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Senior Visual Designer - (Advanced English) - Chile
Remote (🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile)
Referrals Only Remote (🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile)
Lead the end-to-end visual strategy and architectural decisions for complex product design systems. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-fidelity UI elements while mentoring junior designers and ensuring WCAG compliance.
Lead Visual Designer - (Advanced English) - Chile
Remote (🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile)
Referrals Only Remote (🇨🇱 Santiago, Provincia de Santiago, Chile)
Lead the visual direction and scalability of product aesthetics across multiple teams while mentoring senior designers. Create and evolve accessible design systems and conduct UX research to transform insights into high-fidelity digital products.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Akqa 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Design and execute intuitive digital experiences for a leading quick-serve restaurant brand. This includes performing research, ideating, and prototyping to ensure customer experiences are delightful and on-brand.
Senior Visual Designer | Bankrate
🇺🇸 United States of America
Red Ventures 🇺🇸 United States of America
Own visual execution across marketing channels including paid social, email, landing pages, and direct mail to drive performance results. Collaborate with marketing managers to translate testing hypotheses into high-output, modular creative assets and maintain the brand's visual identity.
Senior UX Researcher, LearnX
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Lead a research agenda to identify product opportunities and user needs for LearnX initiatives across Gemini, NotebookLM, and YouTube. Partner with cross-functional teams to inform product decisions and advocate for user-focused perspectives through storytelling.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Tern Travel 🇺🇸 United States of America
Own the end-to-end design of browse, quote, and book experiences for supplier integrations, including lodging and cruises. Partner with PMs and engineers to optimize UX within the constraints of partner APIs and integrate agentic AI patterns into the workflow.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Spot & Tango 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to design engaging digital experiences for customer-facing and internal platforms. Lead the end-to-end design process from UX research and wireframing to polished UI delivery and A/B testing for conversion optimization.
Senior Principal, UX Researcher
🇧🇬 Sofia, Sredec, Bulgaria
Ingram Micro 🇧🇬 Sofia, Sredec, Bulgaria
Lead the end-to-end customer experience strategy for the Xvantage platform by conducting research and translating insights into actionable product recommendations. Mentor mid-level researchers and partner with cross-functional teams to embed evidence-based decision-making into the product development lifecycle.
Senior Product Designer (UX/UI)
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Ptc 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for Windchill PLM solutions, focusing on interaction, behavior, and information architecture for the NextGen UX. Collaborate with product management and engineering to translate user research and technical constraints into scalable design patterns.
Senior Technical Program Manager, Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Anduril Industries 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States of America
Manage the transition of hardware designs from engineering to production for new and sustaining products. Drive DFM reviews and establish measurable systems to track first-pass yield and rework costs.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇫🇷 France)
Photoroom Remote (🇫🇷 France)
The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end design from research to UI across mobile, web, and API platforms. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to balance speed and polish while leveraging AI tools to accelerate production.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America
Life.church 🇺🇸 Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer is responsible for creating intuitive and visually appealing digital experiences based on user research and data. This includes delivering technical prototypes to engineering and collaborating with stakeholders to align design solutions with the organization's mission.
Senior Product Designer (12 month FTC)
🇿🇦 Cape Town, City of Cape Town, South Africa
Collinson 🇿🇦 Cape Town, City of Cape Town, South Africa
Lead end-to-end product design for web and mobile platforms, focusing on human-centred and commercially effective solutions. Contribute to the evolution of the design system and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve global traveller experiences.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Acko 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Own the end-to-end design for Acko Clinic, AirPass, and International Travel Insurance products. Focus on shipping high-quality, code-based prototypes and utilizing data to iterate on user funnels and retention.
Senior UX Designer - Monopoly GO!
🇪🇸 Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Scopely 🇪🇸 Seville, Andalusia, Spain
The Senior UX Designer will own and deliver complete UX for new features, turning ideas into fully developed designs and interactive prototypes. They will collaborate with product teams and artists to refine player experiences based on data and design principles.
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.