Adobe
Head of Design, Adobe Creative
$132K–$287K
San Francisco +2 · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York
Los Angeles - Experience
- 15+ years; no alternative stated.
About the job
Leads Adobe Creative’s design practice and directs design craft across campaigns, content, product launches, and experiences while building systems and AI-enabled workflows that support high-quality creative at scale.
What you'll do
- Set design standards and build principles, frameworks, tools, and practices across Adobe Creative.
- Lead design and art direction from early development through execution, including major campaigns and experiences; guide internal teams and external partners.
- Develop design leaders and teams, and define responsible AI-native workflows and principles for evaluating AI-assisted work.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of experience in design, art direction, or multidisciplinary creative leadership.
- World-class portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft across creative, content, and experiences.
- Significant senior design leadership experience and a track record of building design practices, systems, and teams.
- Deep expertise in typography, art direction, and image-making; deep fluency with Adobe Creative Cloud, Firefly, and generative AI workflows.
Nice to have
- Meaningful industry recognition through D&AD, Cannes Lions, The One Show, ADC, AIGA, or equivalent.
- Strong fluency across motion, digital, spatial, editorial, and emerging design practices.
Pay
USD $131,500 - $286,550 annually (base salary); USD $197,900 - $286,550 (base salary) in California; USD $197,900 - $286,550 (base salary) in New York
Tools
Adobe Creative Cloud, Firefly
AI focus
Define Adobe Creative’s approach to AI in design, build AI-native workflows, evaluate AI-assisted work, distinguish where AI can support scale from where human authorship is essential, and help teams understand responsible AI, provenance, creator rights, and Content Credentials.
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