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Senior Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
Solidgate Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
Create high-impact visual communications for acquisition, including marketing campaigns, sales decks, and social media content. Support the sales team with presentations and design brand presence for conferences and exhibitions.
(1552) Senior UX/UI - Product Designer
🇮🇹 Modena, Italy
Nortal 🇮🇹 Modena, Italy
The Senior UX/UI Product Designer will develop digital experiences from wireframes to final designs while mentoring junior team members. They will collaborate closely with developers and stakeholders to ensure design consistency and high-quality implementation across web and mobile platforms.
Senior Product Designer / Investment Banking / NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Motion Recruitment 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design strategy and end-to-end process for internal investment banking technology and a high-priority CRM platform. Manage and mentor a small team of designers and researchers while collaborating with cross-functional leadership to simplify complex financial workflows.
Discipline Leader - Utility Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Michigan, United States of America
Colliers Engineering & Design 🇺🇸 Michigan, United States of America
Lead the Utility Design Engineering fiber discipline with accountability for financial performance, growth strategy, and operational consistency across Michigan. Drive business development by expanding relationships with broadband providers and utilities while providing senior technical oversight for fiber infrastructure projects.
Discipline Leader - Utility Design Engineering
🇺🇸 North Carolina, United States of America
Colliers Engineering & Design 🇺🇸 North Carolina, United States of America
Lead the Utility Design Engineering fiber discipline by driving growth strategy, financial performance, and operational consistency across North Carolina. The role involves serving as a senior seller-doer to expand client relationships and overseeing the technical delivery of fiber infrastructure projects.
Discipline Leader - Utility Design Engineering
🇺🇸 Arizona, United States of America
Colliers Engineering & Design 🇺🇸 Arizona, United States of America
Lead the Utility Design Engineering fiber discipline by driving financial performance, growth strategy, and operational consistency across Arizona. The role involves senior-level business development, technical oversight of fiber infrastructure projects, and mentoring a multidisciplinary team of professionals.
Sr. Manager, Product Designer
🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Mckesson 🇺🇸 Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
The Senior Manager, Product Design will lead a team in creating AI-enabled, user-centric design experiences across various technology products. They are responsible for championing an AI-led design vision, mentoring staff, and partnering with cross-functional leadership to drive business outcomes.
Senior Motion Graphic Designer
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Gen Plus Group 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Develop and execute high-quality motion graphics and video content for digital ads, social media, and promotional videos. Collaborate with creative directors and clients to conceptualize and fine-tune visual elements that enhance storytelling.
Senior Product Designer
🇫🇷 Paris, France
Alma 🇫🇷 Paris, France
You will own the design of internal and external products, focusing on complex financial infrastructure and payment journeys. You will collaborate with product managers and engineers to define success metrics, conduct discovery research, and deliver end-to-end user flows.
Senior Design Manager, Events
🇺🇸 Boston, Erie County, NY 14025, United States of America
Mcdermott Will & Schulte 🇺🇸 Boston, Erie County, NY 14025, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end creative vision for world-class events, ranging from intimate gatherings to large-scale signature events. Oversee the design of digital assets, environmental branding, and on-site experiential elements to ensure a cohesive brand journey.
Senior Product Designer, Trading
🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Robinhood 🇺🇸 Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States of America
Lead and execute the product design strategy for core trading surfaces to improve interaction speed and simplify complex financial concepts. Collaborate with engineering, product management, and legal teams to guide projects from initial concept to final production.
Senior Product Designer, Tabby Shop
🇷🇸 Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia
Tabby 🇷🇸 Belgrade, City of Belgrade, Serbia
You will design a new deals marketplace, loyalty, and cashback product from concept to production while collaborating with product managers, researchers, and engineers. Your role involves shaping the product's design direction and ensuring high-quality delivery to a massive user base.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Hubexo 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Lead complex product design work from early discovery and problem framing through to released, validated features. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to make design decisions, mentor other designers, and contribute to the overall design strategy.
Senior Design Manager
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Wasael Property Management 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The Senior Design Manager is responsible for leading projects through RIBA stages 0-5, ensuring delivery meets time, quality, and budget objectives. They manage consultant teams, oversee tender processes, and provide design support throughout the project lifecycle.
Senior Product Designer, OpsUnity <Freelance>
🇦🇷 Argentina
Cookunity 🇦🇷 Argentina
You will own the design of the OpsUnity platform, creating consistent and coherent interfaces for complex operational workflows. You will partner with engineering, product, and operations teams to ensure tools are effective, legible, and adopted by floor staff.
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.