Director Enterprise Brand Partnerships & Advertising Strategy

The Opportunity

Adobe is looking for a strategic and progressive marketing leader to help shape how we bring our enterprise narrative to market through high-impact advertising premium media and brand partnerships.

AsDirector of Enterprise Brand Partnerships and Advertising Strategy you will define the strategy for how Adobe shows up across key external platforms publishers and cultural moments to build awareness credibility and demand for Adobes enterprise offerings. As a key leader in the Global Digital Marketing organization you will sit at the intersection of brand media partnerships and demand generation helping ensure Adobes biggest narratives and campaigns are translated into smart differentiated high-performing advertising programs.

This role suits a leader who knows both the art and science of modern B2B marketing. They build media strategies that elevate perception. They activate strategic partnerships to extend reach and relevance. They connect brand investment to measurable downstream business outcomes.

You will partner closely with Narrative & Content Integrated Campaigns Digital Marketing Sports Marketing Events Communications/PR Regional Marketing Analytics and agency partners to develop global frameworks and scaled programs that can be activated across priority markets.

In this role you will help define how Adobe modernizes its enterprise advertising model building a stronger bridge between brand storytelling strategic partnerships and measurable market impact. Youll have the opportunity to shape not just campaigns but the operating model for how Adobes enterprise brand shows up in the world.

What Youll Do

• Refine and accelerate Adobes global enterprisebrand media and advertising strategy(It Starts with Adobe) across priority audiences categories and markets.
• Lead the development of premium publisher partnerships sponsorship amplification co-marketing activations and high-visibility advertising programs that boost Adobes brand and market presence.
• Translate enterprise campaign priorities and narratives into coordinated advertising approaches that span brand building thought leadership amplification and demand creation with a heavy focus on OOH.
• Develop the framework outlining Adobes method for evaluating prioritizing and activating strategic media and partnership opportunities with publishers event organizers platforms and ecosystem partners.
• Partner with regional and digital marketing leaders to ensure global strategies are adapted thoughtfully for local market conditions media landscapes and audience needs.
• Build clear planning approaches forglobal vs. regional decision-making including where Adobe should standardize localize or test.
• Work closely with Digital Marketing and Channel Activation teams to ensure brand media connects effectively to downstream demand programs retargeting strategies and journey orchestration.
• Establish measurement frameworks that tie brand media budgeting to outcomes such as reach engagement brand lift audience growth and demand influence.
• Partner with Analytics and Finance teams to strengthen planning rigor performance visibility and return on investment storytelling.
• Identify emerging opportunities in media partnerships and buyer behavior including how AI-driven discovery third-party ecosystems and new distribution models are reshaping enterprise marketing.
• Build executive-ready recommendations narratives and POVs for senior marketing leadership.
• Influence agency partners and internal teams to raise the quality consistency and strategic impact of Adobes enterprise advertising efforts.

What Is Needed to Succeed

• Deep experience inbrand strategy advertising strategy media partnerships integrated marketing or B2B brand marketing (10 years minimum)
• Strong understanding of how premium media sponsorships partnerships and paid channels can work together to drive bothbrand impact and demand outcomes
• Experience building integrated strategies across global and regional teams in a matrixed organization
• Strong business judgment and the ability to prioritize investments against enterprise goals market opportunities and budget realities
• Proven ability to connect upper-funnel media investment to measurable business outcomes
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills including comfort presenting to senior executives
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence without direct authority
• A modern understanding of enterprise buyer behavior and the evolving media landscape including digital publisher event and partner ecosystems
• A data-informed approach with comfort using performance insights to build strategy and optimize investment
• High degree of ownership initiative and comfort operating in ambiguity

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience inenterprise B2B marketing ideally in technology SaaS or platform businesses
• Experience working with or leading relationships with major business technology or industry publishers
• Familiarity with global enterprise campaigns account-based marketing environments or regionalized media planning models
• Experience partnering with digital demand generation teams to connect brand activity to audience growth engagement and pipeline
• Understanding of AI-era discovery trends content syndication third-party trust ecosystems and the changing role of advertising in complex buying journeys

About Adobe

Adobe empowers everyone to create through innovative platforms and tools that unleash creativity productivity and personalized customer experiences. Adobes 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 30000 employees worldwide are creating the future and raising the bar as we drive the next decade of growth. Were 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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