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Senior Product Designer - Mission Driven AI Startup
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Spicy Minds Ltd 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
You will own the entire product design function, working directly with the CEO and Tech Lead to shape product strategy through user research. Your role includes managing subscription and retention KPIs, conducting user research, and driving product experience development.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Bjak 🇲🇾 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Design creative assets for various marketing channels, including social media and web. Collaborate with teams to create cohesive campaigns and optimize visuals based on performance data.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
Emater 🇦🇲 Yerevan, Armenia
Design and develop high-performing digital and print assets for e-commerce brands while ensuring brand consistency. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage multiple design projects and maintain a digital asset library.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
We Are 54 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the creation of high-quality visual content and ensure brand consistency across various platforms. They will also design presentations and promotional content while overseeing photography and video production.
Senior Graphic Designer at High-growth health-tech platform
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Jack & Jill/external Ats 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
You will create and develop vibrant brand assets across various digital and print applications while collaborating with the Brand Design Director on brand-building initiatives. Additionally, you will source and art direct imagery and mentor junior designers to uphold design standards.
Senior Graphic Designer (Web3)
🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China
Hyphen Connect Limited 🇨🇳 Hong Kong, China
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the production of diverse creative assets and partner with the marketing department to execute creative concepts. They will oversee the end-to-end print process and ensure all deliverables are polished and on-brand.
Senior Graphic Designer (Web3)
🇨🇳 China
Hyphen Connect Limited 🇨🇳 China
The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the production of diverse creative assets and partner with the marketing department to execute creative concepts. They will oversee the end-to-end print process and ensure all deliverables are polished and on-brand.
Sr. Product Designer - AI Design Systems, Amazon Devices
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Amazon 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead the creation of an AI-ready design system and agentic experiences for Amazon Devices. Responsibilities include designing scalable components, setting product requirements, and driving cross-functional alignment.
Vice President, Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Bny 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
The Vice President, Senior Product Designer will lead user-centered design efforts, ensuring that all design choices address user needs and behaviors. They will also map and analyze user journeys to identify pain points and opportunities for improvement.
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 lead user-centered design efforts, ensuring that all design choices address user needs and behaviors. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to transform complex requirements into clear design solutions.
Senior Product Designer - Enterprise Readiness/Data Portability
🌍 Remote
Atlassian 🌍 Remote
As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead complex product design projects focused on improving features for Enterprise customers. You will collaborate with product management and engineering to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Senior Principal AI Product Designer Senior Principal AI Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Bae 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Design intuitive AI-powered experiences and lead end-to-end design processes. Guide teams in creating user-centred design artefacts and represent the company in senior client engagements.
Senior Product Designer - Branch Systems and Transformation
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Wells Fargo & Company 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
The Senior Product Designer will develop and execute employee experience solutions for online applications and manage the UX and UI design from concept to completion. They will also lead projects, analyze complex designs, and collaborate with teams to ensure quality deliverables.
Senior UI/UX Designer (Figma, WordPress Block-Based Design)
🌍 Remote
Sitecare 🌍 Remote
The Senior UI/UX Designer will focus on improving client websites through redesigns and UX enhancements, while also supporting internal marketing efforts. The role emphasizes fast execution and collaboration with account managers to deliver high-quality design updates.
Sr Product Designer, Corporate Travel (100% Remote - USA)
🌍 Remote
Hopper 🌍 Remote
The Senior Product Designer will design end-to-end web experiences, conducting customer interviews and usability tests to validate and iterate on designs. They will collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to define problems and ship features.
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.