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Design Engineering Supervisor
🇺🇸 Pennsylvania, United States
Clopay Corporation 🇺🇸 Pennsylvania, United States
Lead a team of design engineers to ensure products meet quality, budget, and safety standards while providing technical support to customers. Manage the creation of 3D models and perform compliance analysis according to industry codes.
Design Engineering Supervisor
🇺🇸 Wright Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Clopay 🇺🇸 Wright Township, Pennsylvania, United States
The Design Engineering Supervisor will lead a team of design engineers to guide technical execution and ensure projects meet quality, budget, and safety standards. Responsibilities include managing engineering standards, supporting field troubleshooting, and collaborating with manufacturing and marketing departments on product development.
Staff Product Designer, AI Agents & Chat
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Zip 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the design of AI platform features from concept to launch while driving a compelling vision for AI integration across the application. Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to define, implement, and iterate on user-centric solutions.
Graphic Designer Senior- Creative Services
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Pnc 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
The role involves leading the creative development of motion graphics, animation, and video content to support brand and business objectives. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex ideas into engaging visual narratives across various digital and experiential channels.
Staff Product Designer, AI Agents & Chat
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Zip 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead the design of AI platform features from concept to launch, driving the vision for how AI is integrated throughout the application. Collaborate with engineers and PMs to develop repeatable interaction patterns and conduct UX research to iterate on designs.
Product Designer, Consumer Web
🇺🇸 United States
Mindbody 🇺🇸 United States
Lead the end-to-end design of consumer web booking experiences, focusing on appointment, class, and checkout flows. Develop scalable design frameworks and white-label systems to ensure a cohesive experience across thousands of business brands.
Head of Design, Creative Studio
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Adobe 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Define and lead design excellence across Adobe's creative, content, and experiences, ensuring high-quality craft from global campaigns to everyday work. Establish AI-native design workflows and lead a multidisciplinary team of designers to maintain brand coherence and innovation.
Design Build Design Manager
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Lead large-scale design-build and alternative delivery transportation projects across the Midwest, overseeing project documentation and delivery. Manage client relationships, lead project teams, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards and budget constraints.
Design Build Design Manager
🇺🇸 Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Lead large-scale design-build and alternative delivery transportation projects across the Midwest, managing project documentation and budgets. Act as the primary client contact while overseeing technical teams and ensuring high-quality project deliverables.
Design Build Design Manager
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Jacobs 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Lead large-scale design-build and alternative delivery transportation infrastructure projects across the Midwest. Manage client relationships, oversee project documentation, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards and budget constraints.
Design Build Design Manager
🇺🇸 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Jacobs 🇺🇸 St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Lead the delivery of large-scale design-build and alternative delivery transportation projects across the Midwest. Manage client relationships, oversee project documentation, and lead multidisciplinary teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.
Senior UX Researcher, Consumer Product
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Reddit, Inc. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead foundational and evaluative research to shape Reddit's core consumer experiences and user engagement. Partner with cross-functional teams to translate user insights into actionable product strategies and roadmaps.
SR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States
El Pollo Loco, Inc. 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States
Lead the end-to-end execution of high-fidelity asset systems across digital, print, social, and in-restaurant channels. Serve as a creative thought partner and project lead, ensuring brand consistency and quality across all campaign deliverables.
SR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States
El Pollo Loco 🇺🇸 Costa Mesa, California, United States
The Senior Graphic Designer leads the end-to-end execution of creative initiatives and serves as a creative thought partner to the Senior Manager. This role manages project timelines, collaborates with cross-functional teams, and ensures brand consistency across digital, print, and in-restaurant channels.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States
Sixteenfifty Creative Intelligence 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States
The designer will create design solutions for print, web, social, and TV, focusing predominantly on the hospitality sector. Responsibilities include preparing final mechanical files and collaborating with art directors and account leads on various creative campaigns.
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.