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The Pillars of an Award-Winning Program
Adobe was selected as a 2023 Campus Forward Award Winner for their unwavering commitment to seeking out and hiring early career talent, their emphasis on diversity & inclusion, and investments in nurturing and retaining the next generation of talent. Please see below for the highlights of their approach to early career recruitment.
Demonstrated Investment in Early Career Hiring
Adobe is focused on building new technologies that democratize creativity for consumers from all walks and generations of life. To continue innovating on products and services that push the boundaries of digital experiences, it’s critical that Adobe builds a workforce that reflects the diversity of the world. This includes investing in hiring the next generation of talent to shape the future of the company and the world. When interns and university graduates enter join Adobe for the first time, they experience a company where creativity is unrestricted. As a university student or graduate, they will work side-by-side with the tech industry’s biggest thinkers and innovators to change the world through digital experiences and become part of a community that values their perspectives and ideas.
Innovative and Multi-Faceted Approach to University Recruitment
Adobe’s University Talent team is committed to attracting and engaging with top talent through campus programs, as well as catered experiences online and at Adobe offices globally. Examples include Digital Academy, an immersive apprenticeship program that educates and provides hands-on experience into user experience design, data science, or software engineering. There is also Adobe Career Academy, in which Adobe works exclusively with students from public community colleges around the Bay Area.
Overarching Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
Adobe is committed to building an inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of the world. As part of the company’s ongoing efforts to empower the next generation workforce from diverse backgrounds with digital literacy and creative skills, Adobe established strategic partnerships with HBCUs and HSIs. Each partnering university received a $1 million donation along with career preparation and tools and apps for professors to use in the classroom from Adobe as part of a newly launched Anchor School Program to prepare students for jobs in the technology and creative industries. Additionally, Adobe has partnered with HBCU 20x20 to offer a paid, 8-week professional development fellowship program that will prepare and empower 40 Black college students for careers at Adobe. And the newly launched Student Athlete Micro Internship (SAMI) has been developed by Adobe’s Diversity Talent Acquisition team to support student athletes from HBCUs and HSIs and help them gain valuable career skills.
Impactful Internship Program
When interns and university graduates enter Adobe for the first time, they experience a company where creativity is unrestricted. Adobe interns put their smarts and creativity to work on business-critical projects, while being mentored by top industry talent. Interns get all the credit when they dream up Adobe’s next big thing. In fact, many Adobe interns become patent inventors during their time at Adobe.
Growth and Development of the Next Generation of Talent
At Adobe, new grads hit the ground running to solve its customers’ biggest challenges and work on industry-defining products. They work closely with diverse colleagues and get to follow their passions and curiosity as they do exciting work and forge a career path that’s uniquely for them. They also benefit from career growth opportunities, internal mobility, and learning/development programs.