Staff Designer, Spectrum Design System
The opportunity
Do you have a passion for exceptional digital experiences, elegant UI, and solving complex design problems at scale? Adobe Design is seeking a Staff Designer to join Spectrum Vision, a team within our Spectrum design system. The Spectrum Vision team partners with product and design groups at pivotal moments—bringing clarity, coherence, and polish to high-impact work. Our mission is to uplift bold ideas through thoughtful UX and elevated visual execution, using Spectrum as a shared foundation.
We help teams go further by building alongside them—sharing inspiration, refining the craft, and creating space for visionary thinking.
Above all, we believe design should be joyful, collaborative, and full of momentum! We're proud of the expertise we bring, but we're even more passionate about what we can build together, and enjoying the journey of design together.
About you
You’re a creative force with excellent aesthetic judgment and a deep dedication to collaboration. You set the standard with your craft, your approach, and your ability to foster camaraderie. Your work delights customers and inspires peers, and you thrive in environments where vision and execution go hand in hand.
What you’ll do
As a key member on the Spectrum design team, your work and voice will have a far-reaching impact. You will:
- Elevate design quality across foundational systems and the big-picture for design across Adobe.
- Inspire visionary thinking by exploring what’s possible with Spectrum and stretching the system thoughtfully.
- Provoke the future by illuminating new directions for Adobe’s design legacy and innovation.
- Promote Spectrum by partnering with teams, capturing feedback, and integrating insights into system evolution.
- Uphold accessibility standards and apply inclusive design practices in all work.
What you need to succeed
- Expert level of craftmanship within visual and UI design.
- Proven experience in design systems and a track record of for solving creative problem sets.
- Ability to solve complex design challenges across products or platforms.
- Expert level proficiency with Figma and Figma libraries.
- A collaborative and open-minded outlook, and a high degree of comfort working in a fast-paced environment.
- Creative and analytical skills to facilitate workshops and communicate insights that inspire design opportunities.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal communication skills.
- Ability to effectively collaborate with engineering partners to bring designs to life.
- Comfort mentoring, encouraging an inclusive and empowering environment for other designers to do innovative and impactful work.
- Solid understanding of and passion for accessible and inclusive design practices.
Preferred Accessibility Design Skills:
- Experience designing accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities.
- Understanding of applying WCAG conformance criteria in design, specifically testing comps, wireframes, and prototypes for accessibility standards.
- Accessibility certifications CPACC, WAS, CPWA, or ADS from the IAAP preferred.
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 $142,700 -- $265,400 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.
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.