Staff Designer Jobs in San Jose, CA

INTRODUCTION

The Document Cloud Mobile Design team is looking for a systems thinker who lives and breathes mobile: someone who understands iOS and Android at a foundational level and can build systems that work beautifully across both. But systems alone are not enough. We need someone who can look around corners, articulate where mobile design is headed, and bring people along on that vision. Document Cloud reaches over 650 million monthly active users and is Adobe's fastest-growing cloud. The designer who takes this role will shape how millions of people experience documents, signatures, and AI-powered productivity on mobile every day.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be the mobile champion for Document Cloud: unifying design language, patterns, and systems across Acrobat's mobile pillars, and serving as the primary bridge to the Document Cloud Foundations team. You will contribute to the strategic direction of mobile design at Adobe, helping define not just how things are built today but where they need to go. You will define and execute at both levels: the component in front of you and the system it belongs to. Strong visual design execution is non-negotiable. Because this work spans multiple pillars and partner teams, the relationships you build are as important as the systems you create. The best person for this role earns trust across teams, influences without authority, and knows that a great system is only as powerful as the people who believe in it.

In this role, you will:
- Steward a cohesive systems strategy across Document Cloud mobile properties, defining and communicating vision in a way that is clear, inspiring, and easy to rally around.
- Listen deeply to customers, connecting friction points to experience opportunities and finding simplicity inside complexity.
- Move fluidly from concept to execution: sketches, storyboards, wireframes, and prototypes, using feedback and research to sharpen decisions and build shared conviction.
- Partner closely with engineering to understand what emerging technology makes possible, and with product, executives, and cross-functional teams to bring new ideas to life.
- Proactively build relationships across pillars to align on strategy, extend design patterns, and create coherence across the mobile ecosystem.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 6+ years of a proven track record designing and shipping iOS and Android apps with strong visual craft and systems thinking
- Experience leading design for complex products and launching them at scale
- Mastery of Figma and fluency with modern prototyping and AI-assisted design tools
- Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines and seniority levels
- A collaborative instinct and genuine enthusiasm for working across many teams and subject areas
- College degree or equivalent practical experience in design with an emphasis on graphic design, HCI, or a related field
- Experience designing for mobile productivity, AI-first applications, and/or voice-led experiences
- Experience designing accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities
- Understanding how to apply WCAG conformance criteria in design, specifically testing comps, wireframes, and prototypes for accessibility standards
- Accessibility certifications such as CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or ADS from the IAAP are a plus

HOW TO APPLY

Submit your resume and portfolio. We would especially like to see strong systems thinking, elegant design solutions, how you collaborate across teams including engineering and product, and a proven ability to adapt based on what you learn.

ABOUT ADOBE DESIGN

Adobe Design creates tools that amplify the world's ability to create and communicate. We are a distributed team of designers, researchers, prototypers, content strategists, program managers, and more who work across Adobe's three product lines: Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud.

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.

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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 $146,300 - $274,300 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. In California, the pay range for this position is $189,400 - $274,300. 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.

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