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Adobe Design is looking for a rare designer: a visionary, super senior Principal who can help shape how the world's leading organizations work with documents every day.
You will lead and shape design strategy across a growing ecosystem of Adobe Acrobat surfaces, partnerships, and enterprise environments, while bringing the creative power of Adobe Express to everyday knowledge workers around the world. Document Cloud is Adobe's fastest growing cloud, reaching over 650 million monthly active users through products including Acrobat, Sign, Analyzer, and Scan. Our legacy of innovation speaks for itself: TIME's Best Invention two years running, and a Fast Company top 10 spot in Applied AI for 2026.
This is not a role for someone who needs the path clear before they start moving. It is for a designer who operates at the highest level of craft and strategy, thrives in ambiguity, brings rigor to big ideas, and can hold complex systems and the human moment at the same time.
If you are ready to influence how the world works at scale, and leave something lasting behind, we would love to meet you.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the creation of expert-level concepts for future enterprise document workflows using generative AI.
Develop and drive long-term strategies, aligning them with user needs and business objectives.
Visualize ideas through sketches, storyboards, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes.
Actively research and develop new techniques using AI development tools like Cursor, Replit, and Claude Code.
Customer Centricity
Use customer feedback, research, and data to uncover insights and inform decisions.
Bring genuine empathy to every experience, from IT administrators to power users to first-time adopters.
Uphold inclusive, accessible, and respectful development practices.
Relationships, Community, and People
Invest in relationships with partners, collaborators, and users as a core part of your process.
Facilitate design sprints and collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and creators.
Develop a clear perspective by listening and observing, turning insights into action.
Present and develop communication strategies and concepts for senior executives and partners.
Mentor and foster an inclusive environment that empowers designers to innovate.
Co-define roadmaps and go-to-market strategy with Document Cloud PMs and PMMs, ensuring design influences product direction from inception.
Translate Adobe's broader AI strategy into clear, distinctive document experiences tailored for enterprise personas in legal, finance, HR, and operations.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Must-haves:
- Proven background in developing solutions for enterprise software products.
- A related degree or 8+ years of equivalent experience in product development.
- Demonstrated UX and visual build excellence while creating, evangelizing and shipping strategic initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to build at the ecosystem level.
- Customer-centric build process.
- Curiosity about AI-powered tools for building and development.
- Experience working in close partnership with product management, engineering, and research.
- Confidence presenting at all organizational levels and superb storytelling skills when presenting to the C-suite.
- Proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools.
Nice-to-haves:
- Deep experience working with generative AI-first experiences, LLM-based features, copilots, or agentic flows. Ideally, including document-related tools and/or experience at a SaaS AI native startup.
- Experience developing solutions for user acquisition, onboarding, or adoption within enterprise settings.
- Prior experience in creative agencies or enterprise teams using lean startup methodologies.
- Experience uniting a suite of disparate experiences into a cohesive, high-quality user journey.
Preferred Accessibility Design Skills:
- Experience designing accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities.
- Familiarity with WCAG standards and testing for accessibility compliance.
- Certifications such as CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or ADS from IAAP are a plus.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your resume and portfolio. We'd especially love to see:
- How your builds have been influenced by direct connection with enterprise customers and communities.
- How you've applied systems thinking to bring coherence to complex, distributed enterprise experiences.
- Where you've built strong networks across departments, and how that benefited the work.
- How you are currently engaging with or investigating AI tools such as Cursor, Replit, or Claude Code in your work.
- How you lead with empathy, partnership, and calm confidence through ambiguity.
- Where you have developed thoughtful, well-crafted UI for large-scale applications.
ABOUT ADOBE DESIGN
Adobe Design is the multidisciplinary, global organization behind Adobe experiences. Our full-stack team includes design researchers, design engineers, experience designers, brand designers, content strategists, and program managers dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for Adobe users.
ABOUT ADOBE
Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.
Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.
Let’s Adobe together
At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.
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 protected characteristic. Learn more.
Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process 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 +1 408-536-3015.
AI USE GUIDELINES FOR INTERVIEWS:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.
At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.
EXPECTED PAY RANGE: 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 $175,600 -- $334,500 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.
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.
