from contextual inquiry to usability studies – presenting study results, and acting on insights 

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 for 5+ yrs. 

• Excellent design crafting skills, demonstrating maturity in design practices. 

• Very strong interpersonal, written, verbal communication and storytelling skills. 

• A history of leading design capabilities and launching complex yet intuitive products 

• Knowledge of the 3D industry practices around Media & Entertainment or CAD/CAM product development. Familiarity with tools such as Blender, Maya, Unreal Engine, Unity, or other similar software is a plus. 

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and design mockup tools like Figma. 

• Experience working iteratively with engineering teams to bring the vision to life 

• Ability to contribute to the creative spirit of the Adobe Design team. 

• A real passion for collaborating across many subject areas.

Nice-to-haves:

• Prior experience crafting design strategy for the 3D tooling space, platform experiences, and/or systems 

• Deep knowledge around and passion for accessible and inclusive design 

• Familiarity with Adobe 3D ecosystem is a bonus

• Proficiency in language (English and French)

How to apply

Must have an online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating relevant examples to be considered for this position. If your portfolio is password protected, please provide the password in your submission.

About Adobe Design

Adobe Design crafts tools that amplify the world’s ability to create and communicate. We’re a distributed design team including 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 $150,200 -- $278,800 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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