Adobe · 6 hours ago
Senior Design Manager, Adobe Firefly Platform
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$142K/yr - $272K/yr
4+ years expAdobe is a company dedicated to changing the world through digital experiences. They are seeking a Senior Design Manager for the Firefly Platform to lead a team in crafting innovative and user-centric design experiences while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a high-performing team in crafting and owning a cohesive, innovative, intuitive and scalable experience
Attract design talent to the team, and hire, grow and retain talent
Jump in on key work streams, being responsible for the strategy and execution for high-impact projects
Partner cross-functionally with teams across Adobe Design, product, engineering, marketing, research, and content to envision the possibilities and opportunities for future technology
Drive a high volume of projects ranging in complexity, balancing macro and micro perspectives and company priorities with a strategic approach
Work across a complex product space, serving as a champion for cohesive workflows and empowering your team to drive alignment among collaborators
Influence and be a key partner to design leadership in conceptualizing the future of our product surfaces; focusing on long-term vision and near-term goals
Socialize new insights and ideas with design rationale grounded in user research and business goals
Your leadership will incite the team to take action for better user and business outcomes
You will need to have excellent written, oral, presentation and storytelling skills to be successful; with the ability to tailor a presentation to any audience, from interns to executives
Inspire the team to push creative boundaries through critique, storytelling, and by example
Build an impactful collaborative environment and encourage deep partnerships with cross-functional teams, setting a high bar for design craft, conceiving, defining, and driving design strategy
Qualification
Required
A deep understanding of creative workflows and personal experience working as a creative with deep connections to the creative community
4+ years of creative leadership experience, with a proven track record of leading teams through large-scale, innovative projects that delight
A deep understanding of design, prototyping, and the development process across desktop, mobile and platforms
Experience influencing and championing user-centric design across functions. Ability to effectively collaborate with other cross stakeholders by influence
Empathetic leadership to cultivate an inclusive and empowering environment for the designers to do innovative and impactful work
A track record for working with leadership on ambiguous problems and crafting big-picture strategies driven by design
Excellent instincts for balancing creative vision with team dynamics and business objectives
The ability to facilitate collaboration across product/design/engineering teams in the early stages of strategic projects. This may sometimes involve driving design thinking workshops
A degree or equivalent experience in a design-related field (HCI, interaction, visual)
Deep expertise in problem framing from customers' point of view and solving problems through storytelling and high design craft
Comfort mentoring all levels of designers, while encouraging an inclusive and empowering environment for other designers to do innovative and impactful work
A demonstrated ability to deliver exceptional visual and UI design execution. High level of proficiency with Figma and Adobe creative tools
Embodying a learner's mentality. AI and new technology are always changing!
Preferred
A background in leading a platform team and succeeding within a matrix organization
Prior experience in design systems and a track record of solving complex design problems with elegant, intuitive, and performant solutions
Benefits
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.
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