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Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves leading user research phases to create highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with federal engineers and clients to deliver intuitive solutions, and creating design resources like wireframes and storyboards.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chantilly, VA 20153, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Chantilly, VA 20153, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning, design, and implementation of multiple client sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves leading user research phases to create highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with engineers and clients to define innovative solutions, and creating design resources like wireframes and storyboards.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning, design, and implementation of multiple client sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves leading user research phases to inform the creation of highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with engineers and federal clients to deliver intuitive solutions, and creating necessary design documentat
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 City of Albany, New York, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 City of Albany, New York, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning, design, and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously for various clients.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning, design, and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves leading all phases of user research to inform the creation of highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with federal engineers and clients to deliver intuitive solutions.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning, design, and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves leading all phases of user research and analysis to inform the creation of highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with federal engineers and clients to deliver innovative solutions.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning and implementation of multiple client sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves leading user research phases to create highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with engineers and clients to define innovative solutions, and creating design resources like wireframes and storyboards.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer II will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning, design, and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously for various clients.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Miami, Florida, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer II will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves leading user research phases to create highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with engineers and federal clients to define innovative solutions, and creating scalable design resources.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Chantilly, VA 20153, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Chantilly, VA 20153, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer II will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves leading user research phases to create highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with engineers and federal clients to define innovative solutions, and creating scalable design resources.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer II will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the design and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously for various clients.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer II will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning, design, and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously for various clients. This role involves leading user research phases to inform the creation of highly usable web pages and application interfaces, collaborating with engineers and clients to define innovative solutions, and creating necessary design re
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior UI/UX Designer II will lead full-scale UX design efforts, encompassing research, blueprinting, and evaluation of existing systems, while managing the planning and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously. This role involves collaborating with engineers and federal clients to define and implement innovative, intuitive solutions, and creating design resources to support project collaboration.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America
The role involves leading full-scale UX design efforts, including research, blueprinting, and evaluating existing systems, while managing the design and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously for various clients. Responsibilities also include collaborating with engineers and clients to define innovative solutions and creating design resources to support project collaboration and service expansion.
Senior UI/UX Designer II
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Contact Government Services, Llc 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The role involves leading full-scale UX design efforts, including research, blueprinting, and evaluating existing systems, while managing the planning, design, and implementation of multiple sites and applications simultaneously for various clients.
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.