Design Leadership Jobs

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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Develop concept-driven creative assets and original visual concepts for global television and film marketing, including presentations, key art, promotional campaigns, and partner communications. Create polished artwork and multiple creative directions, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and manage feedback, deadlines, and quality standards.

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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 United States of America

Own end-to-end product design, from research and problem definition through prototyping, launch, and iteration, simplifying complex marketplace workflows for members and hosts. Partner across product, engineering, marketing, operations, data, and AI teams to shape strategy, validate solutions with research and experiments, and deliver polished, accessible experiences, including AI-powered features.

$120,000 - $130,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 United States of America

You will own the end-to-end product design process, from problem definition and research through to launch and iteration. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to simplify complex marketplace workflows and integrate AI-powered features into intuitive user experiences.

$120,000 - $130,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Visual Designer

🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Create visual concepts and design assets for social campaigns, short-form video, presentations, websites, digital marketing, and brand storytelling. Support client and internal projects by developing visual directions, AI-assisted creative explorations, and polished content across formats.

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Senior Visual Designer

🇫🇷 France

Lead the regional application of TCL’s product aesthetics and visual direction across European markets, creating visual assets and guiding design quality for product launches, trade shows, customer events, and retail experiences. Monitor European design and lifestyle trends, translate insights into design direction, and support customer and stakeholder engagement across regional teams and China-based headquarters.

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Senior Product Designer

🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Plan and deliver partner training, develop SOPs and job aids, and conduct quality checks on catalog data. Analyze audit results to improve onboarding processes, optimize restaurant listings, and manage partner operations and customer escalations.

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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Lead UX research, analysis, and design for websites and applications, including evaluating existing systems and creating wireframes, storyboards, site maps, and high-fidelity mockups. Collaborate with federal clients and engineering teams to deliver accessible, intuitive solutions, manage multiple projects, and develop scalable design resources.

$120,000 - $200,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America

Lead end-to-end UX research and design for websites and applications, including evaluating existing systems, creating wireframes and high-fidelity mockups, and delivering accessible, intuitive solutions. Collaborate with federal clients and engineering teams, manage multiple projects, develop scalable design resources, and mentor junior designers.

$120,000 - $200,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer II

🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America

Lead UX research, analysis, and design for websites and applications, including evaluating existing systems and creating wireframes, storyboards, site maps, and high-fidelity mockups. Collaborate with federal clients and engineering teams to deliver accessible, intuitive solutions, manage multiple projects, and develop scalable design resources.

$164,736 - $237,952Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Lead end-to-end UX research and design for websites and applications, including evaluating existing systems, creating wireframes and high-fidelity mockups, and delivering accessible, intuitive solutions. Coordinate design work across clients and teams, communicate concepts through design artifacts, and develop scalable resources while mentoring junior designers.

$120,000 - $200,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Design Manager

🇭🇰 R.C. Lee Hall, 6A Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

The Senior Design Manager leads the strategic and technical management of architectural and design initiatives across the West Kowloon Cultural District. This role oversees design processes from conceptualization to construction, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and project quality standards.

Full-timeSenior Manager
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Senior Graphic Designer and Creative Team Lead

🇵🇰 Lahore Division, Lahore City Tehsil, Lahore 54100, Pakistan

Create brand identities, campaign concepts, social and advertising creatives, product visuals, motion graphics, and other marketing materials. Lead and mentor a small creative team, review design and video work, present concepts to clients, and manage project tasks and deadlines.

$150,000 - $200,000Full-time
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Senior UI/UX Designer II

🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Lead UX research, analysis, and design across multiple websites and applications, from evaluating existing systems to delivering high-fidelity interface designs. Collaborate with federal clients and engineering teams to create intuitive, accessible solutions and scalable design resources, while guiding project work and mentoring junior designers.

$164,736 - $237,952Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design lifecycle for enterprise digital products, translating business requirements into intuitive experiences, prototypes, and responsive front-end interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams, conduct usability testing, and support applications throughout their operational lifespan.

$135,000 - $155,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer (Mid-Senior)

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead end-to-end product design, from user research and discovery through interaction flows, high-fidelity interfaces, and prototypes, translating user insights and product goals into intuitive, accessible experiences. Partner with product and engineering teams to validate concepts, deliver designs, evolve scalable design systems, and advocate for user needs throughout development.

Full-timeSenior
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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.