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Senior UX Designer (London, UK)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cluepoints 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead UX discovery and definition activities, translating research insights into user journeys and actionable design hypotheses. Design scalable, data-rich interfaces that enhance decision-making and partner with teams to ensure clarity and trust in AI behavior.
Design Manager - Track
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Egis Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design delivery of complex track infrastructure for the HS2 project across multiple contracts and international teams. Manage multidisciplinary project teams and maintain senior-level relationships with clients, regulators, and stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer [33255]
🇺🇸 Redwood City, California, United States of America
Stealth Startup 🇺🇸 Redwood City, California, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own the product experience from early concepts to shipped features, ensuring design quality in high-stakes scenarios. They will shape user interactions with AI products and proactively identify opportunities for UX improvements.
Senior UX Designer (BE)
🇧🇪 Belgium
Cluepoints 🇧🇪 Belgium
Lead UX discovery and design scalable, data-rich interfaces for an AI-enabled clinical research platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create human-in-the-loop AI experiences and maintain the shared design system.
Senior UX Designer (London, UK)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cluepoints 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Lead UX discovery and design scalable, data-rich interfaces for an AI-enabled clinical research platform. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive human-in-the-loop AI experiences and maintain the shared design system.
Associate Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Udaipur, Girwa Tehsil, India
Primescan 🇮🇳 Udaipur, Girwa Tehsil, India
The Associate Graphic Designer will support the design team by creating visual assets for branding, print materials, logos, and marketing campaigns. They will collaborate with senior designers and account managers to interpret client briefs and translate them into compelling designs.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Madrid Highway Department, North Street, Madrid, Town of Madrid, NY 13660, United States of America
Aircall 🇺🇸 Madrid Highway Department, North Street, Madrid, Town of Madrid, NY 13660, United States of America
Own the end-to-end product experience for a complex AI-native sales platform, from discovery to high-fidelity execution. Build and evolve a scalable design system while auditing and improving existing visual and experience debt.
Graphic Designer
The Graphic Designer will maintain the graphic design consistency of AFLALO across all channels and collaborate closely with the Senior Art Director. They will support the development of AFLALO’s visual identity and create polished assets for various platforms.
Senior Product Designer (UI Focus)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design efforts, including discovery, user research, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, and high-fidelity UI design. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and research teams to align on vision, feasibility, and execution.
Senior Product Designer (UI Focus)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Jobgether 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product design efforts for complex, data-rich interfaces from discovery and research to high-fidelity UI execution. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to evolve design systems and translate user needs into scalable, accessible digital experiences.
Senior UX Designer
🇳🇿 Wellington, New Zealand
Kiwibank 🇳🇿 Wellington, New Zealand
Contribute to Kiwibank’s transformation programmes by designing intuitive digital experiences. Collaborate with transformation and technology teams to create accessible and customer-centred solutions.
Senior UX Designer - Concept & Innovation
🇸🇬 Singapore
Alphaess 🇸🇬 Singapore
The Senior UX Designer will conduct forward-looking design exploration and lead concept design for major modules of the cloud platform. They will collaborate with the China-based R&D team to ensure design intent is communicated and implemented effectively.
Senior Design Manager, Interiors
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Crown Resorts 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead and deliver interior design outcomes for projects while ensuring aesthetic integrity from concept to completion. Oversee design quality, craftsmanship, and presentation across major developments and refurbishments.
Graphic Designer - 6 month contract
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Moose Toys 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
The Graphic Designer is responsible for delivering high-quality packaging and marketing assets that support brand rollout. This includes collaborating with Art Directors and Senior Designers to ensure brand consistency and strong visual expression across products.
Senior Design Manager, Interiors
🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Crown Resorts 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lead and safeguard interior design excellence across major developments and refurbishments from concept to delivery. Ensure all projects align with brand standards, budget, and operational requirements while overseeing quality assurance and handover.
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.