Director of Design

Adobe

Director of Design leads team to build interactive storytelling for Adobe's worldwide audience. Driving design vision, strategic direction, and innovative marketing experiences for diverse audience groups.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $175,600 - $327,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive the design vision for Adobe's logged-out interactive marketing presence.
Act as a player/coach: rolling up your sleeves to prototype, craft, and experiment, while mentoring a team of designers.
Lead end-to-end design across core areas of our interactive marketing sites.
Partner with engineering to ensure designs are feasible, scalable, and performant.
Champion an innovator's mentality: architecting prototypes and applying the latest interactive web tooling.

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years in product design, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
Deep expertise in the interactive landscape, modern digital tooling, and setting an uncompromising craft bar for consumer-facing brand experiences.
Hands-on design and prototyping skills; ability to inspire by showing, not just telling.
A proven background leading large interactive teams, ideally blending agency/studio leadership with in-house technology experience.
Passionate about scaling and mentoring design teams; player/coach approach is essential.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

product designprototypinginteractive designdigital toolingdesign leadershipuser experience designconsumer-facing designscalable designperformance optimizationcraftsmanship in design

Soft Skills

mentoringteam leadershipcollaborationinspirationinnovationcommunicationcoachingproblem-solvingcreativityadaptability