Case Study: Academy of Art University achieves streamlined HR workflows with Adobe Acrobat Sign

Academy of Art University prepares students for successful careers in creative disciplines with Adobe solutions

Academy of Art University, a San Francisco art school serving about 13,000 students across 27 departments, set out to modernize teaching and operations so graduates are career-ready. The university faced challenges including providing access to industry-standard creative software, standardizing software and course materials, enabling flexible mobile and online learning, and streamlining time-consuming HR paperwork.

By deploying Adobe Creative Cloud for enterprise, Adobe Experience Manager (Sites and Mobile) and Adobe Sign (integrated with Workday), the university gave every student and instructor access to up-to-date apps, cloud storage and mobile tools, standardized templates, and a consolidated web/content platform. The result: improved learning and creativity, faster course and website development (with 45+ custom components), easier collaboration across devices, consistent branding and higher-quality course materials, and much quicker HR agreement processing.

Academy of Art University

Jason Shaeffer

Vice President of Online Education