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112-26-1 Senior Graphic Designer
🇨🇦 Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Six Nations 🇨🇦 Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada
Lead the design, production, and distribution of promotional and educational materials for various departments while maintaining brand standards. Supervise the Junior Graphic Designer and collaborate with the Communications team to manage internal and external digital and print channels.
Design Manager - Energy Networks
🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Wsp 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead and manage design projects within the UK electricity transmission and distribution sector from concept to completion. Oversee engineering design work, manage global project teams, and ensure compliance with safety, quality, and UK regulations.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Konrad 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead design research, ideation, and creation of digital interfaces across multiple platforms and devices. Collaborate with clients and team members to find the strongest solution together.
Associate UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Konrad 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As an Associate Experience Designer, you will be involved in the design thinking process and the creation of innovative digital products. You will collaborate with design leads and developers to create compelling interactive experiences and ensure pixel-perfect execution.
Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Huntley, McHenry County, Illinois, United States of America
Threepds Inc. 🇺🇸 Huntley, McHenry County, Illinois, United States of America
The Design Engineering Manager will lead the design and development of innovative medical packaging products while overseeing engineering resources and driving new product development. This role also involves managing tooling initiatives and supporting commercialization efforts.
Staff Interaction Designer, Google Vids
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
As a Staff Interaction Designer, you will lead design strategy and critical projects for Google Vids, defining how generative video and recording journeys integrate into a cohesive tool. You will partner with Product and Engineering leads to ensure technical capabilities are productized for user-centered needs.
Staff Interaction Designer, Google Vids
🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Google 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
The Interaction Designer will lead design strategy and critical projects for Google Vids, focusing on integrating generative video and recording journeys into a cohesive tool. They will partner with Product and Engineering leads to define core features and ensure user-centered needs are met.
Lead Design Manager, Resilient
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Interface 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Lead the design strategy for the resilient product portfolio, creating innovative designs and colorways while guiding senior designers. Act as a critical connector between design operations, product management, and global manufacturing facilities to ensure timely product delivery.
Senior Product Designer, Marketplace Global App
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Live Nation Entertainment 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the end-to-end design process for the global mobile app, focusing on fan experiences for searching, buying, and entering events. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate strategic business goals into pixel-perfect mobile deliverables.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Jamestown, North Dakota, United States of America
Agri-cover 🇺🇸 Jamestown, North Dakota, United States of America
Responsible for designing promotional materials, executing branding strategies, and providing leadership to junior designers. The role involves creating visual content for various platforms, including photo and video shoots, and managing print production workflows.
Design Engineering Manager
🇺🇸 Hanahan, South Carolina, United States of America
Uec Electronic 🇺🇸 Hanahan, South Carolina, United States of America
Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams in the development and manufacturing of lithium-ion power products. Act as the primary technical interface for customers and manage the full product lifecycle from concept to production.
Interior Design Manager
🇮🇳 Chandigarh, India
Homelane 🇮🇳 Chandigarh, India
The Design Manager will lead and mentor a team of designers, manage the project funnel, and ensure exceptional customer experiences. This role also involves handling key customer interactions and driving predictability in project outcomes.
Product designer, Design Systems
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Geotab 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
As a Product Designer, you will design end-to-end experiences across various applications and play a key cross-functional role between product and engineering. You will lead research, ideation, and creation of application interactions while collaborating with multiple teams.
Freelance Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Impax Asset Management 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Freelance designers will design and production-manage multi-page reports and publications in Adobe InDesign, and lead the design of PowerPoint presentations. They will also create and refine charts and data visualizations, ensuring clarity and visual consistency.
Lead Product Designer (App)
🇩🇪 Bremen, Germany
Epassi 🇩🇪 Bremen, Germany
You will own the end-to-end super app experience and drive the evolution of design guidelines. This role involves both strategic leadership and hands-on design work, ensuring a consistent user experience across products and regions.
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.