For two years, I worked at Adobe next to my university studies (20 hours per week) as a Developer Advocate as a part of the Developer Experience team in the broader Creative Cloud Platform and Ecosystem team.
During my time at Adobe, I got to wear many hats, broadening my experiences in numerous areas.
Involvement in projects at Adobe
While some of the projects I was a part of are under NDA, here are some of the things I did during my time at Adobe:
- Shape and redefine best practices around the information architecture and technical writing of developer documentation for JavaScript-based extensibility APIs, for example on The Adobe InDesign UXP Plugin documentation.
- Collaborate on creating a best-in-class developer experience across
- Establishing a monthly “Office Hours” format together with Amanda Huang – a virtual event for plugin developers to ask questions.
- Establish YouTube / Video content as a pillar of communication for developer relations in the Creative Cloud
- Research usage strategies for AI/LLMs in the field of developer relations during its early days.
- Technical / Stage Direction during the yearly “Creative Cloud Developer Partner Days”, a virtual event with > 50 speakers and > 500 participants.
- Generally serving as the voice of third-party plugin and integration developers within Adobe.
- Gaining new experiences in the field of diversity management and advocacy as an active member in the “Pride” and “Access” employee networks.
While it is unusual for a working student role to be as involved, it should be noted that when starting at Adobe, I had already been working professionally in the field for more than 5 years. I was an active plugin developer and an active member of the developer community. Thus, the “working student” role was primarily defining the number of hours I worked per week and didn’t limit the scope of my work.