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Senior Graphic Designer - Touchland
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Church & Dwight Co., Inc. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the creation of visually compelling, brand-consistent designs across digital, packaging, retail, and campaign touchpoints. This role involves translating brand identity into assets, supporting campaign ideation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure creative excellence.
Senior Product Designer (Clinical)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Counsel Health 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will partner with clinical leaders to design and iterate on AI-enabled care workflows and platforms. You are responsible for the end-to-end user experience, ensuring high standards for visual craft and interaction design.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Traba 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Staff Product Designer will rapidly prototype designs and refine user experiences for mobile and web applications. They will also lead the development and governance of the design system while conducting user research to validate concepts.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America
Modmed 🇺🇸 Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America
The UX Designer will lead the design function for RCM and Practice Management products, managing projects from ideation through validation. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user-centered designs, conduct research, and ensure accessibility and usability standards are met.
Expert UX Designer
🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Veradigm 🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Provide design leadership to product groups by solving complex challenges and applying user-centered design methods. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to standardize design systems while championing user needs across the organization.
Electrical Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Industrial Electric Manufacturing 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
The Electrical Design Engineering Manager leads the design team in Jacksonville to develop custom electrical switchgear solutions while bridging the gap between engineering and manufacturing. This role ensures high-quality engineering outputs, manages project deadlines, and provides mentorship to staff to maintain operational excellence.
Vice President of Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Fremont, California, United States of America
Industrial Electric Manufacturing 🇺🇸 Fremont, California, United States of America
The Vice President of Design Engineering will provide strategic leadership for the engineering organization, overseeing the execution of customized switchgear projects. This role involves transforming engineering workflows to standardized, high-fidelity solutions while partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturability and cost-effectiveness.
Vice President of Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Industrial Electric Manufacturing 🇺🇸 Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
The Vice President of Design Engineering will provide strategic leadership for the Design-to-Order organization, overseeing a team of electrical and mechanical engineers. They are responsible for driving operational improvements, standardizing design workflows, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality, cost-effective switchgear solutions.
Vice President of Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Berwick, PA 18603, United States of America
Industrial Electric Manufacturing 🇺🇸 Berwick, PA 18603, United States of America
The Vice President of Design Engineering will lead the Design-to-Order organization, overseeing electrical and mechanical engineers to deliver customized switchgear solutions. This role involves establishing strategic direction, monitoring performance indicators, and transforming engineering workflows to improve efficiency and scalability.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Bellingham, Washington, United States of America
Wecu 🇺🇸 Bellingham, Washington, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead visual communication strategies, oversee advertising campaigns, and manage design-related vendors. They are also responsible for mentoring junior designers and ensuring all creative work aligns with the organization's strategic goals and brand identity.
Senior Product Designer II, Activation
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Hubspot Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lead end-to-end design initiatives across the customer journey to improve activation, discovery, and long-term value. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build cohesive, AI-driven experiences that scale across multiple product surfaces.
Associate UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Konrad 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will collaborate with design leads and strategy consultants to create innovative digital products through user research, wireframing, and information architecture. Additionally, you will work closely with developers to ensure the pixel-perfect execution of design deliverables.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Konrad 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead large-scale digital innovation projects by connecting design, business, and technology for global clients. Facilitate design research, ideation, and the creation of digital interfaces across multiple platforms while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Five9 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead the design of new features and improvements from concept to launch while advocating for user needs. Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements and create intuitive, integrated design solutions.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Workwave 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Staff Product Designer will lead design strategy for complex, cross-product initiatives and serve as a strategic partner to product, engineering, and executive leadership. This role involves mentoring designers, driving design excellence, and championing user-centered methodologies to solve complex product challenges.
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.