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Sr Product Designer, Adobe Journey Optimizer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Adobe 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead the design of next-generation enterprise experiences for Adobe Journey Optimizer, owning the process from early discovery to polished delivery. Collaborate with product and engineering partners to develop AI-driven solutions and mentor junior designers.
Lead Product Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Reply 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Define and drive the overall design vision and strategy while guiding the end-to-end design process. Lead client stakeholder sessions, document requirements, and provide mentorship to junior team members.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇹🇭 Phuket Province, Thailand
Minor International 🇹🇭 Phuket Province, Thailand
Responsible for developing and archiving all graphic designs, layouts, and artwork for various promotional materials. Ensures brand consistency across brochures, digital photos, and corporate collateral for the luxury hospitality brand.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Anaheim, California, United States of America
University Frames Inc. 🇺🇸 Anaheim, California, United States of America
Conceptualize and design visual graphics for print and digital media while managing e-commerce account setups. Responsible for operating print equipment and coordinating with warehouse and marketing teams to ensure brand alignment.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇦🇷 Argentina
Brainlabs 🇦🇷 Argentina
Lead the design team in producing a high volume of digital and print assets while ensuring strict adherence to brand guidelines. Act as the primary creative voice in client meetings, presenting design strategies and mentoring junior designers.
Lead Product Designer (Contract to Hire)
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Lob Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The Lead Product Designer will scale the product by designing systems and UX philosophies for the AI era. Responsibilities include driving roadmap prioritization, refining design processes with AI, and mentoring junior and mid-level designers.
Experienced UI Designer
🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Frontier Developments 🇬🇧 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
The role involves overseeing the end-to-end development of UI features from wireframes to final high-fidelity designs. Additionally, the designer will produce high-quality UI art and mentor junior designers to elevate studio standards.
Lead UX Researcher (UXR-3-052026)
Remote (🇮🇳 India)
Koru Ux Design Llp Remote (🇮🇳 India)
Lead end-to-end UX research across discovery and validation phases for complex enterprise clients in healthcare, AI, and finance. Establish ResearchOps infrastructure and mentor junior researchers to scale the agency's research practice.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Art Of Problem Solving 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Design innovative and engaging user experiences across educational platforms by collaborating with Product, Marketing, and Engineering teams. Drive the development of design standards and best practices while providing mentorship to junior designers.
Junior Product Designer
🇳🇱 Berkel en Rodenrijs, South Holland, Netherlands
Little Dutch Trading Bv 🇳🇱 Berkel en Rodenrijs, South Holland, Netherlands
Responsible for developing concepts and designing products for clothing and nursery categories. Collaborates with Category Managers and Marketing to create commercially innovative assortments that align with brand identity.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇮🇩 South Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
Intrepid Asia 🇮🇩 South Jakarta, Java, Indonesia
The Junior Graphic Designer is responsible for creating digital assets such as banners and social media posts while maintaining brand integrity. They will collaborate with senior designers to ensure creative consistency and manage visual libraries for various brands.
Senior Product Designer (B2B SaaS)
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Unifize 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
You will own the end-to-end design process for complex B2B SaaS products, from initial research and problem framing to final UI implementation. Additionally, you will contribute to the design system, mentor junior designers, and partner closely with product managers and engineers.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Unifize 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
You will own the end-to-end design process for complex product surfaces, from initial problem framing and customer research to final UI implementation. Additionally, you will contribute to the design system, mentor junior designers, and partner closely with engineering and product management teams.
Senior Product Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America)
Vesync Remote (🇺🇸 Tustin, California, United States of America)
The Senior Product Designer will own the end-to-end design process for mobile, web, and wearable platforms, translating user insights into intuitive and scalable interfaces. They will also establish design systems, mentor junior designers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design excellence.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Torrance, California, United States of America
Alpinestars 🇺🇸 Torrance, California, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer will assist in creating visual content for marketing, product launches, and brand initiatives across digital and print platforms. They will collaborate with the creative team to develop assets for athlete partnerships, race team promotions, and event campaigns while maintaining brand standards.
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.