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Senior Environmental Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Long Beach, California, United States
True Anomaly 🇺🇸 Long Beach, California, United States
Lead the conceptualization and installation of environmental graphics across workplaces, R&D spaces, and events to make the brand tangible. Establish a scalable environmental design language and manage relationships with external fabricators and vendors.
Senior Visual Designer, YouTube on TVs
🇺🇸 San Bruno, California, United States
Google 🇺🇸 San Bruno, California, United States
The Senior Visual Designer will evolve the Living Room design system and integrate AI-assisted workflows to prototype next-generation TV interaction patterns. They will collaborate across disciplines to ensure cohesive, accessible, and high-quality user experiences for YouTube on TV platforms.
Senior Product Designer - Technology
🇵🇦 Panama
Truelogic 🇵🇦 Panama
Lead the end-to-end design of complex AI and platform experiences, focusing on accounts, activation, monetization, and permissions. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate business requirements into scalable, intuitive SaaS workflows.
Senior Product Designer, Global Exchange
🇨🇳 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Okx 🇨🇳 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
Design intuitive and trustworthy experiences for complex, data-intensive financial products across the end-to-end design process. Partner with product, engineering, and research teams to translate business goals and customer insights into coherent user journeys.
Senior Product Designer, Global Exchange
🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Okx 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Design clear, intuitive, and trustworthy experiences for complex, data-intensive financial products. Partner with product, engineering, and research teams to guide the end-to-end design process from exploration to implementation.
Senior UX Designer (Freelance / Part-Time)
🇮🇳 India
Papigen 🇮🇳 India
The designer will own end-to-end product design for data-dense B2B SaaS interfaces, including flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity screens. They are responsible for building and maintaining a reusable design system aligned with Tailwind and shadcn/ui to ensure seamless translation to code.
Lead/Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Cvninja 🇮🇳 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
The role involves creating high-quality graphics, motion assets, and visual strategies across digital and print platforms. Additionally, the candidate will maintain brand consistency and mentor junior designers to ensure quality output.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Jacobs 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary detailed design teams for major UK water and wastewater infrastructure programs to ensure safe and buildable outcomes. Manage design scope, technical interfaces, and assurance while fostering trusted client relationships and mentoring staff.
Senior Product Designer
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Australiansuper 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
You will lead the end-to-end design of complex member experiences, from discovery through to delivery and developer handover. You will partner with Product, Engineering, and stakeholders to shape product direction and ensure high-quality, user-centred outcomes.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Delhi, Michigan, United States
Rempact 🇺🇸 Delhi, Michigan, United States
The role involves owning the brand's visual identity across physical and digital touchpoints, with a strong emphasis on high-end print media and packaging. Responsibilities include creating OOH assets, social media graphics, and coordinating with vendors for quality print output.
Senior Product Designer - Global Commercial Services Technology
🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States
American Express 🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States
The role involves creating user-centered experiences, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs to improve end-to-end user journeys. You will also collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior designers, and contribute to design systems and UI/UX guidelines.
Senior Design Manager
🇳🇱 Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
Sisk Group 🇳🇱 Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands
The Design Manager coordinates the design process to ensure outputs are compliant, deliverable, and aligned with client and statutory requirements. They work with consultants and supply chains to deliver integrated, buildable, and cost-effective technical solutions.
Customer Transformation – CX & Service Design Manager
🇳🇿 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Pwc New Zealand 🇳🇿 Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Lead end-to-end customer transformation and service design engagements by facilitating workshops and translating research into executive-ready outputs. Manage multiple workstreams and junior team members while partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver human-centred outcomes.
Senior Apparel Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Fanatics 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design and development of seasonal sports apparel graphics and production-ready toolkits. Partner with cross-functional teams and mentor junior designers to ensure designs align with brand vision and licensing requirements.
Senior Apparel Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States
Fanatics 🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States
Lead the design and development of seasonal sports apparel graphics and production-ready toolkits. Partner with cross-functional teams and mentor junior designers to ensure designs align with brand vision and licensing requirements.
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.