Adobe Job Opportunity

Forum topic: Submitted by Amanda Arnett on Fri, 2008-06-13 19:56. Last updated on Fri, 2008-06-13 19:56.

Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information. For 25 years, the company’s award-winning software and technologies have redefined business, entertainment, and personal communications by setting new standards for producing and delivering content that engages people virtually anywhere at anytime. From rich images in print, video, and film to dynamic digital content for a variety of media, the impact of Adobe solutions is evident across industries and felt by anyone who creates, views, and interacts with information. With a reputation for excellence and a portfolio of many of the most respected and recognizable software brands, Adobe is one of the world’s largest and most diversified software companies.

Today, Adobe is better positioned than ever to push the boundaries of the digital universe. Under the leadership of President & CEO Shantanu Narayen, we're driving even greater innovation with powerful, compelling software solutions that meet the needs of customers and markets ranging from designers and filmmakers, to enterprises and governments, to developers and home users.

Overview

Recognizing that employees are at the core of our success, Adobe recruits and retains highly qualified and motivated individuals, creates an environment where they can innovate and achieve their best, and rewards them for their performance by giving them an opportunity to share in the company’s success.

Adobe At-A-Glance

Headquarters: San Jose, CA

Founded: 1982

IPO Date: 1986

Employees: 6,500+

Offices: 30+ offices worldwide

Fiscal 2005 revenue: $1.96 billion

Fiscal 2006 revenue: $2.57 billion

Fiscal 2007 revenue: $3.15 billion

Position Overview

The Learning Resources team is seeking an experienced documentation manager to lead a group of writers in the development of instructional media for knowledge workers and developers. As a member of the Learning Resources staff, you will be responsible for producing the highest

quality instructional media. This writing team will deliver documentation, samples, tutorials, multimedia and articles to support our core knowledge worker product such as Acrobat, and Connect as well as supporting developer documents such as SDKs and APIs. The Ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of the documentation process and business-productivity software and an understanding of systems integration and software as a service (SaaS) delivery models.

You will be a part of the product team and provide managerial support for producing the instructional media. Experience working with other product team managers is a must. Experience with managing software development process is also a vital part of this position, as this team produces collateral beyond the documentation.

Responsibilities

Work with other Learning Resources team members to schedule, staff and budget documentation projects.

Facilitate strong and positive working relationships with various teams, including Product Management, Product Marketing, Engineering, and Technical Support

Oversee content development process to ensure high quality end-user and developer documentation.

Work with the end-user/developer community to address user needs and gather content/samples

Requirements

• Knowledge of web application development, web services integration and web technologies such as HTML, XML, JDBC.

• Knowledge of JavaScript and application development.

• Minimum of 3 years experience as a documentation manager, preferably in software documentation development for the knowledge worker or developer market.

• Excellent writing skills and demonstrated ability to write clear, concise prose on a deadline.

• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.

• Demonstrated ability address users of various levels of experience.

• Proven ability to work well with people and on a team

• Comfortable with emerging technologies

Ideal:

• 4-year college degree.

• Experience with ActionScript, client/server technologies and n-tiered technologies.

• Experience developing web-oriented applications and office-productivity applications.

Job Level: Manager

• Expertise: Product Development-Instructional Media / Editorial Manager

• Education: Bachelors (or equivalent work experience)

• Job Type: Full Time Locale United States/San Francisco

• Experience: 5-7 years

• Required Language: English

Adobe believes personal fulfillment and company success go hand in hand, sustaining one another. In fact, our dynamic, rewarding working environment is well known – including eight years on FORTUNE magazine’s "100 Best Companies to Work For" and other, similar accolades. By hiring the very best and brightest, Adobe continues to be a simply better place to work – creating a dynamic environment today and providing incentives for future achievement.