Design Leadership Jobs
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Product Designer
🇦🇷 Argentina
Swiftly 🇦🇷 Argentina
The Product Designer will create intuitive user experiences and interfaces by developing wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and interactive prototypes. They will also maintain a scalable design system and collaborate closely with engineering to ensure high-quality, developer-ready design handoffs.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Yendo 🇺🇸 United States of America
Lead end-to-end design for the Growth Team, creating everything from low-fidelity flows to high-fidelity prototypes for the application process and consumer app. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to evolve the design system and implement AI-supported product development workflows.
Product Designer — Mobile UX & Design Systems
Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Wistkey Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
The Product Designer will create intuitive mobile and web experiences, including user journeys and interaction flows. They will also build and maintain a scalable design system while collaborating with product and engineering teams.
UX Designer I
🇺🇸 Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Dtla Benefits 🇺🇸 Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Collaborate with a team to design user interfaces, wireframes, and prototypes that align with brand standards. Conduct user research and competitive analysis to inform design solutions and maintain the Design System.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Born 🇦🇺 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Support the creative team in developing brand identities, design systems, and campaign assets for national clients. Work across brand, campaign, and digital projects from initial ideation through to final execution.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Factory 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Define and design interfaces for autonomous software agents across CLI, desktop, web, and IDE integrations. Own the end-to-end design process from concept to shipment while evolving the company's design system.
Staff Product Designer, Design System
🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
Zscaler 🇺🇸 San Jose, California, United States of America
The role involves evolving Zscaler's design ecosystem by creating scalable components, patterns, and documentation to ensure product consistency. The designer will leverage AI-powered tools to accelerate the design-to-code handoff and launch live prototypes.
UX Designer I
🇺🇸 Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Aflac 🇺🇸 Columbus, Georgia, United States of America
Collaborate with a team to design user interfaces, wireframes, and prototypes that align with brand standards. Conduct user research and competitive analysis to inform design solutions and maintain the Design System.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Hga 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will create and maintain branded templates and design systems to support a firmwide brand refresh. They will update marketing collateral and design various materials including proposals, brochures, and social media graphics.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Hga 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will translate new brand standards into scalable templates and design systems across various software platforms. They will update existing marketing assets and create new branded materials such as proposals, brochures, and social media graphics.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
Hga 🇺🇸 Santa Monica, California, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will create and maintain branded templates and design systems to support a firmwide brand refresh. They will update marketing collateral and design various materials including proposals, presentations, and brochures to ensure visual consistency.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
Hga 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will lead the implementation of a firmwide brand refresh by creating scalable templates and design systems. They will update marketing collateral and develop branded materials across various digital and print platforms.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
Hga 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will create and maintain branded templates and design systems to support a firmwide brand refresh. They will update existing marketing collateral and design new materials such as proposals, brochures, and social media graphics.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
Hga 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will create and maintain branded templates and design systems to support a firmwide brand refresh. They will update marketing collateral and design various materials including proposals, presentations, and brochures to ensure visual consistency.
Product Designer - Mobile UI UX
🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Liftoff 🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Own mobile app surfaces end-to-end, including new flows, redesigns, and the growth of the design system. Conduct user research and audits to diagnose and fix existing UX issues to improve product metrics.
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.