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UI & UX Designer
🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
Paisasmart 🇮🇳 Reserve Bank of India, Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg, Fort, - 400038, Maharashtra, India
You will own the end-to-end design and frontend development of the PaisaSmart mobile app and website. This includes building a design system and ensuring a clear, confidence-building user experience for first-time investors.
UI/UX Designer
🇫🇷 64420 Hours, France
Arkedia Development 🇫🇷 64420 Hours, France
Lead the UX process for enterprise SaaS and mobile projects, from research and wireframing to high-fidelity bilingual mocks. Build and maintain scalable design systems in Figma while collaborating closely with frontend developers to ensure pixel-accurate implementation.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Herzliya, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Helfy 🇮🇱 Herzliya, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
The role involves conducting user research and strategy to create intuitive, scalable digital experiences across web and mobile platforms. The designer will develop high-fidelity interfaces and maintain design systems while collaborating with product and engineering teams in an Agile environment.
UI/UX Designer Games (m/f/d) (Berlin)
🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
Spiele-palast Gmbh 🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany
The role involves designing intuitive user interfaces and experiences for mobile and desktop card games, translating game mechanics into engaging player journeys. You will develop wireframes, prototypes, and design systems while collaborating closely with developers to ensure high visual quality.
Entry Level Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Wander 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Transform AI-generated website templates into polished, premium sites for luxury short-term rental managers. Collaborate with the team to refine design systems and customize templates to match client branding.
Entry Level Graphic Designer - $45,000/Year - Austin, TX
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Wander 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Transform AI-generated website templates into polished, premium sites for luxury short-term rental managers. Collaborate with the team to refine design systems and customize templates to match client branding.
Junior Graphic Designer (Entry Level) - $45,000/Year - Austin, TX
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Wander 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer will transform AI-generated website templates into polished, premium sites for luxury vacation rental managers. They will collaborate with the team to refine design systems while applying strong aesthetic standards to layouts, typography, and imagery.
Founding Product Designer
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Murphy Ai 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
You will own the end-to-end product design, building and maintaining a design system while transforming complex internal tools into a cohesive, user-friendly product. You will also lead the transition from a service-based model to a self-service platform by prototyping with AI and iterating based on live data.
Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Equiti Group 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Product Designer will create end-to-end user experiences for mobile and web, ranging from initial discovery and wireframes to high-fidelity prototypes. They will collaborate with product managers and engineers to maintain the design system and ensure quality through design QA.
Product Designer
🇳🇴 4340 Bryne, Norway
Syntree Technologies 🇳🇴 4340 Bryne, Norway
The role involves designing and iterating on product interfaces for FlockPilot and Finby while maintaining design systems and component libraries. The designer will collaborate closely with engineers to ensure correct implementation and contribute to the overall brand visual language.
Lead Product Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Headout 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Lead Product Designer will shape the end-to-end user journey for discovering and booking global experiences. They will define product strategy and build scalable design systems that work across multiple languages and geographies.
Founding Product Designer
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Murphy Ai 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
You will own the end-to-end product design, building a cohesive design system and transforming complex internal tools into a seamless, user-friendly platform. You will also prototype using AI to iterate rapidly and design self-service features for customers.
Founding Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Murphy Ai 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
You will own the end-to-end design of the product, building and maintaining a design system while transforming complex internal tools into a cohesive, user-friendly platform. You will also prototype using AI to iterate rapidly and design self-service features that allow customers to configure and manage AI agents independently.
Founding Product Designer
🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Murphy Ai 🇦🇪 Dubai, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
You will own the end-to-end product design, building and maintaining a design system while transforming complex internal tools into a cohesive, user-friendly product. You will also prototype with AI, design self-service workflows, and set the quality bar for the entire product experience.
Senior Product Designer - Mercari Marketplace
🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Mercari, Inc. 🇯🇵 Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Lead end-to-end user experience design for buyers in the Japanese marketplace, from problem framing to execution and launch. Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to define experience strategies and evolve shared 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.