Design Leadership Jobs
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CBS - BMC - Creative Services - Senior Graphic Designer
🇵🇭 Cebu, Isabela, Philippines
Ey 🇵🇭 Cebu, Isabela, Philippines
Conceptualize and design high-impact branding materials, including brochures, infographics, and social media collaterals, while adhering to EY brand guidelines. Collaborate with art directors and content teams to deliver strategic creative solutions and mentor junior designers on best practices.
Senior Design Manager - Based in Newcastle / Irish Construction Experience
🇦🇺 Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia
White Space Recruitment 🇦🇺 Newcastle NSW 2300, Australia
Lead and manage multiple complex projects and project teams within a new Newcastle studio. Act as the primary client-facing lead across various project stages, ensuring strong design delivery and technical compliance.
Senior UI/UX Designer:in (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
Melting Elements Gmbh 🇩🇪 Hamburg, Germany
You will be responsible for the design of complex digital products, ranging from exploration to final screen implementation. You will also maintain design systems and collaborate closely with the development team to ensure high-quality, accessible user experiences.
Graphic Designer Senior
🇪🇸 Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
Singularu 🇪🇸 Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain
The Senior Graphic Designer will coordinate and supervise the design team, managing project timelines, task allocation, and ensuring high-quality visual output across all brand channels. They will act as a key liaison between departments to ensure creative work aligns with business objectives and brand guidelines.
Senior Specialist Web Designer
🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
N4 Studio 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand
Design high-performing, visually stunning websites that align with client objectives and brand identities. Collaborate closely with developers to ensure accurate implementation and maintain high design quality benchmarks.
Senior Specialist Web Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
N4 Studio 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Design high-performing, visually stunning websites that align with client objectives and brand identities. Collaborate with developers to ensure accurate implementation and present design concepts to clients.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Aligned 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv District, Israel
Own the end-to-end design process from discovery and research to high-fidelity visuals and iteration. Partner with PMs and engineering to maintain a high UX quality bar while managing multiple parallel workstreams.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Herzliya, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Helfy 🇮🇱 Herzliya, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
The role involves conducting user research and strategy to create intuitive, scalable digital experiences across web and mobile platforms. The designer will develop high-fidelity interfaces and maintain design systems while collaborating with product and engineering teams in an Agile environment.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Bonusly 🇺🇸 United States of America
You will lead the end-to-end design of AI-powered culture intelligence products, including research, prototyping, and high-fidelity visuals. You will also collaborate closely with product and engineering partners to shape product strategy and drive implementation.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Herzliya, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Helfy 🇮🇱 Herzliya, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
The Product Designer will conduct user research and strategy to create intuitive, scalable digital experiences for web and mobile platforms. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-fidelity designs are implemented with precision and validated through data-driven iteration.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Aligned 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
You will own the end-to-end design process from discovery and research through to high-fidelity prototyping and dev handoff. You will also partner closely with product managers and engineers to maintain high UX quality while utilizing AI tools to compress design cycles.
Senior Product Designer - Mercari Marketplace
🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Mercari, Inc. 🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Lead end-to-end user experience design for buyers in the Japanese marketplace, from problem framing to execution and launch. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to define experience strategies and evolve shared design systems.
Senior Graphic Designer (LATAM only)
🇫🇷 63990 Job, France
Myva Support (myvas) 🇫🇷 63990 Job, France
The role involves designing graphics for social media, websites, and marketing materials such as logos, flyers, and email templates. The designer will collaborate with marketing and development teams to maintain visual consistency across all platforms.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Scapia 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
You will set the visual direction and design quality across Scapia's platforms while partnering with stakeholders to shape campaigns. Additionally, you will manage multiple projects and contribute a strategic perspective to design and marketing initiatives.
Senior Product Designer, Redesign
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Robinhood 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The role focuses on executing high-craft visual updates and refreshing core Robinhood products using an experimentation-first approach. The designer will generate and test UX concepts for high-visibility surfaces and present design rationales to executive leadership.
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.