Frame.io, an Adobe company, seeks a Senior Staff Product Designer to guide design strategy, prototyping, and mentorship across the product, with a focus on generative AI and the future of creative collaboration.
Position Details
- Location: San Francisco, CA (onsite)
- Salary: USD 207,900 - 301,050 per year
- Experience: Minimum 10 years
Responsibilities
- Define product level design strategy and long term direction across the Frame.io product to identify key opportunities and ensure a cohesive, best-in-class experience.
- Establish and uphold high standards of design excellence, shaping both foundational systems and innovative patterns with a focus on fluidity, elegance, and meticulous detail.
- Lead through prototyping and exploration using tools such as Cursor, Figma, and emerging AI-powered platforms to validate direction before development.
- Collaborate with Frame.io and Adobe leadership to influence product strategy, presenting design work and insights to senior stakeholders and aligning organizations around design thinking.
- Pioneer advancements in creative collaboration technology by engaging with generative AI, new workflows, and next-generation tools to define Frame.io's leadership in the category.
- Serve as a design leader and mentor, elevating the craft and strategic thinking of designers through critiques, workshops, and by example.
Requirements
- 10+ years of product design experience, with a track record of defining and shipping category-leading products at organizations renowned for design excellence and large-scale adoption.
- World-class craft across visual and interaction design, and prototyping, capable of creating inspiring prototypes that validate breakthrough ideas and elaborate complex workflows.
- Strategic product vision with deep systems thinking, ability to design foundational systems that enable product evolution while grounding work in user insights and scalable business outcomes.
- Executive level communication and influence, presenting with clarity to drive alignment and guide product direction across organizations including senior leadership.
- Proven ability to partner with senior leaders across product, engineering, and business to achieve cross-functional alignment.
- Experience in design leadership and mentoring at scale, fostering culture, developing talent, and expanding the impact of design teams.
- A portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft and thought leadership, showcasing breakthrough solutions, meticulous execution, and strategic impact at the highest levels of product design.
- Experience designing accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities, with an understanding of applying WCAG conformance criteria in design, including testing of comps, wireframes, and prototypes.
- Accessibility certifications from IAAP (CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or ADS) preferred.
Technologies
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 IAAP preferred.
Why Frame.io
- Join a team redefining how creative work happens at a pivotal moment in the industry.
- Contribute to products used by millions of creative professionals, collaborating with outstanding design talent, and shaping the future of creative collaboration.
- As part of Adobe, benefit from global scale and resources combined with Frame.io’s design-first culture and entrepreneurial spirit.
- Bring visionary thinking and exceptional craft to complex challenges and help define the trajectory of an entire industry.
About Adobe Design
Adobe Design creates tools that amplify the world’s ability to create and communicate. The team spans researchers, prototypers, content strategists, program managers, and designers who work across Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
About Adobe
Adobe enables everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that boost creativity, productivity, and personalized customer experiences. Its portfolio includes Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Firefly, Creative Cloud, Experience Platform, Experience Manager, and GenStudio, all powered by AI and human ingenuity.
Adobe's Global Team and Growth Focus
Adobe employs more than 30,000 people worldwide, united by a mission to hire the best and empower every employee to make an impact. Great ideas can come from anywhere within the organization, and the next breakthrough could be yours.
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Expected Pay Range
The U.S. pay range for this role varies by geographic market. The general range is USD 158,000 to 301,050 annually. In California, the pay range is USD 207,900 to 301,050. Non-sales roles are paid as base salary with eligibility for an annual incentive. Some roles may include long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award. Specifics are provided by the recruiter during the hiring process.
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