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Shopify Developer & Web Designer
🇮🇹 Naples, Italy
Ciglissime 🇮🇹 Naples, Italy
Develop, maintain, and continuously improve Ciglissime’s Shopify e-commerce site, including custom themes, sections, features, integrations, and technical performance. Shape the site’s design and user experience, optimize customer journeys and conversion, and collaborate with leadership and marketing on digital initiatives.
UI/UX Designer (H/F) - Stage
🇫🇷 78420 Carrières-sur-Seine, France
Sbg Systems 🇫🇷 78420 Carrières-sur-Seine, France
Lead a proposed redesign of the embedded web interface for high-performance inertial navigation systems, while also contributing to shorter UX/UI projects for existing software. Research user needs, map journeys and workflows, create wireframes and interactive prototypes, develop a unified design system, and present specifications to the R&D team.
Product Designer, Generative Media (Staff-Level / L6)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Synthesia 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end evolution of the AI Playground into a scalable, multi-format creation hub, setting design direction for discovery, experimentation, and iteration across video, images, and motion graphics. Partner with Product and Engineering to shape the roadmap and quality bar, prototype and test interaction models, and ensure Playground connects coherently with Studio and the Media Library.
Design Manager – Energy & Water Resources
🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Arup 🇬🇧 Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Lead multidisciplinary teams and oversee design delivery, technical assurance, and quality across energy, water, and resources projects, particularly in the nuclear sector. Build client and stakeholder relationships, mentor colleagues, and support business development through bids, technical proposals, and client engagement.
Lead Visual Designer
🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Dentsu 🇮🇳 Pune, Pune City Subdistrict, India
Lead the creation of high-fidelity UI designs, design systems, component libraries, and interactions, ensuring consistent and compelling experiences across desktop, web, and mobile platforms. Mentor designers, collaborate with UX, product, development, and business teams, and lead design reviews and stakeholder presentations.
Senior Hydraulic Design Manager
🇸🇬 Singapore
Ramboll 🇸🇬 Singapore
Lead and manage the planning and design of complex water infrastructure, flood resilience, and climate adaptation projects across Singapore and Southeast Asia. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and act as the primary point of contact for clients, authorities, and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
Lead Product Designer, Systems Frameworks (Hybrid)
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Rivian 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Lead the design and evolution of scalable UI frameworks and reusable patterns for vehicle, mobile, and web experiences, aligning them with technical architecture and brand needs. Maintain system documentation and governance, validate designs through prototyping and testing, champion accessibility and localization, and mentor other designers.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bidrecruitment 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Create and oversee the visual development of client-facing bid submissions, tender documents, presentations, case studies, project profiles, and marketing materials, ensuring they meet high standards and align with the company brand. Manage branded templates, produce graphics and infographics, and support the company’s website and social media presence while coordinating with pre-construction, bid, and leadership teams.
Product Designer, Generative Media (Staff-Level / L6)
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Synthesia 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end design evolution of the AI Playground, transforming it from a single-format surface into a scalable multi-format creation hub. Partner with product and engineering teams to define design principles, quality standards, and interaction models for generative media workflows.
Staff Product Designer, New Business
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Warner Bros. Discovery 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Lead the design vision and end-to-end execution of original experiences for emerging products, using appropriate design artifacts and prototypes to guide strategic decisions. Collaborate with editorial, product, engineering, research, and growth teams to shape product strategy and deliver customer-focused experiences that balance innovation with platform and business constraints.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Strabag Uk 🇬🇧 Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate design throughout the project lifecycle, managing deliverables, assurance, progress, risks, and interfaces with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams. Support tender and project delivery through safe, practical, economical designs, team leadership, design reviews, and compliance with company procedures and applicable standards.
Senior Design Manager
🇬🇧 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Strabag Uk 🇬🇧 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Lead design management across complex construction projects from pre-construction through completion, ensuring designs are safe, compliant, buildable, sustainable, and commercially effective. Manage design processes, deliverables, assurance, progress reporting, consultant interfaces, team performance, and tender-stage design while identifying and mitigating risks.
Senior Design Manager Arch/ID
🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Atkinsréalis 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Lead architectural and interior design from concept through construction for large-scale hospitality and leisure projects, managing multidisciplinary teams, consultants, schedules, budgets, and design quality. Coordinate with stakeholders, brand operators, authorities, and construction teams to maintain design intent, meet regulatory and brand requirements, and resolve design issues.
Design Manager
🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Black & White Engineering 🇬🇧 City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, programmes, workflows, and deliverables to support complex engineering projects from design through construction. Manage stakeholder relationships, project risks, change, quality, cost, programme performance, governance, and project controls.
Senior UX Design Manager, YouTube Studio and Support
🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Google 🇨🇭 Zurich, Switzerland
Drive the long-term UX strategy for YouTube Studio and Creator Support while leading a multi-disciplinary team across Zurich and Bangalore. Partner with engineering and product leaders to align business goals with design innovation and scalable design 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.