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Senior Design Manager, Industrial Manufacturing Construction
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Je Dunn Construction 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Leads design delivery from early planning through project completion, coordinating design partners, internal disciplines, clients, trade partners, and regulatory stakeholders. Manages design scope, contracts, budgets, schedules, documentation, quality, and change control while supporting business development and resolving project challenges.
Senior Design Manager, Industrial Manufacturing Construction
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Je Dunn Construction 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States of America
Leads design delivery from early business development and concept planning through construction and project startup, coordinating design consultants, trade partners, clients, and internal engineering disciplines. Manages project scope, budgets, schedules, contracts, documentation, design quality, change control, and technical problem-solving while supporting client relationships and business development.
Senior Product Designer, Growth and Conversion
🇺🇸 United States of America
Npr 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end product and campaign design, translating business requirements into audience-focused experiences and contributing to scalable design systems and Figma libraries. Collaborate with researchers, product managers, developers, and other partners to conduct research, prototype and refine products, and facilitate design-thinking sessions that support audience engagement, retention, and contributions.
Senior Web Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Recife)
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Blacksmith Agency Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Build token architectures in Figma and create robust component libraries for multiple client brands. Document design systems so developers and automated build pipelines can implement them reliably.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Cella 🇺🇸 San Bruno, CA 94066, United States of America
Create digital assets and marketing collateral across websites, email, and other channels to strengthen brand aesthetics and customer engagement. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior leaders to align design programs with brand guidelines, deliver omnichannel projects, and promote creative innovation.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Nextgen Ventures 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Design high-quality creative assets for advertising and other marketing channels, adapting concepts from senior designers for different audiences. Collaborate with marketing teams, apply platform best practices, and deliver production-ready assets using modern and AI-driven tools.
Senior Design Manager, Women's Knitwear
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pvh Corp. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design and development of women's knitwear collections, translating creative direction and trend research into products that meet brand, quality, and customer expectations. Guide junior designers and collaborate with design, merchandising, sourcing, sales, product development, and external partners to present and execute seasonal collections.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Tennr 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Own end-to-end design for Validate and Workspace management, then transition to Patient Hub, improving operational workflows through customer discovery, systems-level design, and iterative delivery. Extend and document the Lasso design system, prototype in Figma and code, and communicate design decisions to internal and external stakeholders.
Senior Visual Designer - Audible UX Design
🇺🇸 New Jersey, United States of America
Audible 🇺🇸 New Jersey, United States of America
Define and evolve Audible’s visual language across iOS, Android, and web, creating polished, emotionally resonant product experiences through visual concepts, art direction, typography, color, composition, and motion. Lead and mentor designers, contribute craft principles to the design system, explore visual design for AI-enabled experiences, and collaborate with stakeholders and research teams on complex user flows and commerce projects.
Senior Visual Designer - Audible UX Design
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Audible 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Define and evolve Audible’s visual language across mobile and web products, creating polished, emotionally resonant experiences through visual concepts, typography, color, composition, and purposeful motion. Mentor designers, contribute craft-led improvements to the design system, explore visual directions for AI-enabled experiences, and collaborate with stakeholders and research teams.
Senior Product Designer (Mid-Senior)
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Revel 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
You will lead the end-to-end user experience design process, from initial discovery and research to high-fidelity UI and prototyping. Additionally, you will collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure design intent is realized and to evolve the company's design systems.
Senior UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Hd Supply 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Leads the design and delivery of intuitive user experiences by collaborating with cross-functional teams and end users. Executes user-centered design strategies and creates advanced design artifacts like wireframes and prototypes.
Financial Services - Technology Consulting - Product Designer - Senior - NYC
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Ey 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer leads design workstreams within multidisciplinary teams, managing the end-to-end design process from problem framing to final specifications. They are responsible for client relationships, mentoring junior designers, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate design and prototyping workflows.
Senior Design Manager, Women's Knitwear
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Pvh Corp. 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager leads the design process for women's knitwear, conceptualizing innovative collections while ensuring brand alignment and quality standards. They collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior designers to drive the success of the knitwear line in the fashion market.
Senior Product UX Designer
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Appzen, Inc. 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
You will own the end-to-end user experience for core products, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design AI-powered workflows. You will also contribute to the design system and mentor team members to help shape the long-term product vision.
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.