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Design Lead, Design Systems
🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States
Softline Solutions 🇺🇸 Glendale, California, United States
You will own and evolve the design system infrastructure across multiple brands while setting the quality benchmark for visual design execution. You will partner closely with engineering to ensure design fidelity during implementation and provide direction to broader UX teams.
Senior Product Designer - ILT / TMS
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Docebo 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the end-to-end design of complex operational workflows for Instructor-Led Training and Training Management Systems. You will transform ambiguous requirements into polished interfaces, incorporating AI-driven assistance to streamline enterprise training operations.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Guidehouse 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
The role involves serving as a creative partner to DARPA leadership and researchers to translate complex scientific concepts into impactful visual narratives. Key duties include leading program branding, digital and print design, and providing creative direction to junior staff.
Lead Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The First Church Of Christ, Scientist 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Lead the design of periodicals, books, and digital collateral while providing design direction and operational support to the creative team. Collaborate with client departments to remove barriers to discoverability and ensure consistent quality across all promotional materials.
Design Manager, Preschool
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Spin Master 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Lead a team of designers in executing global toys from concept through production while ensuring cost, quality, and schedule adherence. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive productivity and implement design for manufacturing processes.
Operations Lead, Journalists / Writers, Graphic Designer, Podcast Producer / Host, PR & Publicity Lead, Sponsorship & Fundraising Lead, Community & Talent Engagement Manager
🇳🇬 Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Talent Unification (bayo Speaks) 🇳🇬 Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Coordinate operations and creative production to unify talents and amplify entrepreneurial stories. Manage public relations, sponsorship, and community engagement to foster growth and impact.
Graphic Designer (B2B marketing)
🇲🇦 Morocco
Huzzle.com 🇲🇦 Morocco
The role involves creating high-impact visual content for social media, websites, and marketing assets to drive demand for B2B clients. You will collaborate with marketers and leadership to develop brand identities and polished resources like eBooks and whitepapers.
Graphic Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Numeris 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Graphic Designer will design and produce branded marketing and communications materials across digital and print channels, including presentations, social media graphics, and brochures. They will collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency while managing multiple projects and deadlines.
Senior Product Design Manager, Payments and Fulfillment
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Etsy 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Lead the design strategy and execution for Payments and Fulfillment initiatives to ensure a seamless buyer and seller experience. Manage and develop a team of designers while partnering with Product, Engineering, and Research to drive measurable marketplace impact.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
Crown + Conquer 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States
The Graphic Designer will transform marketing and branding strategies into visually compelling campaigns across digital and physical executions. This includes leading the creation of assets for social media, web, print, and live events while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Design Manager (US)
🇺🇸 United States
Building Blocks Facades 🇺🇸 United States
The Design Manager leads the project design process, overseeing everything from initial development to fabrication drawings while ensuring adherence to schedules and quality standards. They act as the primary technical contact for clients and coordinate with internal teams to align design deliverables with manufacturing and installation requirements.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Guidehouse 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
You will serve as a creative partner to DARPA program managers, leading the design of program branding, visual storytelling, and digital media. Additionally, you will provide creative guidance to junior staff while ensuring all outputs meet Section 508 accessibility standards.
BAS Design Manager
🇺🇸 United States
Dlb Associates 🇺🇸 United States
The BAS Design Manager provides technical leadership for the design and integration of building automation and power management systems. This role oversees subconsultant deliverables, maintains engineering standards, and coordinates with project teams to ensure successful system delivery.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the Design Management team and projects across the UK and internationally, ensuring quality and contractual compliance. Oversee sub-consultant contracts, financial processes, and the implementation of design management procedures.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Aecom 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Lead and manage the Design Management team and projects across the UK and internationally, overseeing financial processes and invoicing. Responsible for managing sub-consultants, implementing design procedures, and mentoring junior team members to ensure quality and contractual compliance.
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.