Adobe Sales Academy

The Adobe Sales Academy is an elite program designed for emerging sales professionals who want to invest in their career with a program that is equally invested in them. 

Our mission is to cultivate emerging sales talent who successfully demonstrate the Adobe Core Values while providing a positive impact on Adobe’s pipeline and revenue.

Hear From Our Team

Dive into a day in the life of the Adobe Sales Academy and hear from our reps on their experience.
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What Makes Us Unique

Cheryl Ghosh

After only six weeks at Adobe, I’ve come to learn that our work is not just a drop in a bucket (yes, even as an intern). The reason for this is because Adobe’s work doesn’t stop in the “office” or when I clock out for the day. It continues in our day-to-day, in our conversations, our contributions to society, and in our communities. It’s uplifting our peers and always challenging ourselves to do better.

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Jenna Toder
2020 ASA Intern & current Partnerships Activation Manager
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Yash Gandhi Adobe Sales Academy Intern
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Gabriella Senderov, 2022 Adobe Sales Academy Intern & current Sales Development Representative
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Jacob Leon Enterprise Account Executive Southeast Asia
Jeremy Joachim

I loved the ASA program, especially the ASA team as everyone was always supportive and encouraging for your career development. I’m back full-time and can’t thank ASA enough for the opportunity to kick-start my career. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else, truly.

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Tam Nyguyen 2022 ASA Intern & current Business Development Representative
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Elisha McDonald 2022 ASA Student Athlete Micro-Intern SAMI Intern & current Sales Development Representative
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Paula Luciano 2019 & 2020 Adobe Sales Academy Intern & current Sr. Account Development Representative
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Ryan Hirai 2021 ASA Intern & current Business Development Representative

ASA Journey

The Adobe Sales Academy provides you the opportunity to gain real world experience in developing critical sales skills that align to an enterprise sales process, including, but not limited, to the following skills:

Onboarding

Participate in extensive trainings and coaching on sales skills, tools, and processes with guidance from peers, mentors, and top sales leaders at Adobe

Developing Relationships

Harness long-lasting relationships, both inside and outside of your ecosystem and customers, through account-based prospecting methods and engagements to develop your executive presence
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Expand Our Customer Base

Build pipeline, drive customer retention, engage in value conversations, and deliver mutual plans with new and current customers 

Drive and Close Sales

Gain experience owning an end to end sales cycle management, including net-new, upsell, cross sell, and renewals sales motions

Represent Adobe in the Field

Leverage your Adobe experience to provide value through Adobe’s customer-centric sales approach to our enterprise customers while leading other Adobe sellers on your account team

Learn about potential career paths in ASA

Adobe Sales Academy provides you the opportunity to drive your career growth and identifying your ideal role in sales. Below is a sampling of some of the sales roles available in the Adobe Experience Cloud, Creative Cloud and Document Cloud. 

Business Development Representative

Typically the first full-time role in the Adobe Sales Academy is a Business Development Representative. In this role, you focus on generating new leads, (both inbound and outbound), as well as qualify and nurture opportunities through the early stages of the buyer’s journey. As a Business Development Representative, you are a critical part of the sales ecosystem supporting your account team and customers. This role equips you with a fantastic foundation to progress to many other opportunities throughout the sales organization.
Growth Account Executive 
Sellers responsible for selling single solution products and services to accounts without an existing Adobe footprint. 
Renewal Sales Specialist
Sellers responsible for renewing the existing book of business for our Enterprise customers, while growing their Adobe footprint and annual recurring revenue.
Inside Sales Representative 
Sellers providing client relationship management for both new and existing customers, responsible for exceeding revenue targets within their assigned territory.
Solution Account Manager 
Sellers focused on helping single-solution Experience Cloud customers gain value from their purchase and expand the customer footprint. 

Locations

The Adobe Sales Academy is offered in multiple offices across North America. In the United States, this includes Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Lehi/Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, McLean, New York City, San Jose, and San Francisco. In Canada, we’re located in Toronto and Ontario. We consider full-time candidates year-round, and upcoming summer intern candidates each fall.

Adobe Sales Academy Intern Program

The Adobe Sales Academy Internship program is a 12-week, hands-on experience for rising seniors who are currently enrolled in a college/university program. The ASA Internship is held annually between May – September and is focused on creating an immersive experience that allows you the opportunity to experience the day-to-day life of selling enterprise software.

Adobe Sales Academy Internships are paid internships that include housing and moving stipends (where applicable).

What sets our program apart from all other sales intern programs:

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Dedicated onboarding and training of Adobe’s solutions, tools, sales skills, and processes and 1:1 mentoring and shadowing
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Soumya Lakshmi

Building Adobe pipeline by working with account teams, researching account and contacts, building strategic messaging and reaching out to customers
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Team competitions and events held throughout the summer to encourage teamwork, networking, and relationship building 
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National Intern Summit held at Adobe Headquarters in San Jose, including ASA-specific sessions incorporating case competitions, storytelling competitions and team building activities.

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Learning from Adobe’s top sellers and leaders through weekly roundtables and networking events

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Student Sales Competition 


​​​​​​​In 2023, the Adobe Sales Academy launched the first-ever Student Sales Competition. The competition was available for any currently enrolled college or university freshman, sophomores and juniors. It was a two round Adobe Workfront case competition focusing on using creative prospecting skills and running a mock customer call. Check out our 2023 winners below: 

2023 Winners

Cheryl Ghosh

Lane Laurent

University of Arizona

1st Place

Cheryl Ghosh

Zane DiRienzo

Stetson University

2nd Place

Cheryl Ghosh

Gabriela Gaytan

Ensign College

3rd Place

The Top 3 Winners receive gift cards (ranging from $2,500 to $1,000) & opportunities to network with the ASA team to learn more about a career in technology sales and what the ASA program can offer.

Check back in January 2024 to participate in the next Adobe Sales Academy student sales competition! 

Work-Life Balance

Be Well

  • Global Wellness Days Off 
  • 1-week company shutdown, 2x a year 
  • Hybrid work environment, digital first  
  • 4-month Paternity/6-month Maternity leave 
  • Base pay + Commission + signing bonus & moving stipend (when applicable) 

Find Balance

  • $600 Wellness reimbursement 
  • Mental Wellbeing Resources (Headspace, LifeDojo, EAP) 
  • Subsidized cafeteria meals
  • Commuter benefits 
  • FSA and HAs Employer Contributions 

Keep Growing

  • $10,000 Tuition reimbursement (US-based only) 
  • $10,000 Tuition reimbursement for ongoing education 
  • $1,000 annual learning fund 
  • Free access to Adobe Creative tools, AI Learning, and Harvard Manage Mentor 
Meet the Adobe Sales Academy Team
Jessica Holmes 
Director, Adobe Sales Academy 
Kristen Ream 
Sr. Program Manager 
Gwen Reyes 
Sr. Program Manager 
Wyatt Harrison 
​​​​​​​Program Manager

Julia Amaral  
Program Manager 
Sophie Traube 
Associate Program Manager 
Questions about the Adobe Sales Academy? Reach out to asahiring@adobe.com