Staff Product Designer, Marketing Ideation

The opportunity

Adobe Design team is looking for a Staff Product Designer to build AI-native and collaborative strategic ideation experiences. This role is part of a team that is shaping how enterprise marketing teams ideate and plan for campaigns using unstructured and structured data and insights from various sources, collaboratively on complex marketing planning. This is a senior position with strong product sense, solid understanding of enterprise platforms, and ability to influence in highly cross‑functional environments. You are action-oriented and results-driven, moving efficiently from strategy to concept to execution, grounding decisions in both qualitative and quantitative insights, and iterating quickly to improve impact.

What you'll do

• Simplify. Translate complex user needs into practical design solutions that are grounded in user research and data.

• Collaborate. Work closely with product and engineering partners, driving alignment through designs, workshops, and clear communication.

• Prototype. Bring ideas to life. Visualize and articulate proposed solutions with the latest tools like Claude, Cursor, Figma, and experiment with emerging tools.

• Influence. Demonstrate thought leadership through collaboration and workshops with engineering, product, and design leadership.

• Growth Mindset. Stay curious, informed, and adaptable in the ever-changing landscape of AI and new technologies. Proactively seek opportunities to mentor and receive feedback.

• Think in Systems. Connect patterns across touchpoints and technologies to build cohesive end-to-end experiences spanning apps, teams, and workflows.

• Explore. Bring fresh perspectives by crafting delightful experiences for marketers.

• Communicate. Craft compelling narrative and use qualitative and quantitative data to inspire alignment and action.

What you need to succeed

• A relevant degree and 8+ years of equivalent experience in product design, with a proven track record of success delivering designs that meet user and business needs.

• Exceptional visual, interaction, and prototyping design skills with keen attention to detail.

• Experience with Cursor, Claude Code, Codex or other AI-powered design, prototyping, and collaboration tools.

• Strong ability to work independently, manage multiple projects, and drive close collaboration and alignment between design, product management, and engineering.

• Creative and analytical skills to facilitate research, synthesize, and communicate insights that inspire design opportunities.

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate complex ideas to diverse audiences and levels of the organization.

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.

About Adobe Design

Adobe Design is the multidisciplinary, global organization behind Adobe experiences. Our full-stack team includes design researchers, design engineers, experience designers, brand designers, content strategists, and program managers dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for Adobe users.

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.

Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.

Let’s Adobe together

At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.

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AI Use Guidelines for Interviews:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.

At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.

Expected Pay Range:

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.

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.

State-Specific Notices:

California:

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Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado:

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If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts:

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