Staff Experience Designer, Express Extensibility

San Francisco, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 146300 - 274300

Posted on: 7 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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

Adobe Express is on a mission to help business owners social marketers communicators and side hustlers create standout content in minutes. Our design team is passionate about delivering a fast easy and fun creative experience that empowers users to bring their ideas to lifebeautifully and effortlessly.

The Extensibility team enables Express to reach new audienceswhether through integrations inside Express or by embedding Express features into partner apps like Acrobat Miro Fantasy Premier League and ChatGPT. We empower developers and partners to build on our platform expandingwhatspossible for creators of all kinds.

Wereseeking a Staff Designer to lead design for extensibility experiences.Youllshape how users and developers discover access and integrate Express capabilities across diverse surfaces driving the future of creative extensibility at Adobe.

WhatYoullDo

In this roleyoulldrive the vision and strategy for extensibility across Express and partner platforms crafting scalable systems and intuitive workflows forintegrationsinto our Express experience and AI assistant. You willbe responsible fordesigning end-to-end experiences that enable seamless integration of Express features into partner apps ensuring that creativity powered by Express can reach users wherever they arewhether inside our product or through collaborations with leading platforms.

Youllwork closely with other designers product managers engineers and external partners toexpand onrequirements and deliver high-impact solutions. Collaboration is central to this role asyoulllead cross-functional efforts and AI-first initiatives across our partner ecosystem balancing user needs technical constraints and businessobjectivesto create solutions that are both elegant and impactful.

Your approach will elevate design quality throughsystemsthinking accessibility and scalability guaranteeing that extensibility experiences are consistent and delightful across multiple surfaces and devices. As a mentoryoullguide designers and contribute to a culture of craft innovation and inclusivity fostering an environment where creativity and collaboration thrive.

What You Need to Succeed

10 years of experience in UX/product design with a strong portfolioshowcasingcomplex systems extensibility or developer-focused work.

Expertiseindesigning forplatforms integrations or developer ecosystems.

Proven ability to translate technical constraints into elegant user experiences.

Strong systems thinking and experience building design patterns for extensible products.

Excellent interpersonal written and oral communication skills with the ability to share design rationale persuasively across all levels of the organization.

Experience working iteratively with agile engineering teams.

Deep knowledge and passion for accessible and inclusive design.

A proventrack recordof aligning across teams and building shared design direction

Experience working within design systems and contributing back to them

Experience designing for both desktop and mobile.

Proactive collaboration across teams and ability to connect dots across functions and teams.

Experience designing for AI workflows.

Nice to Have

Passion for building creative plugins and empowering creativity through technology.

Familiarity with API-driven workflows developer tools and partner integrations is a plus.

Passion for using AI tools to build interactive prototypes for usability testing or impactful storytelling.

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.

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 $$274300 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related 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 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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California:

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Colorado:

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Massachusetts:

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Our CompanyChanging 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...