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Senior Visual Designer - AI Trainer
Remote (🇺🇸 California, United States of America)
Dataannotation Remote (🇺🇸 California, United States of America)
Review and critique AI-generated UI/UX designs and visuals to improve model performance. Help train AI models to better understand aesthetic quality and user-centered design principles.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Offham, Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Ancient + Brave | B Corp 🇬🇧 Offham, Lewes, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
The role involves leading graphic design efforts to support a mission-driven wellness brand. The designer will create visual assets that align with the brand's identity and support its growth in the wellness sector.
Senior UX Researcher
🇨🇴 Colombia
Agileengine 🇨🇴 Colombia
Lead mixed-method research to evaluate AI-enabled self-service experiences and enterprise IT operations tooling. Maintain a jobs-to-be-done framework to provide actionable, decision-ready recommendations for product and operational stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Questrade Financial Group 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer is responsible for owning the entire product lifecycle from initial concept to shipment with full autonomy. They are expected to improve the existing design system and challenge current workflows to enhance customer experiences.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Sweco 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the design management of major mission critical and data centre projects across Europe. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to ensure technical robustness, commercial alignment, and successful project delivery.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Camber 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role involves simplifying complex data systems and workflows into intuitive product experiences for internal and external users. The designer will lead projects from conception to shipment, using data to identify problems and create clear design solutions.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America
Verizon 🇺🇸 Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for digital and assisted sales journeys within the Verizon Business Group. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive, high-fidelity design solutions while maintaining a high quality bar for AI-assisted workflows.
Senior Graphic Designer (Amazon)
🇲🇽 Mexico
Lago 🇲🇽 Mexico
Develop brand-aligned visual content for Amazon product listings, A+ content, storefronts, and advertisements to drive conversions. Collaborate with copywriters and marketing teams to create cohesive assets and maintain organized design libraries.
Senior Product Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Van Passe 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Improve the user experience of the digital environment by optimizing screens, user flows, and visual consistency. Develop and maintain a design system while collaborating with developers to ensure improvements are correctly implemented in the product.
Senior UX Researcher
🇧🇷 Brazil
Agileengine 🇧🇷 Brazil
Lead mixed-method research to evaluate AI-enabled self-service experiences and enterprise IT operations tooling. Maintain a jobs-to-be-done framework to provide actionable insights and decision-ready recommendations for stakeholders.
Remote Senior Artist (Graphic Designer)
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Turing Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Create high-quality, character-driven visual assets and illustrations across various styles such as manga, pop art, and comics. Document artistic prompts and design workflows while collaborating with cross-functional teams to refine outputs.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Questrade Financial Group 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Senior Product Designer will own product problems from initial concept to final shipment with full autonomy. They are responsible for setting design standards, improving design systems, and questioning existing workflows to drive innovation.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Paramount, CA 90723, United States of America
24 Seven Talent 🇺🇸 Paramount, CA 90723, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will create engaging print and digital assets across various marketing channels and brand touchpoints. They will collaborate with the Creative Director and cross-functional teams to execute creative strategies and evolve the brand's visual direction.
Senior UX Researcher
🇦🇷 Argentina
Agileengine 🇦🇷 Argentina
Lead mixed-method research to evaluate AI-enabled self-service experiences and enterprise IT operations tooling. Maintain a jobs-to-be-done framework to provide actionable, decision-ready recommendations for product and operational stakeholders.
Senior Product Designer, OpsUnity
🇦🇷 Argentina
Cookunity 🇦🇷 Argentina
Own the design of the OpsUnity platform to create a consistent design language across operational tools and dashboards. Focus on creating high-efficiency interfaces for fast-paced kitchen and fulfillment environments to prevent errors and drive adoption.
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.