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Senior Product Designer
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Cloudfactory 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The Senior Product Designer will lead end-to-end user research and design complex interaction flows to create scalable, user-centric product experiences. They will also mentor junior designers and collaborate closely with engineering and product management to align design solutions with business goals.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Ethos 🇵🇹 Lisbon, Portugal
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus on slide layout, chart formatting, and brand-compliant production across core workflows.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇵🇭 Philippines
Ethos 🇵🇭 Philippines
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus on slide layout, template design, exhibit formatting, and brand-compliant production.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇿🇦 South Africa
Ethos 🇿🇦 South Africa
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Tasks include slide layout, template design, and complex graphic builds to train language models on professional presentation workflows.
Senior Product Designer, Direct to Consumer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zynga 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Lead the design of high-impact mobile commerce and user experiences for Direct to Consumer tools from discovery to launch. Own and evolve the scalable Design System in Figma while mentoring junior UI/UX staff to ensure craft excellence.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇲🇾 Malaysia
Ethos 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus areas include slide layout, template design, exhibit formatting, and brand-compliant production.
Senior Product Designer, Direct to Consumer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Zynga 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Lead the design of high-impact mobile commerce experiences and tools for direct-to-consumer users. Develop and maintain a scalable design system in Figma while mentoring junior staff to ensure UX excellence.
Senior Design Manager A/E
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Engicon Cm 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees the design process for seismic, critical repair, and retrofit projects to ensure compliance with District standards and budgetary requirements. They supervise a team of design professionals and coordinate with architects and consultants to ensure timely project completion.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇮🇳 India
Ethos 🇮🇳 India
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Tasks include slide layout, template design, and complex graphic builds to train language models on professional presentation workflows.
Senior Design Manager
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Cordoba Corporation 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The Senior Design Manager oversees multidisciplinary design teams and manages capital improvement projects, focusing on seismic upgrades and critical repairs. They coordinate the design review process to ensure projects meet programmatic, budgetary, and regulatory requirements while collaborating with architects and stakeholders.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Ethos 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus on slide layout, chart formatting, and brand-compliant production across core workflows.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Ethos 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus on slide layout, chart formatting, and brand-compliant production across core workflows.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Ethos 🇵🇱 Warszawa, 83-433 Nowe Polaszki, Poland
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus areas include slide layout, template design, exhibit formatting, and brand-compliant production.
Expert Opportunity - Senior Graphic Designer ($70/hr, up to $1,400/week)
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Ethos 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated presentations and slide decks for a foundational AI lab. Focus on slide layout, template design, and brand-compliant production across core workflows.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Archy 🇺🇸 United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end UX/UI for the Archy dental platform, focusing on creating intuitive, scalable, and cohesive user experiences. They will also integrate AI-augmented workflows and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex dental practice needs into functional design solutions.
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.