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Senior Graphic Designer (Branding Focus)1
Remote (🇺🇸 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States of America)
Outsourcing Advantage Remote (🇺🇸 Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States of America)
Lead end-to-end branding and graphic design projects to shape the visual identity of diverse clients. Create marketing collateral and collaborate directly with clients to present professional design solutions.
Principal Product Designer
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Commonwealth Bank 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
As a Principal Product Designer, you will lead the experience strategy for Money Management, collaborating with product and engineering teams to create coherent digital experiences. You will also drive continuous discovery and influence senior stakeholders to align on customer needs and product direction.
UX Researcher
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dentsu 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead end-to-end mixed-methods research studies and act as the primary point of contact for clients to guide research strategy. Synthesize complex data into actionable insights and mentor junior researchers to build team capability.
Senior Textile Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Jcpenney 🇺🇸 Dallas, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Textile Graphic Designer leads the Art Studio team in creating brand-aligned prints and graphics while implementing new art techniques and technologies. They are responsible for forecasting trends, mentoring talent, and coordinating with cross-functional partners to ensure seamless execution of seasonal directions.
Lead Graphic Designer
Lead the visual identity and creative direction across print, digital, and social media platforms to engage audiences. Collaborate with program leaders to translate strategic goals into impactful visual assets and maintain brand consistency.
Marketing Coordinator / Graphic Designer
🇨🇦 Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
Marcus & Millichap 🇨🇦 Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
Manage team marketing projects by creating visually appealing marketing pieces, proposals, and offering memoranda. Support lead agents and operations staff in executing marketing campaigns and managing listing websites.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Vsco 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Lead high-impact design initiatives for photography business management tools and AI frameworks from strategy to delivery. Define the AI Agent experience and collaborate with cross-functional squads to shape product direction and align with senior leadership.
Senior Web Designer, FHS Onboarding
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Fareharbor 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex, conversion-focused websites for enterprise tourism clients. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect scalable web solutions and mentor junior designers to elevate the company's design culture.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Grindr 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Own end-to-end product design for core areas of the Grindr app, moving from early discovery to high-fidelity production specs. Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to raise the quality bar and contribute to the evolving design system.
Principal UX Designer
🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
Cengage Group 🇺🇸 Ohio, United States of America
Define and drive the web experience strategy by translating complex business and product requirements into scalable, intuitive user experiences. Lead end-to-end design work from discovery to delivery while collaborating with Marketing, Product, and Engineering teams.
Senior Design Manager, Design Studio - Employee Experience & Productivity
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Lead a team of product designers to create high-impact employee-facing enterprise applications. Partner with engineering and product leadership to set the quality bar for craft and experience design across multiple workstreams.
Senior UX Designer - Central Technology | Concepteur·trice UX sénior·e - Technologies centrales
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Behaviour Interactive 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Lead the UX strategy and design for player-facing platforms and internal tools, including LiveOps and CMS. Focus on optimizing complex workflows and creating scalable interaction models to improve efficiency for both players and internal teams.
Product Designer - Tennessee
🇺🇸 Loudon, New Hampshire, United States of America
Outer Armor By Commercial Sewing, Inc. 🇺🇸 Loudon, New Hampshire, United States of America
Develop new product concepts and prototypes by interpreting customer specifications and technical drawings. Collaborate with engineering, quality, and production teams to lead products through their entire production lifecycle.
Principal Product Designer - Loyalty
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Expedia 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead the design strategy and execution for loyalty experiences across Expedia Group brands to drive traveler retention and engagement. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research insights into scalable, inclusive, and high-quality product solutions.
Web Designer - SharePoint
🇺🇸 Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, VA 22060, United States of America
Koniag Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, VA 22060, United States of America
Lead the creative direction and visual strategy for enterprise SharePoint sites and web content. Develop advanced data visualizations and maintain responsive site templates to ensure alignment with organizational branding.
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.