Group Manager -MotionGraphics&Editorial

Adobe Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe Inc. seeks a Group Manager and Lead for Motion Graphics & Editorial to evolve and expand the internal team. You will lead a fast-paced operation producing shortform video content for product releases, PR, and social across multiple channels.

The role emphasizes building scalable team infrastructure, templates, and assets while driving AI-enabled workflow optimization. The ideal candidate has 10+ years in motion graphics, strong leadership, and deep knowledge of After Effects, Premiere Pro,

Qualifications

• Deep experience (10+ years) in traditional motion graphics and animation.
• Proficiency with After Effects, Premiere Pro and Creative Cloud; familiarity with Figma.
• Strong Frame.io and DAM/MAM archiving skills.
• AI experience and ability to automate motion workflows.
• Ability to build templates, asset libraries, and scalable systems.
• Track record of delivering across multiple channels and formats.
• Excellent shortform, advertising and social storytelling skills.
• Strong UI animation for vector product interfaces.
• Strong design, typography and attention to detail.
• Effective people manager with clear, proactive communication.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in deadline-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the in-house motion graphics and editorial team.
• Build and evolve team infrastructure, workflows, pipelines and assets.
• Own fast-turn motion, animation workflows and storytelling.
• Drive AI-enabled automation to improve efficiency and output.
• Oversee work across product, PR, advertising, social and channels.

Skills

Motion graphics

Animation workflows

Team leadership

Communication

AI fluency

Deadline driven

Tools

After Effects

Premiere Pro

Creative Cloud

Figma

Frame.io

DAM/MAM systems

Job description

Group Manager and Lead - Motion Graphics & Editorial

We're looking for a highly skilled and very energetic candidate to come help us evolve and expand our internal Motion Graphics & Editorial team. This role sits within the Adobe Global Marketing Organization in the Video Production COE, and will lead and manage our in-house motion and editorial team. Initial focus is on building the team producing video content at velocity for lower to mid-funnel & rapid-response work, including shortform videos (usually :06 - :59) for product & feature release, PR & Comms, advertising, paid and organic social, and more across a wide array of channels and specs. But this role will help evolve and lead our greater motion and editorial team as well.

This is an important new role in a dynamic dept. The ideal candidate will:

• Be ready and able to build and manage teams and build & evolve team infrastructure, workflows, pipelines, and assets, and systems.
• Be very experienced in fast-turn motion and animation workflows, tools, methods, and storytelling, and working in a fast-paced, complex, deadline driven environment.
• Be AI fluent and passionate about finding ways to automate and optimize motion animation workflows and tasks towards efficiency.

Requirements

• Deep experience (10 years +) in traditional motion graphics and animation work at agencies, post-houses, and/or brands.
• State of the art motion tool ability & comprehension. Adobe After Effects & Premiere Pro skills essential, as well as Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and other industry standard motion, editorial, design, and 3D tools & workflows.
• Strong proficiency in frame.io and general DAM / MAM & archiving systems.
• AI experience & fluency. Knowledgeable on AI and automation tools in the post, motion, animation, and social space.
• Can efficiently build & manage templates, asset libraries, systems and processes.
• Understanding of and experience making effective work across all channels, specs, and sizes.
• Excellent shortform, advertising, and social storytelling skills.
• Experienced animating vector product UI with precision.
• Strong design background, and attention to detail, including typography & type animation expertise.
• Strong people manager.
• Great communication skills.
• Strong multi-tasking and prioritization in deadline driven environment.

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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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 $118,300 - $259,800 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 $179,400 - $259,800.

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In addition, certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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