Sr Staff Product Designer, Video Apps

Adobe; New York (NY); On-site; USD 158,000 - 301,050; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is redefining how generative AI fits into professional creative workflows. Senior Staff Designer will craft AI‑native tools that use spatial inputs and procedural control to steer generation in predictable, repeatable ways. You will ship workflows that creators can understand, trust, and use.

You’ll work across product teams, building precision controls and prototypes to demonstrate robust, creator‑facing interactions that scale across Adobe’s suite of tools.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in product, systems, or interaction design.
• Experience designing complex creative tools or multi‑step workflows.
• Familiar with generative AI systems or AI‑assisted creative products.
• Ability to design modular experiences across product contexts.
• Comfort collaborating with engineering on technically complex problems.
• Navigate ambiguity while delivering concrete outcomes.
• Clear communication across disciplines.
• Experience prototyping AI‑native workflows or interaction models.

Responsibilities

• Design precision controls that meaningfully influence generative behavior.
• Leverage 3D scenes, structure, materials, cameras, and spatial relationships as inputs to AI systems.
• Develop workflows that support iteration, correction, and refinement of generative outputs.
• Translate model capabilities into creator‑facing interactions that feel clear and usable.
• Work across product orgs to integrate AI capabilities consistently across products.
• Prototype with working code, not just Figma, to validate ideas in real workflows.

Skills

AI tool design

Spatial design

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

AI-native prototyping

Systems thinking

Job description

The Opportunity

Adobe is redefining how generative AI fits into professional creative workflows. This role focuses on a critical part of that problem: giving creators precise, intelligible control over generative outputs, grounded in spatial (3D) knowledge and tooling.

We’re looking for a Senior Staff Designer to help design and build AI‑native tools and workflows that use spatial structure, authored inputs, and procedural control to steer generation in predictable, repeatable ways. The work sits at the intersection of generative models, 3D systems, and creator‑facing tools, and it requires someone who can operate comfortably across design, product, and engineering.

This is a hands‑on senior IC role. Success is not just ideas or concepts, but shipped workflows that creators can understand, trust, and use deliberately.

What you’ll be working on

You will help develop new tools and workflows that allow creators to guide generative systems using spatial and structural intent, not just text prompts.

• Designing precision controls that meaningfully influence generative behavior.
• Leveraging 3D scenes, structure, materials, cameras, and spatial relationships as inputs to AI systems.
• Developing workflows that support iteration, correction, and refinement of generative outputs.
• Translating emerging model capabilities into creator‑facing interactions that feel clear and usable.
• Working horizontally across product orgs to integrate AI capabilities consistently across products.
• Pressure‑testing ideas through working, code‑based prototypes (not just Figma) to ensure they hold up in real creative workflows.

This work spans early exploration through production‑ready execution. You’ll be expected to navigate ambiguity while still delivering concrete, usable outcomes.

Must‑haves

• 8+ years of experience in product, systems, or interaction design.
• Experience designing complex creative tools or multi‑step workflows.
• Familiarity with generative AI systems or AI‑assisted creative products.
• Strong systems thinking, with the ability to design modular experiences across different product contexts.
• Comfort working closely with engineering on technically complex problems.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity while staying grounded in execution.
• Clear communication and the ability to articulate design intent across disciplines.
• Experience prototyping AI‑native workflows or interaction models.

Nice‑to‑haves

• Experience with 3D tools, spatial workflows, or scene‑based systems.
• Understanding of geometry, materials, lighting, cameras, or related concepts.
• Experience designing tools for professional creators rather than casual use.
• Exposure to incubation or zero‑to‑one product work.

Why this role matters

This role helps ensure Adobe’s generative AI tools expand creator agency instead of replacing it. By grounding generation in spatial structure and explicit control, the work here enables:

• More predictable and repeatable generative outcomes.
• Faster iteration with less trial‑and‑error.
• Differentiated AI workflows rooted in professional creation.
• Stronger trust between creators and AI systems.

Expected Pay Range

The U.S. pay range for this position is $158,000 – $301,050 annually. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. In California, the pay range is $207,900 – $301,050. In New York, the pay range is $207,900 – $301,050. In Washington, the pay range is $200,000 – $289,550.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Adobe is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, race or color, ethnicity or national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Accommodations for Qualified Individuals with Disabilities

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State‑Specific Notices

California: Adobe will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

Colorado: If this role is open to hiring in Colorado (as listed on the job posting), the application window will remain open until at least the date and time stated above in Pacific Time, in compliance with Colorado pay transparency regulations. If this role does not have Colorado listed as a hiring location, no specific application window applies, and the posting may close at any time based on hiring needs.

Massachusetts: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.