Principal Creative Engagement Manager – Higher Education
Adobe
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $148,900 - $271,500 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Build trusted relationships with design and film faculty, chairs, and deans and advise on curriculum modernization, generative AI adoption, and industry-aligned creative workflows.
- Translate real-world and forward-facing workflows into course and assignment recommendations that you deliver to faculty.
- Guide responsible adoption of generative AI in design and film programs and educate faculty and students on use cases, authorship, and ethical considerations.
- Design and scale faculty programs, course pilots, portfolio initiatives, and industry-connected capstones that drive product adoption.
- Enable and lead a team of training partners on top creative and AI workflows.
- Deliver structured insight on competitive tools, generative AI perception, and workflow gaps to influence Product, PMM, and GTM strategy.
- Develop advocates across faculty, industry practitioners, and creative technologists to scale reach and impact of our platform through trusted voices and peer-led adoption.
- Partner with Film, Video, and Motion evangelists to align institutional strategy, executive messaging, and cross-discipline creative workflow storytelling.
Requirements
- 8+ years leading creative initiatives in industry and/or higher ed.
- Degree or equivalent experience in a creative or design-related field; background spanning design, motion, and film environments.
- Deep credibility in professional design workflows and creative production pipelines, with knowledge of the film industry as a plus.
- Proven ability to influence academic leadership and complex institutions.
- Practical and informed perspective on generative AI in creative production.
- Skilled at turning complex creative workflows into teachable, scalable models.
- Experience teaching, lecturing, or developing curriculum in design education.
- Experience with pulling together a community of designers, faculty members in digital or physical forums.
- Experience working across design, motion, and video creative teams.
- Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution—defining scope, aligning teams, managing timelines and resources, and delivering high-impact outcomes in creative and academic environments.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits programs
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
curriculum modernizationgenerative AI adoptioncreative workflowscourse developmentportfolio initiativescreative production pipelinesdesign educationcommunity buildingcross-functional initiativesstrategic planning
Soft Skills
relationship buildinginfluencingeducatingteam leadershipcommunicationadvocacycollaborationscalabilityproblem-solvingmentoring