Adobe Certified Professional

"74% of hiring managers say Adobe-certified creatives deserve higher pay and 77% of organisations actively look for the credential."

74%

of hiring managers say candidates with verified creative credentials deserve higher compensation

Adobe & Edelman, The Creative Edge Study 2023–2024, 1,500 hiring managers across US, UK, and India

90%

of the world's creative professionals use Adobe tools as their industry standard

Adobe Fast Facts / Adobe Inc. corporate reporting

#4

creative thinking ranked as the 4th most important core skill globally by employers

World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025, 1,000+ employers representing 14 million workers

What certifications are available?

A certification is only as good as the name behind it.

Find Your Certification

Acrobat

Get certified with Adobe Acrobat. Validate your skills in creating, editing, and managing PDF documents to a professional standard.Exam Retake available as a separate add-on.

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After Effects

Get certified in Adobe After Effects through the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) program. Validate your skills with an internationally recognised Adobe certification. Prove your creative skills ...

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Creative Cloud

Get certified with Adobe Creative Cloud. Validate your skills across the Adobe Creative Cloud suite of applications.Exam Retake available as a separate add-on.

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A master of all trades

Why settle for mastering one tool when you can master the whole toolkit? Stack complementary certifications across productivity, design, and technology to build a profile that stands out from the crowd.

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Firefly

Get certified with Adobe Firefly. Validate your skills in AI-powered creative tools and generative design.Exam Retake available as a separate add-on.

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Illustrator

Get certified in Adobe Illustrator through the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) program. Validate your skills with an internationally recognised Adobe certification. Prove your creative skills in...

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InDesign

Get certified in Adobe InDesign through the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) program. Validate your skills with an internationally recognised Adobe certification. Prove your creative skills in In...

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Photoshop

Get certified in Adobe Photoshop through the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) program. Validate your skills with an internationally recognised Adobe certification. Prove your creative skills in P...

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Premiere Pro

Get certified in Adobe Premiere Pro through the Adobe Certified Professional (ACP) program. Validate your skills with an internationally recognised Adobe certification. Prove your creative skills i...

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With you every step of the way

The Journey

From first lesson to final exam.

Follow a structured path that takes you from learning the basics to earning a recognised certification.

Choose Your Path

Pick the certification that matches your goals, or start mastering the full suite one at a time.

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Learn

Video lessons, labs, and structured content show you exactly what to know and how to do it.

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Pratice

Work through real exam tasks, get instant feedback, and build confidence before the real thing.

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Sit Your Exam

Take the exam online from home or at a local testing centre.

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Get Your Badge

Pass and receive a digital badge through Credly. Add it to your LinkedIn, CV, and email signature. Employers can verify it directly.

Backed By The Data

The Career
Impact

What Employers Think

77% of organisations actively seek candidates with professional creative certifications, and 75% of hiring managers rely on them to identify qualified candidates. 53% say credentialed candidates demonstrate a stronger commitment to professional development.

Adobe Creative Cloud holds over 70% of the overall creative software market. When your certification comes from the company behind Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro, the tools used in virtually every studio, agency, and marketing team, employers don't need to guess whether you can do the work.

Salaries & Promotion

Graphic designers in New Zealand earn $62,000–$77,000 on average, with senior roles reaching $90,000+. Certification helps you get to the top of that range faster — 74% of hiring managers agree that verified creative credentials justify higher pay.

In a market where employers increasingly ask candidates to prove their skills upfront, Adobe Certified Professional status does that for you before the interview starts. And with digital content creation demand up 300% in recent years, certified creatives are harder to find and easier to hire.

Productivity

Adobe's creative suite powers over 90% of professional creative workflows globally. Certified professionals don't just know the basics, they understand advanced techniques like non-destructive editing, batch automation, and cross-application workflows that dramatically reduce production time.

The difference between a self-taught user and a certified professional is efficiency. Certification validates that you can produce faster, with fewer revisions, using the full depth of tools most users barely scratch the surface of.

Job Opportunities

Graphic Designer / Brand Designer → Photoshop + Illustrator

Video Editor / Content Creator → Premiere Pro + After Effects

Motion Graphics Designer → After Effects + Animate

UX/UI Designer → Photoshop + Illustrator

Marketing Coordinator / Digital Marketer → Photoshop + InDesign

Photographer / Retoucher → Photoshop

Print & Publication Designer → InDesign + Illustrator

Web Designer → Photoshop + Dreamweaver

Educational Outcomes

Certified high school students show measurably better outcomes: higher GPAs (3.12 vs 2.78), higher graduation rates (97.5% vs 78.4%), and reduced dropout rates (0.2% vs 1.0%). These findings come from Certiport's analysis of the Florida CAPE Academy Performance Report, the same exam platform used for Adobe Certified Professional.

Adobe certification aligns with digital media and creative arts curriculum and gives students a portfolio-ready, employer-recognised credential before they graduate. The American Council on Education (ACE) endorses each exam for college credit.

Globally Recognised

Your Knowledge Passport

Our certifications are recognized in 148 countries around the world. Designed to build trust with employers all over the world that you have the right skills.