Director Public Affairs Communications

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization and we know the next big idea could be yours!

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

Adobes corporate communications team drives advances and protects Adobes corporate reputation globally and helping our partners better understand our technology and impact. This fastpaced highly visible team is responsible for communications centered around business and financial performance responsible innovation crisis and public affairs communications. We are a thoughtful and forwardthinking team of expert communicators who are passionate about storytelling.

Adobe has an opportunity to accelerate our policy communications work. This highly visible leadership role will develop integrated communications strategies and program plans including positioning messaging public relations thought leadership and more. The ideal candidate is a passionate leader in publicpolicy communications has a history of impactful media relations thrives in a dynamic environment thatrequires leading communications for highstake issues and is a solutionoriented problem solver. You will understand complex issues and have the fortitude to distill it with clear content.

What Youll Do

• PR Strategy: Be responsible for the vision development and of public policy and regulatory communication programs in partnership with crossfunctional teams across global comms and the business. This includes a focus on evolving landscape under a new administration Adobes policy positions and regulatory moments.

• Partner Management: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders as well as Adobes policy product and legal teams. Build and maintain relationships with external press and influencers to drive Adobes agenda. Coordinate with various internal (policy social employee communications) and global teams to further amplify content and/or news. Ability to influence and inspire change across the company in a significant way.

• Thought Leadership: Drive consistency of all policy communications messaging; advance Adobe corporate narrative that educates key partners (customers investors employees policymakers) on Adobes point of view products and policies across all channels including press digital events and analyst relations

• Innovative Storytelling: Drive Adobes media momentum through innovative storytelling efforts across traditional and new channels to ensure credibility in Washington D.C. and beyond. Adopt multimedia and crosschannel strategies to breakthrough among key audiences.

• Practices & Processes: Build bestofclass communications practices and processes that will drive efficiencies in how Adobes communications team operates.

What You Need to Succeed

• 1215 years of relevant work experience

• Executive presence and consistent track record of influencing and leading crossfunctional teams ideally in a groundbreaking technology space

• Prior work on Capitol Hill Executive Branch and/or experience in working with relevant reporters influencers and policymakers

• Background in and passion forpolicy and the global regulatory environment

• Experience with rapid response and crisis communications including shaping complicated stories

• Dedication to the news cycle and fastpaced communications cycle

• Expertise in both traditional and emerging media and channels

• Innovative thinking not afraid to take risks and push Adobe in new directions

• Communication Skills: Exceptional communication capabilities both written and verbal with the ability to articulate nuanced issues strategies and briefs clearly

• Inherent curiosity looking for an exciting opportunity on a fun collaborative team

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 positionis $141000 $297300 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on jobrelated knowledge skillsand 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 shortterm incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Nonsales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and shortterm incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition certain roles may be eligible for longterm incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

At Adobe for sales roles starting salaries are expressed as total target compensation (TTC base commission) and shortterm incentives are in the form of sales commission plans. Nonsales roles starting salaries are expressed as base salary and shortterm incentives are in the form of the Annual Incentive Plan (AIP).

In addition certain roles may be eligible for longterm incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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