Strategic Leader, Academic & Executive Relationships

Job title: Strategic Leader, Academic & Executive Relationships

About the Role A strategic leadership role focused on driving adoption and long-term preference for Adobe creative and generative AI workflows across top design-focused higher education programs through faculty partnerships, curriculum integration, and industry workflow alignment.

What You'll Do

• Build trusted relationships with faculty, chairs, and deans and advise on curriculum modernization, generative AI adoption, and industry-aligned creative workflows.
• Translate real-world workflows into course and assignment recommendations delivered to faculty.
• Guide responsible adoption of generative AI in design and film programs and educate faculty and students on use cases, authorship, and ethical considerations.
• Design and scale faculty programmes, course pilots, portfolio initiatives, and industry-connected capstones that drive product adoption.
• Enable and lead a team of training partners on top creative and AI workflows.
• Develop advocates across faculty, industry practitioners, and creative technologists to scale reach and impact of our platform through trusted voices and peer-led adoption.
• Partner with Film, Video, and Motion evangelists to align institutional strategy, executive messaging, and cross-discipline creative workflow storytelling.

What We're Looking For

• Design Workflow Authority: Deep credibility in professional design workflows and creative production pipelines, with knowledge of the film industry as a plus.
• Executive Influence: Proven ability to influence academic leadership and complex institutions.
• AI Leader: Practical and informed perspective on AI in creative production.
• Academic Experience: Experience teaching, lecturing, or developing curriculum in design education.
• Community Building: Experience pulling together a community of designers, faculty members in digital or physical forums.
• Project Management: Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution—defining scope, aligning teams, managing timelines and resources, and delivering high-impact outcomes in creative and academic environments.
• Credentials: 8+ years leading creative initiatives in industry and/or higher education. Degree or equivalent experience in a creative or design-related field; background spanning creative environments.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of the film industry is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not disclosed in the posting.