What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Staff Designer, Acrobat Cloud Foundations position at Adobe and Careers?
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
Do you have a passion for well-crafted digital experiences, pixel-perfect UI designs, and solving design problems at scale? We’re looking for a Senior Staff Designer to lead our Foundations effort within Document Cloud. This role will drive the evolution of our design systems, standards, and infrastructure, ensuring our experiences are consistent, accessible, and scalable across the entire ecosystem.
You’ll shape the foundational layer that unites our products enabling designers and engineers to work with greater velocity and craft. This is a highly collaborative and technically grounded role that sits at the intersection of design excellence, systems thinking, and engineering integration.
Who we are
Adobe Document Cloud includes Acrobat, Adobe Sign, and integrations with Adobe Express. With over 650 million monthly active users, it’s one of Adobe’s most impactful and fastest-growing product areas. Our team has been recognized for innovation with TIME’s Best Inventions for Liquid Mode and Acrobat AI Assistant.
About You
You’re a design systems leader who thrives on complexity and collaboration. You take pride in building the tools, documentation, and code that help others move faster and deliver their best work. You have a deep understanding of design systems, accessibility, and engineering workflows.
What you’ll do
Apply your passion for design systems to help craft the next generation of productivity tools at Adobe! Empower our millions of users to consume, comprehend, create, and collaborate on documents in new ways, including generative AI technology.
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
What you need to succeed
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 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.
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 $158,000 -- $301,050 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.
In California, the pay range for this position is $207,900 - $301,050
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 :
Fair Chance Ordinances
Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
Colorado:
Application Window Notice
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:
Massachusetts Legal Notice
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call (408) 536-3015.
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
Do you have a passion for well-crafted digital experiences, pixel-perfect UI designs, and solving design problems at scale? We’re looking for a Senior Staff Designer to lead our Foundations effort within Document Cloud. This role will drive the evolution of our design systems, standards, and infrastructure, ensuring our experiences are consistent, accessible, and scalable across the entire ecosystem.
You’ll shape the foundational layer that unites our products enabling designers and engineers to work with greater velocity and craft. This is a highly collaborative and technically grounded role that sits at the intersection of design excellence, systems thinking, and engineering integration.
Who we are
Adobe Document Cloud includes Acrobat, Adobe Sign, and integrations with Adobe Express. With over 650 million monthly active users, it’s one of Adobe’s most impactful and fastest-growing product areas. Our team has been recognized for innovation with TIME’s Best Inventions for Liquid Mode and Acrobat AI Assistant.
About You
You’re a design systems leader who thrives on complexity and collaboration. You take pride in building the tools, documentation, and code that help others move faster and deliver their best work. You have a deep understanding of design systems, accessibility, and engineering workflows.
What you’ll do
Apply your passion for design systems to help craft the next generation of productivity tools at Adobe! Empower our millions of users to consume, comprehend, create, and collaborate on documents in new ways, including generative AI technology.
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
What you need to succeed
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 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.
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 $158,000 -- $301,050 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.
In California, the pay range for this position is $207,900 - $301,050
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 :
Fair Chance Ordinances
Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.
Colorado:
Application Window Notice
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:
Massachusetts Legal Notice
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law. Learn more.
Adobe aims to make Adobe.com accessible to any and all users. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation to navigate our website or complete the application process, email accommodations@adobe.com or call (408) 536-3015.
Salary : $158,000 - $301,050