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Senior UX Designer, Google Meet Intelligence
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Drive the intelligence strategy for Google Meet by creating high-quality design deliverables and user journeys. Collaborate with UX research and engineering to implement intelligent features and maintain consistency across Workspace products.
Senior Product Designer
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Legora Ab 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Design user flows, interactions, and interfaces for AI-powered tools, turning ambiguous problems into concrete, high-quality product experiences, and collaborating closely with engineers to bring designs to life. Use Figma to iterate quickly, contribute to the design system, and push for clarity, consistency, and quality across the product.
Senior Front-End Developer, Design Systems
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bank Of New York Mellon 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the development and evolution of a scalable design system, focusing on reusable web components and advanced theming solutions. Collaborate with designers and engineers to translate design principles into technical guidelines and maintain comprehensive documentation.
Senior Design Manager, Restaurant Architecture (US & Canada)
🇺🇸 Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America
International Dairy Queen, Inc. 🇺🇸 Bloomington, Minnesota, United States of America
Provide design and building systems direction to expedite plan completion for new store development and reinvestment projects. Manage prototypical design standards and review project submissions to ensure alignment with operational criteria.
Senior Product Designer, Identity
🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama
Netflix 🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama
Lead the design of end-to-end identity, access, and account initiatives to support the broader Netflix ecosystem. Create scalable platform patterns and frameworks while balancing user needs with critical business objectives.
Senior Graphic Designer (Branding Focus)1
🇨🇴 Colombia
Outsourcing Advantage 🇨🇴 Colombia
Lead end-to-end branding and graphic design projects from concept to final delivery for diverse clients. Develop visual identities and create marketing collateral while collaborating directly with clients to ensure brand consistency.
Senior Graphic Designer (Branding Focus)1
🇪🇬 Egypt
Outsourcing Advantage 🇪🇬 Egypt
Lead end-to-end branding and graphic design projects to shape the visual identity of diverse clients. Create marketing collateral and collaborate directly with clients to present professional design solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer (Branding Focus)1
🇵🇭 Philippines
Outsourcing Advantage 🇵🇭 Philippines
Lead end-to-end branding and graphic design projects from concept to final delivery for diverse clients. Develop visual identities and create marketing collateral while collaborating directly with clients to ensure brand consistency.
Senior Graphic Designer (Branding Focus)1
🇿🇦 South Africa
Outsourcing Advantage 🇿🇦 South Africa
Lead end-to-end branding and graphic design projects to shape the visual identity of diverse clients. Create marketing collateral and collaborate directly with clients to present professional design solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer (Branding Focus)1
🇺🇦 Ukraine
Outsourcing Advantage 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Lead end-to-end branding and graphic design projects to shape the visual identity of diverse clients. Create marketing collateral and collaborate directly with clients to present professional design solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer (Branding Focus)1
Remote (🇺🇸 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States of America)
Outsourcing Advantage Remote (🇺🇸 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States of America)
Lead end-to-end branding and graphic design projects to shape the visual identity of diverse clients. Create marketing collateral and collaborate directly with clients to present professional design solutions.
Principal Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Commonwealth Bank 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
As a Principal Product Designer, you will lead the experience strategy for Money Management, collaborating with product and engineering teams to create coherent digital experiences. You will also drive continuous discovery and influence senior stakeholders to align on customer needs and product direction.
Senior Textile Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Jcpenney 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Textile Graphic Designer leads the Art Studio team in creating brand-aligned prints and graphics while implementing new art techniques and technologies. They are responsible for forecasting trends, mentoring talent, and coordinating with cross-functional partners to ensure seamless execution of seasonal directions.
Senior Product Designer - NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Sequence 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Design AI-first product experiences and agentic workflows for billing, invoicing, and finance automation. Partner with product managers and engineers to move from broad concepts to tactical deliverables and prototypes.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Vsco 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead high-impact design initiatives for photography business management tools and AI frameworks from strategy to delivery. Define the AI Agent experience and collaborate with cross-functional squads to shape product direction and align with senior leadership.
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.