Design Leadership Jobs
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Junior Graphic Designer- Miami, FL (Onsite)
🇺🇸 Doral, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States of America
Loud And Live Inc 🇺🇸 Doral, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States of America
Develop and execute visually compelling creative assets across digital, print, and experiential platforms for entertainment and marketing campaigns. Support the creative team from pitch to production while ensuring brand consistency and exploring AI-powered efficiency tools.
Senior UX Researcher - Privileged Access Management (PAM)
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Okta 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Own the research roadmap for Privileged Access Management (PAM) products to influence design and product decisions. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to execute generative and evaluative studies while mentoring junior researchers.
Senior UX Designer
🇨🇦 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Sonova Ag 🇨🇦 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
The Senior UX Designer creates intuitive design concepts and user experiences across the hearing care ecosystem from ideation to developer handover. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accessibility and usability while mentoring junior designers.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Burbank, California, United States of America
Entravision Us Media 🇺🇸 Burbank, California, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer will create engaging digital assets for various clients, including social media graphics and landing pages. They will collaborate with the creative team to maintain brand consistency across projects.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇵🇱 Poznań, Łuków County, Poland
Assembly Digital Commerce 🇵🇱 Poznań, Łuków County, Poland
The Junior Graphic Designer will create graphic designs and visualizations for e-commerce and digital projects, collaborating closely with the project team. They will also ensure the quality of projects and provide consultation on graphic work done by others.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Assembly Digital Commerce 🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
The Junior Graphic Designer will create graphic designs and visualizations for e-commerce and digital projects, collaborating closely with the project team. They will also ensure the quality of projects and provide consultation on graphic work by team members and freelancers.
Junior (Gift and Pattern) Product Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
Inked Brands 🇺🇸 Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer will support the Product Design team by creating artwork, patterns, and mockups for gift and lifestyle products. They will also prepare production-ready files and assist in maintaining product specifications and archives.
Junior Graphic Designer - Contract
🇿🇦 City of Cape Town, South Africa
Enablesa (pty) Ltd 🇿🇦 City of Cape Town, South Africa
The role involves creating marketing and promotional materials for both digital and print platforms while adhering to brand guidelines. Responsibilities include designing social media assets, updating brand libraries, and preparing artwork for production.
Junior Graphic Designer - Contract
🇿🇦 City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
Enablesa (pty) Ltd 🇿🇦 City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa
The role involves creating marketing and promotional materials for both digital and print platforms while adhering to brand guidelines. Responsibilities include designing social media assets, updating brand libraries, and preparing artwork for production.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Burbank, California, United States of America
Entravision Digital - Global Advertising Powered By Technology 🇺🇸 Burbank, California, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer will create engaging digital assets for various clients, including social media graphics and landing pages. They will collaborate with the creative team to maintain brand consistency across projects.
Hyundai Design Center - Senior Exterior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Hyundai Motor Company 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Lead exterior vehicle design programs from initial concept ideation through production release while ensuring alignment with brand strategy. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with global engineering and manufacturing teams to execute production-feasible design solutions.
Hyundai Design Center - Exterior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Hyundai Motor Company 🇺🇸 Irvine, California, United States of America
Lead exterior vehicle design programs from initial concept ideation through production release while ensuring alignment with brand strategy. Mentor junior designers and collaborate with global engineering and manufacturing teams to execute production-feasible design solutions.
Senior UX Researcher
🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
Crediclub 🇲🇽 Mexico City, Mexico
The Senior UX Researcher will lead user research for both customer-facing applications and internal tools, ensuring insights are translated into actionable business decisions. They will also mentor junior researchers and promote a user-centered research culture within the organization.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Frette 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the creative development and execution of high-impact visual communications across global marketing initiatives for a luxury brand. This includes shaping visual direction, ensuring global brand consistency, and mentoring junior design talent.
Freelance Web Designer – Remote Junior Contract
Remote (🇸🇬 Singapore)
Twine Remote (🇸🇬 Singapore)
The role involves redesigning a Squarespace website to enhance the marketing agency's online presence. This includes improving visual identity, user experience, and ensuring content accessibility in both English and Latvian.
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.