Contract Designer, Spectrum Android

About the role

You’ll be joining Adobe on a contract opportunity, employed through NextDeavor. Benefits include health, vision, and dental coverage, paid sick leave eligibility based on state of residence, and an optional 401k plan.

Responsibilities

• Help shape a cross-platform design system’s Android experience, ensuring it feels native and reliable for end users.
• Partner closely with engineers, designers across platforms, and product stakeholders to deliver reusable components and clear implementation guidance.
• Design and refine Android UI components that balance Material Design conventions with the organization’s cross-platform design language.
• Scope components with engineering and produce specs that translate into Jetpack Compose implementations.
• Collaborate with designers working on iOS, web, and desktop to align patterns while respecting platform differences.
• Contribute documentation and usage guidance so product teams can adopt components confidently.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product design experience with significant time designing for Android.
• Fluency in Material Design and the judgment to follow, extend, or diverge from it appropriately.
• Strong collaboration skills with engineering partners; familiarity with how Android components are built (Jetpack Compose experience a plus).
• Clear written and verbal communication for cross-discipline stakeholders (designers, engineers, PMs).
• Ability to ramp quickly and work independently within an established system.
• A degree or certification in product design.

Qualifications

• Prior experience contributing to a public or large-scale design system.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards on Android (such as TalkBack, touch targets, motion preferences).
• Experience designing across multiple platforms (iOS, web).
• Background working with creative or productivity tools.