Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Vice President, Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Bny Mellon 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
This role involves providing guidance and technical expertise for complex user experience activities, including research, interactive design, and visual design, while reviewing research findings and participating in concept creation. The individual will also be expected to synthesize information across multiple factors, give design feedback, and mentor junior designers.
Senior Vice President, Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Bny 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Senior Vice President, Product Designer will provide guidance and technical expertise for complex user experience activities, including user research, interactive design, and visual design. They will also mentor junior designers and advocate for user experience across the firm.
PRODUCT DESIGNER III - UX UI (São Paulo/SP)
🇧🇷 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Inter Carreiras 🇧🇷 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
The role involves designing integrated experiences connecting shopping and financial products within the Inter ecosystem, ensuring fluid and intuitive journeys for millions of users. Responsibilities include conducting structured research, collaborating closely with business and technology teams, and mentoring junior designers.
Senior Graphic Designer
🌍 Remote
Clickup 🌍 Remote
The Senior Graphic Designer will maintain and elevate ClickUp's brand aesthetic across various digital touchpoints and lead creative projects from concept to final delivery. This role involves collaborating with teams across the company and mentoring junior designers.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Metafore 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
The Junior Graphic Designer will design and maintain sales and marketing decks while creating a variety of visual assets. They will support the Head of Marketing with campaign visuals and ensure all designs align with brand guidelines.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇵🇭 Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
Satellite Office 🇵🇭 Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
The role involves handling day-to-day design requirements across print and digital mediums, requiring the candidate to be an all-rounder who can craft beautiful work. Responsibilities also include executing animation for social posts and proactively developing ideas with the Creative Team.
Senior UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Availity 🌍 Remote
The Senior UX Designer will act as a primary user advocate, evangelizing a user-centered design process and providing oversight and mentoring for junior designers on mission-critical projects. Responsibilities include creating deliverables like prototypes and journey maps to improve product usability based on business goals and research insights.
Junior UX Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Trainline 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
As a Junior UX Designer, you will improve customer experiences across Trainline’s products and create tech-enabled solutions that enhance the traveller journey. You will collaborate with various teams and contribute to the design process from discovery to delivery.
Lead Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Humanlearning Ltd 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Lead Product Designer will partner with Product and Engineering teams to create world-class user experiences and implement cutting-edge interactions for AI products. They will also coach junior team members and establish a culture of design excellence.
HTB Junior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Htb 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Designer will develop and deliver high-quality HTB content across print and digital platforms. They will transform briefs into compelling assets for various media while ensuring alignment with brand guidelines and timely delivery.
Junior Graphic Designer | Retail | Toys R Us
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Al Futtaim Private Company Llc 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Graphic Designer is responsible for developing visual assets and maintaining branding consistency while collaborating with the marketing team on advertising and promotional campaigns. Success is measured by the impact of designs on engagement and brand identity.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
Podcastle 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
The Junior Graphic Designer will create high-quality visual assets for marketing and product-related content. Responsibilities include designing visuals for social media, blog posts, landing pages, and collaborating with various teams to ensure brand consistency.
Copy of Graphic Designer
🌍 Remote
Hire Hangar 🌍 Remote
The Junior Graphic Designer will design modern visual assets for websites and digital marketing campaigns while collaborating with various teams. They will also translate design concepts into web-ready implementations and support website updates.
Junior Product Designer
🌍 Remote
Upstars 🌍 Remote
The Junior Product Designer will develop mobile and web interfaces considering user needs and business goals. They will collaborate with the product team, participate in brainstorming sessions, and propose design improvements.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇳 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Vendasta 🇮🇳 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process, collaborating with product managers and engineers to create AI-enhanced user experiences. They will also mentor junior designers and contribute to evolving design processes and systems.
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.