Design Leadership Jobs
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Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Spotless Brands 🇺🇸 Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating impactful visual communications across digital and print platforms. This includes executing marketing campaigns, developing branded materials, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Jr. Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
Credit Union 1 Alaska 🇺🇸 Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer creates high-quality visual assets for digital, print, and in-branch channels to support marketing and internal initiatives. They ensure all designs align with established brand standards and collaborate with cross-functional partners to execute campaign goals.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Roanoke, Virginia, United States of America
Spotless Brands 🇺🇸 Roanoke, Virginia, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating visual content across digital and print platforms, collaborating with teams to execute marketing campaigns and branded materials. This role also involves managing small-scale marketing programs and operational projects.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Spotless Brands 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating impactful visual communications across digital and print platforms. This includes executing marketing campaigns, branded materials, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Spotless Brands 🇺🇸 Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating impactful visual communications across digital and print platforms. This includes executing marketing campaigns, developing branded materials, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
Summit Sothebys International Realty 🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
The role involves balancing high-volume production design with strategic creative initiatives to elevate the Summit Sotheby’s brand. Responsibilities include leading brand identity development, managing multiple advisor requests, and mentoring junior designers.
Junior Interior & Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Warren, Michigan, United States of America
Gardner White Furniture & Mattress 🇺🇸 Warren, Michigan, United States of America
The Junior Interior & Visual Designer supports the development of innovative retail environments and customer experiences across all Gardner White stores. They assist in design and space planning, visual communication, project support, and retail innovation.
Junior Interior & Visual Designer
🇺🇸 Warren, Michigan, United States of America
Gardner White Furniture 🇺🇸 Warren, Michigan, United States of America
Support the development of retail environments, showrooms, and customer experiences through space planning and visual storytelling. Create floor plans, renderings, and presentation materials to communicate design intent for store remodels and new openings.
Lead Electrical Design Manager
🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Streamline Search Ltd 🇬🇧 Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
The Lead Electrical Design Manager will deliver detailed electrical designs and coordinated construction information across various projects. This role includes producing high-quality design documentation and mentoring junior engineers while managing workflows and deadlines.
Owala Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Trove Brands 🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States of America
Develop high-impact creative solutions across digital, print, and retail platforms to enhance brand visibility and growth. Lead art direction for photo and video shoots while mentoring junior designers to maintain the Owala brand identity.
Junior Graphic Designer*in (m/w/d)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Charles & Charlotte - We Want You! 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Create visuals and assets for social media posts, stories, and ads while maintaining partner brand guidelines. Utilize generative AI tools for image generation, concept visualization, and layout ideas.
Staff Product Designer
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Thrivent 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Lead the design strategy and execution for Salesforce-based advisor and employee experiences, focusing on scalable and platform-centric solutions. Drive cross-functional alignment between Product, Engineering, and Business teams while mentoring junior designers to elevate organizational design maturity.
Product Design Manager - Experience Design Team
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will lead design projects and co-create innovative solutions to complex problems while influencing product strategy. You will also mentor junior team members and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.
Product Design Manager - Experience Design Team
🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will lead design projects and co-create innovative solutions to complex problems while influencing product strategy. You will also mentor junior team members and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders.
Product Design Manager - Experience Design Team
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Capital One 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
As a Product Designer, you will lead design projects and co-create innovative solutions to complex problems while influencing product strategy. You will mentor junior team members and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to enhance the overall product design practice.
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.