Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Cresco Labs 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Oversee design projects from concept to delivery across print and digital channels for retail and wholesale brands. Mentor junior and mid-level designers while ensuring brand integrity and creative excellence across all marketing assets.
Staff Product Designer, Admin
Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Docker Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)
Own the end-to-end design of the Admin Platform, including settings, IAM, billing, and policy surfaces across all Docker products. Ensure a coherent administrator experience while mentoring junior designers and partnering with Engineering and PM teams.
Product Design Manager
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead design projects by combining craft expertise and leadership to co-create innovative solutions for complex banking problems. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to influence product strategy and mentor junior team members to mature the design practice.
Senior Product Designer - Gifting & Lifestyle
🇬🇧 Cherwell District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Joma Jewellery And Katie Loxton 🇬🇧 Cherwell District, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead the design and development of gifting and lifestyle products from concept to production, ensuring alignment with the brand's affordable luxury positioning. Manage and mentor junior designers while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver seasonal collections.
Design Manager - Water
🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Atkinsréalis 🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Coordinate and manage multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver technical design work for water infrastructure projects. Oversee the production of technical deliverables and provide mentorship to junior colleagues while ensuring adherence to quality standards.
Senior UX Researcher
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Utility Warehouse 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead end-to-end research for complex problem spaces to influence product vision and design requirements. Act as a strategic partner to Product, Design, and Engineering teams while mentoring junior researchers.
Junior UX Researcher
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dentsu 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Support a safety-focused mixed-methods research programme by executing driver safety studies and user perception research. The role involves designing surveys, conducting data analysis, and preparing polished reports to ensure features meet user needs and NHTSA standards.
UX Researcher
🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dentsu 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Lead end-to-end mixed-methods research studies and act as the primary point of contact for clients to guide research strategy. Synthesize complex data into actionable insights and mentor junior researchers to build team capability.
Senior Web Designer, FHS Onboarding
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Fareharbor 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for complex, conversion-focused websites for enterprise tourism clients. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect scalable web solutions and mentor junior designers to elevate the company's design culture.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Tag - The Aspen Group 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end UX design process and establish a scalable design system with a focus on token architecture. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive digital products and mentor junior designers.
Lead Web Designer
Remote (🇲🇹 Malta)
Growth Leads Remote (🇲🇹 Malta)
Lead the end-to-end web design process from concept to delivery, creating user-friendly digital experiences across various brands. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish design standards, maintain style guides, and mentor junior designers.
Junior Graphic Designer - 3 Month Contract
🇿🇦 Cape Town, City of Cape Town, South Africa
Energy Capital & Power 🇿🇦 Cape Town, City of Cape Town, South Africa
The Graphic Designer will conceptualize and produce high-quality visual materials for conferences, exhibitions, and corporate branding. Responsibilities include creating brochures, signage, and digital media while overseeing design production processes.
Junior Graphic Designer - 3 Month Contract
🇿🇦 Cape Town, City of Cape Town, South Africa
Energy Capital & Power 🇿🇦 Cape Town, City of Cape Town, South Africa
The designer will conceptualize and produce high-quality visual materials for conferences, exhibitions, and digital platforms. Responsibilities include creating branding, signage, publications, and website prototypes to elevate client visibility.
Junior Graphic Designer - Typo Global Support Centre
🇦🇺 Australia
Cotton On Group 🇦🇺 Australia
Support the design team in executing a world-class experience across web, mobile, email, and print for a global portfolio. Collaborate with Marketing and VM teams to ensure brand consistency and effective delivery of communication strategies.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
Verkada 🇺🇸 San Mateo, California, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will deliver best-in-class mobile tools and user interfaces through a collaborative, agile process. Responsibilities include developing product strategies, creating pixel-perfect designs, and mentoring junior designers.
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.