Adobe · 2 days ago
Sr Staff Designer, Acrobat Cloud Foundations
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$158K/yr - $301K/yr
8+ years expAdobe is a company focused on changing the world through digital experiences. They are seeking a Senior Staff Designer to lead the Foundations effort within Document Cloud, driving the evolution of design systems and ensuring consistent, accessible, and scalable experiences across their products.
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Responsibilities
Lead the evolution of Document Cloud’s design system, defining the standards, components, and design tokens that power our experiences
Partner with engineering teams to integrate design standards into code, ensuring high-quality implementation across platforms
Define and document design principles, interaction patterns, and accessibility standards that unify Acrobat, Express, and related products
Create and maintain tools and workflows that enable designers and developers to build efficiently and consistently
Apply human-centric design and system-thinking expertise to create future-forward ideas, designs, guidelines, and more to Acrobat’s ecosystem
Partner with product teams across Acrobat and Adobe to guide our product experience, foster contribution from product experts, and enable successful adoption of foundations as the product evolves
Be an advocate for accessibility standards and inclusive design and ensure our foundations overall accessibility compliance
Qualification
Required
8+ years of proven experience in product design, with a strong portfolio showcasing your expertise in design systems
Prior experience leading design systems and a track record of for solving complex design problems at scale
Deep expertise in UI architecture, component design, responsive systems, and multi-platform UX
Expert-level proficiency with Figma and Figma libraries
A collaborative and open-minded outlook, and a high degree of comfort working in a fast-paced environment
Creative and analytical skills to facilitate workshops and communicate insights that inspire design opportunities
Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills
Ability to effectively collaborate with engineering partners to ensure coded components meet design specifications and intent
Ability to communicate design strategy and rationale effectively and concisely to all functions and levels of the organization
Comfort mentoring, encouraging an inclusive and empowering environment for other designers to do innovative and impactful work by leveraging the systems you help create
Experience designing systems that enable accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities upholding WCAG conformance
Preferred
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
Benefits
Short-term incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP)
Certain roles may be eligible for 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
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$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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