INTRODUCTION
Adobe Design is looking for a rare designer: a visionary, super senior Principal who can help shape how the world's leading organizations work with documents every day.
You will lead and shape design strategy across a growing ecosystem of Adobe Acrobat surfaces, partnerships, and enterprise environments, while bringing the creative power of Adobe Express to everyday knowledge workers around the world. Document Cloud is Adobe's fastest growing cloud, reaching over 650 million monthly active users through products including Acrobat, Sign, Analyzer, and Scan. Our legacy of innovation speaks for itself: TIME's Best Invention two years running, and a Fast Company top 10 spot in Applied AI for 2026.
This is not a role for someone who needs the path clear before they start moving. It is for a designer who operates at the highest level of craft and strategy, thrives in ambiguity, brings rigor to big ideas, and can hold complex systems and the human moment at the same time.
If you are ready to influence how the world works at scale, and leave something lasting behind, we would love to meet you.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the creation of expert-level concepts for future enterprise document workflows using generative AI.
Develop and drive long-term strategies, aligning them with user needs and business objectives.
Visualize ideas through sketches, storyboards, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes.
Actively research and develop new techniques using AI development tools like Cursor, Replit, and Claude Code.
Customer Centricity
Use customer feedback, research, and data to uncover insights and inform decisions.
Bring genuine empathy to every experience, from IT administrators to power users to first-time adopters.
Uphold inclusive, accessible, and respectful development practices.
Relationships, Community, and People
Invest in relationships with partners, collaborators, and users as a core part of your process.
Facilitate design sprints and collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and creators.
Develop a clear perspective by listening and observing, turning insights into action.
Present and develop communication strategies and concepts for senior executives and partners.
Mentor and foster an inclusive environment that empowers designers to innovate.
Co-define roadmaps and go-to-market strategy with Document Cloud PMs and PMMs, ensuring design influences product direction from inception.
Translate Adobe's broader AI strategy into clear, distinctive document experiences tailored for enterprise personas in legal, finance, HR, and operations.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Must-haves:
- Proven background in developing solutions for enterprise software products.
- A related degree or 8+ years of equivalent experience in product development.
- Demonstrated UX and visual build excellence while creating, evangelizing and shipping strategic initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to build at the ecosystem level.
- Customer-centric build process.
- Curiosity about AI-powered tools for building and development.
- Experience working in close partnership with product management, engineering, and research.
- Confidence presenting at all organizational levels and superb storytelling skills when presenting to the C-suite.
- Proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools.
Nice-to-haves:
- Deep experience working with generative AI-first experiences, LLM-based features, copilots, or agentic flows. Ideally, including document-related tools and/or experience at a SaaS AI native startup.
- Experience developing solutions for user acquisition, onboarding, or adoption within enterprise settings.
- Prior experience in creative agencies or enterprise teams using lean startup methodologies.
- Experience uniting a suite of disparate experiences into a cohesive, high-quality user journey.
Preferred Accessibility Design Skills:
- Experience designing accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities.
- Familiarity with WCAG standards and testing for accessibility compliance.
- Certifications such as CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or ADS from IAAP are a plus.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your resume and portfolio. We'd especially love to see:
- How your builds have been influenced by direct connection with enterprise customers and communities.
- How you've applied systems thinking to bring coherence to complex, distributed enterprise experiences.
- Where you've built strong networks across departments, and how that benefited the work.
- How you are currently engaging with or investigating AI tools such as Cursor, Replit, or Claude Code in your work.
- How you lead with empathy, partnership, and calm confidence through ambiguity.
- Where you have developed thoughtful, well-crafted UI for large-scale applications.
ABOUT ADOBE DESIGN
Adobe Design is the multidisciplinary, global organization behind Adobe experiences. Our full-stack team includes design researchers, design engineers, experience designers, brand designers, content strategists, and program managers dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences for Adobe users.
ABOUT ADOBE
Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity, productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobe’s industry-leading offerings including Adobe Acrobat Studio, Adobe Express, Adobe Firefly, Creative Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and GenStudio enable people and businesses to turn ideas into impact, powered by AI and driven by human ingenuity.
