Adobe offers a design-driven environment where your work directly shapes how people create and collaborate on mobile. In this role within Document Cloud, you’ll lead cross‑platform design systems and mobile strategy for iOS and Android, partnering with the Foundations team to unify Acrobat’s mobile experiences. Expect a culture that prioritizes people, purpose, and community, plus comprehensive benefits and opportunities to grow as a design leader.
Benefits and culture
Join a company that provides comprehensive benefits programs and a culture centered on people, purpose, and community. Adobe emphasizes inclusion through Adobe for All and is committed to empowering everyone to create. Collaboration across disciplines and a focus on impactful work define the daily experience.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the mobile champion for Document Cloud, unifying design language, patterns, and systems across Acrobat’s mobile pillars and acting as the primary bridge to the Document Cloud Foundations team.
- Help steer the strategic direction of mobile design at Adobe, shaping both current practices and future goals.
- Define and execute at the component level and within the broader design system it belongs to.
- Deliver strong visual design execution as a core requirement.
- Build influential relationships across pillars and partner teams to ensure the systems you create are adopted and sustained.
- Earn trust, influence without formal authority, and recognize that a robust system thrives when people believe in it.
- Steward a cohesive mobile systems strategy for Document Cloud, articulating a vision that is clear, inspiring, and easy to rally around.
- Listen to customers, translate friction points into meaningful opportunities, and seek simplicity within complexity.
- Move from concept to execution through sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and prototypes, refining decisions with feedback and research.
- Collaborate closely with engineering to explore what emerging technology enables, and work with product, executives, and cross-functional teams to realize ideas.
- Proactively cultivate relationships across pillars to align on strategy, extend design patterns, and maintain coherence across the mobile ecosystem.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience designing and shipping iOS and Android apps with strong visual craft and systems thinking.
- Proven track record leading design for complex products and launching them at scale.
- Proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools, including AI-assisted design approaches.
- Effective communication and storytelling skills with the ability to influence across disciplines and seniority levels.
- Collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working across multiple teams and domains.
- College degree or equivalent practical design experience in graphic design, human–computer interaction, or related field.
- Experience designing for mobile productivity, AI-first experiences, and/or voice-led interfaces.
- Experience creating accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities.
- Understanding of WCAG conformance criteria and the ability to evaluate accessibility in comps, wireframes, and prototypes.
- Accessibility certifications such as CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or ADS from IAAP are a plus.
Technologies
How to apply
- Submit your resume and portfolio. We value evidence of strong systems thinking, elegant design solutions, collaboration with engineering and product teams, and a track record of adapting based on learnings.
Compensation
The expected pay range is USD 146,300 to 274,300 per year. In California, the range is USD 189,400 to 274,300.
State notices and equal opportunity
Adobe is an equal employment opportunity employer. California Fair Chance Ordinances apply; Colorado application windows follow local regulations; Massachusetts legal notices apply where required.
