Adobe · 2 hours ago
Director of Design, GenStudio
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$176K/yr - $328K/yr
12+ years expAdobe is a company focused on changing the world through digital experiences. In this role, the Director of Design for GenStudio will lead the design vision and strategy for AI-driven creative and marketing workflows, while mentoring a team of designers and collaborating with engineering to ensure the feasibility and performance of designs.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ConsultingEnterprise SoftwareGraphic DesignImage RecognitionPhoto EditingSaaSSoftwareUX DesignWeb Design
Responsibilities
Define and drive the design vision for Adobe GenStudio, centered on AI-first, agentic workflows
Act as a player/coach: rolling up your sleeves to prototype, tinker, and experiment, while also elevating and mentoring a team of designer
Lead end-to-end design across core areas of GenStudio
Partner with engineering to ensure designs are feasible, scalable, and performant
Champion a tinkerer’s mindset: experimenting with prototypes, emerging UI patterns (chat + canvas + editor), and new generative AI capabilities
Create spaces for rapid experimentation (Labs-style pilots, internal playtesting, customer co-design)
Translate evolving customer insights and enterprise feedback into actionable design strategies with a focus on short and long-term impact
Advocate for marketer needs and ensure design decisions are grounded in research and real-world usage
Be a trusted partner across Adobe—working with Firefly, Experience Cloud, and enterprise platform teams
Influence senior stakeholders with compelling narratives, prototypes, and strategy docs
Qualification
Required
12+ years in product design, with 5+ years in leadership roles
Proven track record leading design for complex enterprise products—ideally in marketing, data, or AI
Hands-on design and prototyping skills; ability to inspire by showing, not just telling
Deep curiosity and comfort working in emerging spaces (AI agents, LLMs, generative interfaces)
Strong systems thinker, able to simplify complexity into intuitive, composable workflows
Passionate about scaling and mentoring design teams; player/coach mindset is essential
A leader who balances strategic vision with execution discipline, adapts team structures as needed, and drives customer-driven change management
Experience instrumenting design experiments to measure adoption, value, and trust
Proven ability to build and scale a high-performing design organization, while remaining flexible with team structures
You've driven systems thinking in design—balancing micro-interactions (chat, editor, agent handoff) with macro-flows (marketer journeys, enterprise governance)
Benefits
Short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
Long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award
Company
Adobe
Adobe is a software company that provides its users with digital marketing and media solutions.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$2.5MKey Investors
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1986-08-20IPO
1984-10-01Series Unknown· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Shantanu Narayen
CEO
Dan Durn
Chief Financial Officer
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