Design Leadership Jobs in Los Angeles, United States of America
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Creative Production Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cella 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead hands-on, high-volume production design, especially executive presentations, while translating brand systems and creative direction into scalable, consistent visual work. Partner with cross-functional teams, uphold quality standards, and improve design workflows, templates, and production practices.
Assistant Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Insight Global 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Support the planning and design of major aviation capital improvement projects at LAX, including terminal and concourse developments. Coordinate with architects, engineers, planners, and stakeholders to advance projects from early planning and design through construction and activation.
Store Design Manager - WSS
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Foot Locker 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Store Design Manager leads the creative and technical development of store environments, overseeing the full design process from concept to construction. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure designs meet operational, financial, and brand standards while managing project documentation and vendor coordination.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Vanir Construction Management, Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Lead the design lifecycle for campus capital projects, overseeing planning, design deliverables, quality reviews, compliance, schedules, budgets, and DSA approvals. Coordinate the Capital Program Team, design consultants, and District stakeholders, and review construction changes and their impacts on project scope, cost, and schedule.
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Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Maas Companies, Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Manage the design process for multiple school facilities projects, from programming and early design through construction documents, ensuring compliance with educational standards, budgets, schedules, and environmental and legal requirements. Select and direct design firms, review design changes, coordinate Division of the State Architect approvals, and report project status with findings and recommendations.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Maas Companies 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Design Manager oversees the design process for assigned school projects, ensuring they remain within budget, schedule, and legal requirements. They are responsible for selecting design firms, providing clear project direction, and coordinating approvals with the Division of the State Architect.
Head of Design
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Brobston Group 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Partner with the founder to lead design across products, packaging, gifting, visual merchandising, retail environments, and collaborations, taking concepts through prototyping, vendor development, production, and final execution. Manage junior creative talent and build the workflows, standards, and team structure for a growing design function.
Creative Design Manager, Events
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Shannon Connex Recruiting 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Creative Design Manager will lead the visual storytelling and design development for corporate events, creating compelling proposals and mood boards. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design consistency and execute creative concepts from initial brainstorming to on-site implementation.
Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Mygreat Recruitment Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Design Manager leads the full design lifecycle for campus capital projects, serving as the primary liaison between the Capital Program Team and design consultants. They oversee design deliverables, ensure regulatory compliance with DSA standards, and manage project budgets, schedules, and quality control.
Design Manager - Bilingual (Korean/English)
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Sixth Avenue Hospitality 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Design Manager will lead the strategic and creative development of graphic design and content to strengthen brand identity and consumer engagement. They are responsible for overseeing the end-to-end packaging design process and creating cohesive visual systems across digital and social platforms.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Danish Athletics 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Manages multiple seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects while supervising a team of design professionals through the review process. Ensures that architectural and engineering plans comply with District standards, budgetary requirements, and legal guidelines.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cordoba Corporation 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees multidisciplinary design teams and manages capital improvement projects, focusing on seismic upgrades and critical repairs. They coordinate the design review process to ensure projects meet programmatic, budgetary, and regulatory requirements while collaborating with architects and stakeholders.
About Design Leadership careers
Design leaders in 2026 set the strategic vision for design organizations navigating an AI-saturated market. This role requires a balance of craft expertise and high-level business acumen to advocate for design's value at the executive level.
Effective leaders foster a culture of technical agency, establishing systems that allow human creativity and machine efficiency to coexist.
Companies like Stripe and Airbnb seek VPs and Directors of Design who can scale teams and align design strategy with long-term business objectives.
We feature senior leadership positions including Design Directors, Heads of Design, VP of Design, Chief Design Officers, and design team leads at companies like Meta, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, and fast-growing AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. These roles span product design, brand, and cross-functional design organizations.
Many companies offer remote design leadership roles, including distributed-first companies like Notion, Linear, GitLab, and Vercel. AI companies like Midjourney and Anthropic also hire remote design leaders. Some companies prefer hybrid arrangements for VP+ positions.
Most positions require 8–15+ years of design experience with 3–5+ years managing teams. Strong candidates demonstrate strategic thinking, team building, stakeholder management, and a track record of shipping successful products at companies like Figma, Spotify, Netflix, or emerging AI startups. Browse leadership portfolios to see how experienced designers showcase their impact.
Design leadership salaries are highly competitive: Design Directors earn $160k–$240k, VPs of Design $220k–$350k+, and CDOs at major companies can exceed $400k with significant equity packages. AI companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks often offer premium total compensation. Consult our salary guide for detailed breakdowns.