Design Leadership Jobs

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Junior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

The Junior Graphic Designer will support the creation of brand storytelling and creative development for Authentic's Entertainment division. Responsibilities include assisting in pitches and presentations, developing brand assets, and ensuring consistency of visual communications.

$70,000 - $80,000Full-timeJunior
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Junior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

Support the Entertainment & Media Creative team in developing brand storytelling, pitches, and creative assets for high-profile brands. Responsibilities include creating brand books, social media content, and ensuring visual consistency across all digital and print touchpoints.

$70,000 - $80,000Full-timeJunior
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Graphic Designer Junior

🇿🇦 Hibiscus Coast Local Municipality, Ugu District Municipality, South Africa

The successful candidate will create online content, designs, and copy layouts for visual presentations and publications. They will also coordinate and action online items needed for Quarterly Marketing campaigns.

Full-timeJunior
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CREATIVE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The Graphic Designer leads the development and execution of visual communication across all brand touchpoints, ensuring high-quality design outputs. Responsibilities include developing visual concepts for marketing campaigns, designing assets for various platforms, and guiding junior designers.

Full-timeMid-level
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇻🇳 Vietnam

Manage and execute a variety of design assignments while mentoring junior designers. Collaborate with the team to develop effective design solutions and integrate AI tools into workflows.

Full-time
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Junior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Villa Park, IL 60181, United States of America

The Junior Creative Designer is responsible for creating impactful visual communications across digital and print platforms while collaborating with creative and marketing teams. This role includes executing marketing campaigns, managing small-scale programs, and maintaining brand consistency.

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Junior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

The Junior Creative Designer is responsible for creating impactful visual communications across digital and print platforms while collaborating with creative and marketing teams. This role includes executing marketing campaigns, managing small-scale programs, and maintaining brand consistency.

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Junior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Nampa, Idaho, United States of America

The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating visual content for 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.

Full-timeJunior
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Junior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States of America

The Junior Creative Designer is responsible for creating visual content for digital and print channels while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role also involves managing small-scale marketing programs and operational projects.

Full-timeJunior
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Junior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Herndon, Virginia, United States of America

The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating visual content for 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.

Full-timeJunior
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IS Design Manager

🇺🇸 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

The IS Design Manager oversees the design production throughout the project life cycle, ensuring efficient delivery and adherence to client expectations. This role includes managing design tasks, mentoring junior staff, and facilitating communication among team members.

$118,625 - $152,660Full-timeManager
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IS Design Manager

🇺🇸 Coppell, TX 75019, United States of America

The IS Design Manager oversees the design production throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring efficient delivery and adherence to client expectations. They manage design tasks, mentor junior staff, and facilitate communication among team members and clients.

$118,625 - $152,660Full-timeManager
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IS Design Manager

🇺🇸 Westmont, IL 60559, United States of America

The IS Design Manager oversees the design production throughout the project life cycle, ensuring efficient delivery and adherence to client expectations. This role includes managing design tasks, mentoring junior staff, and facilitating communication among team members and clients.

$130,487.5 - $167,926Full-timeManager
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IS Design Manager

🇺🇸 Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

The IS Design Manager oversees design production throughout the project life cycle, ensuring efficient delivery and adherence to client expectations. This role includes managing design tasks, mentoring junior staff, and facilitating communication among team members.

$118,625 - $152,660Full-timeManager
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Mid-Level Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

The Mid-Level Graphic Designer independently executes print and digital deliverables across retail and wholesale brands, including web assets, email campaigns, and in-store signage. The role involves collaborating cross-functionally to strengthen national brand presence and providing guidance to junior designers.

Full-timeMid-level
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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.