Design Leadership Jobs

Find your next Design Leadership role at companies that value creative talent

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Graphic Designer, Mid

🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States

The Graphic Designer will create impactful visual materials including logos, publications, and multimedia products while ensuring compliance with Section 508 accessibility standards. They will collaborate with stakeholders and senior designers to conceptualize project requirements and deliver solutions that align with organizational branding and mission goals.

$69,300 - $158,000Full-timeMid
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UI/UX Designer - AI Products (Remote)

🌍 Remote

Design and refine intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications to improve usability and accessibility. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes and prototypes based on user research and data.

Remote$22 - $70Contract
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UX / UI Designer

🌍 Remote

The role involves designing and optimizing user-centric digital journeys, wireframes, and prototypes to maximize supporter engagement and conversion. You will use research and analytics to inform design decisions while maintaining high accessibility and usability standards.

RemoteFull-time
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Visual Designer, Marketing & Communications

🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Create original visual design work for print and digital projects while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to translate complex ideas into polished storytelling. Serve as an advisor to stakeholders to ensure consistent brand application and accessibility across all marketing deliverables.

$93,700 - $184,500Full-time
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UI DESIGNER APP MOBILE H/F

🇫🇷 Montpellier, Occitania, France

The UI Designer will create graphical interfaces for mobile apps and web, working closely with UX Designers, Product Owners, and Developers. Responsibilities include developing components within the Design System and ensuring accessibility and responsive standards are met.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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UI/UX Designer - AI Products (Remote)

🌍 Remote

Design and refine intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications to improve usability and accessibility. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes and prototypes based on user research and data.

Remote$22 - $70Contract
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UI/UX Designer - AI Products (Remote)

🌍 Remote

Design and refine intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications to improve usability and accessibility. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes and prototypes based on user research and data.

Remote$22 - $70Contract
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Ruach Media Sdn Bhd

Wordpress web designer

🌍 Remote

The designer will build and maintain responsive WordPress websites, focusing on theme customization and plugin configuration. They are responsible for optimizing site performance, accessibility, and ensuring visual consistency with brand guidelines.

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Staff Product Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

You will define the visual and experiential direction for a global fintech brand while building scalable design systems and new product offerings. You will collaborate across product, engineering, and growth teams to ship high-impact features that improve financial accessibility.

Full-time
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UI/UX Designer - AI Products (Remote)

🌍 Remote

Design and refine intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications to improve usability and accessibility. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes and prototypes based on user research and data.

Remote$22 - $70Contract
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Staff Frontend Engineer - Design Systems

🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States

Develop and scale a centralized React-based component library and design tokens to ensure UI consistency across enterprise applications. Act as the primary bridge between Design and Engineering while mentoring product teams on UI best practices and accessibility standards.

$185,000 - $265,000Full-timeSenior
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Product Designer

🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Product Designer will create high-quality, user-centred digital experiences and translate business requirements into build-ready UI solutions. They will own the design delivery of features while collaborating with Product and Engineering teams to ensure consistency and accessibility.

Full-time
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UI/UX Designer - AI Products (Remote)

🌍 Remote

The role involves designing intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications to improve usability and accessibility. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes and prototypes based on user research and data.

Remote$22 - $70Contract
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Senior UIUX Developer Accessibility Design Systems Angular WCAG

🇺🇸 Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Develop and maintain a scalable, accessible enterprise design system and reusable component library using Angular and USWDS. Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure all front-end assets meet federal WCAG 2.1/AAA accessibility standards.

$65 - $73Full-timeSenior
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UX Designer Senior H/F

🇫🇷 Saint-Ouen, Centre-Val de Loire, France

The Senior UX Designer will lead the complete redesign of a strategic internal banking application, creating mockups and prototypes in Figma. They will collaborate within an Agile Scrum team to ensure interfaces meet accessibility standards and align with the existing design system.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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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.