Adobe Express — Presentations
Adobe · 2024

Adobe Express
Presentations

Feature Design Product Architecture Live
Company
Adobe
Role
Sr. Product Designer
Year
2024
Scope
Feature Design · Product Architecture · PPT & PDF

Presentations sat in the top 3 most searched terms in Adobe Express. Enterprise users were already using Express as a bridge — importing decks, polishing them, exporting back — but there was no native experience. In 2024 I was assigned to build one from scratch.


I designed and architected the full presentations layer inside Express: a bottom page navigation, transitions panel, presenter notes, a split present button with launch options, a full presenter mode with timer and live clock, a voiceover recording panel for async sharing, and PPT and PDF import/export. The feature launched successfully and was quickly adopted across the user base — and later became the foundation that other teams built generative AI presentation features on top of.

Challenge
Express had no presentations experience despite it being one of the most requested features — especially among enterprise users who were already using it as a workaround.
Approach
Architect a cohesive presentations layer — navigation, authoring, presenting, and sharing — without disrupting Express's existing editing experience.
Outcome
A live feature adopted rapidly after launch, and a foundation robust enough for other teams to build generative AI presentation experiences on top of.
Adobe Express Presentations — full overview Voiceover recording feature
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