Our 30,000+ employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. We’re on a mission to hire the very best and believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. At Adobe, we believe that great ideas can come from anywhere in the organization. The next big idea could be yours.
Let’s Adobe together
At Adobe, we believe in creating a company culture where all employees are empowered to make an impact. Learn more about Adobe life, including our values and culture, focus on people, purpose and community, Adobe for All, comprehensive benefits programs, the stories we tell, the customers we serve, and how you can help us advance our mission of empowering everyone to create.
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 protected characteristic. Learn more.
Adobe aims to make our Careers website and recruiting process 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 +1 408-536-3015.
AI USE GUIDELINES FOR INTERVIEWS:
Our interviews are designed to reflect your own skills and thinking. The use of AI or recording tools during live interviews is not permitted unless explicitly invited by the interviewer or approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation. If these tools are used inappropriately or in a way that misrepresents your work, your application may not move forward in the process.
At Adobe, we empower employees to innovate with AI — and we look for candidates eager to do the same. As part of the hiring experience, we provide clear guidance on where AI is encouraged during the process and where it’s restricted during live interviews. See how we think about AI in the hiring experience.
EXPECTED PAY RANGE: 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 $175,600 -- $334,500 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.
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Principal Designer
Verify your role meets specialty occupation
USCIS scrutinizes design titles more than engineering ones. Pull the O*NET profile for Principal Designer and confirm your job duties require a specific bachelor's degree field, not just any degree. That distinction is what clears the specialty occupation bar.
Target companies with active LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Principal Designer roles by employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for design-specific titles. LCA history signals a company has already navigated DOL prevailing-wage requirements for your role, not just engineering or PM positions.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating compensation
Run your target job title and location through the OFLC Wage Search before your offer conversation. Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for the LCA to certify, so knowing the Level II or III threshold protects you from an offer that can't support your petition.
Build a portfolio that documents degree-to-role alignment
Your petition needs to show a direct link between your degree field and your Principal Designer duties. Structure your portfolio to make that connection explicit: design research methodology, systems thinking, and strategic rationale, not just visual output.
Ask about cap-exempt sponsorship pathways during interviews
Universities, nonprofits, and government research entities can file H-1B petitions outside the annual lottery cap. If you're open to Principal Designer roles in those sectors, ask directly during interviews whether the employer qualifies for cap-exempt filing through USCIS.
Time your job search around the H-1B registration window
USCIS opens H-1B registration in early March for a roughly two-week window. If you're on OPT, start your Principal Designer job search at least four months before that window so offers are in place and your employer can register on time.
H-1B Visa Principal Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Designer role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, Principal Designer qualifies as a specialty occupation when the role requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as interaction design, human-computer interaction, industrial design, or a closely related discipline. Generic design experience without a field-specific degree requirement can trigger a Request for Evidence from USCIS, so the job description's degree language matters.
Which employers sponsor H-1B visas for Principal Designer positions?
Product-led tech companies, enterprise software firms, fintech platforms, and large consumer brands are the most active H-1B sponsors for Principal Designer titles. You can browse verified sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate, which filters roles by employers with documented Labor Condition Application filing history for design-specific job titles.
Does my design degree field affect H-1B approval for this role?
It does. USCIS evaluates whether your specific degree field relates directly to your Principal Designer duties. A degree in graphic design supporting a UX-heavy role can invite scrutiny, while a degree in human-computer interaction or interaction design aligns more cleanly. If your degree is in a tangential field, your employer's attorney may need to document the connection carefully.
Can a Principal Designer on OPT get H-1B sponsorship before their work authorization expires?
Yes, but timing is tight. USCIS opens H-1B registration in early March each year, with an October 1 start date for approved petitions. If your OPT expires before October 1, cap-gap protection through USCIS extends your work authorization automatically once your employer files the I-129 petition, provided you're still in a valid OPT period at the time of filing.
What makes a Principal Designer H-1B petition more likely to get an RFE?
USCIS issues Requests for Evidence on design petitions most often when the job description accepts any bachelor's degree, when the degree field doesn't correspond directly to the listed duties, or when the title appears primarily managerial without clear specialty-occupation work. Employers who have sponsored design roles before and have structured job descriptions tend to produce cleaner petitions.