Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Stream Realty Partners 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will collaborate with the marketing team and brokerage professionals to produce high-quality marketing deliverables and elevate the creative output of the Austin office. This role involves developing original design styles, implementing AI in the design workflow, and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Redwood City, California, United States of America
Glocomms 🇺🇸 Redwood City, California, United States of America
Own the product experience from early concepts to polished features, designing user flows for complex systems. Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to define and ship product features while maintaining a high standard of design quality.
Senior Packaging Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States of America
Likely Inc. 🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States of America
Lead packaging design projects from concept through production and develop brand guidelines specifically for packaging systems. Collaborate closely with production teams to ensure design intent is maintained throughout the development process.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
Stream Realty 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America
The Senior Graphic Designer will elevate the visual identity of the Austin office by creating branding, marketing campaigns, and digital content. They will also implement AI tools to optimize design workflows and develop scalable brand toolkits for the team.
Senior Own Brand Packaging & Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bloomon 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role involves developing design routes for new own-brand products and packaging, collaborating with various teams from brief to production. The designer will also manage multiple projects and support the Lead Physical Product Designer in creating visualizations and proposals.
Senior Product Designer - Conversie & AI
🇳🇱 Utrecht, Netherlands
Bol 🇳🇱 Utrecht, Netherlands
As a Senior Product Designer, you will improve the product page and checkout experience, collaborating with engineers and product managers. You will also be part of a virtual team focused on conversion optimization through experimentation and iteration.
Senior/Principal Product Designer - OP02142
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
Dev.pro 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
In this role, you'll own end-to-end product design while influencing product strategy and direction. You'll collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design on product strategy and execution priorities.
Senior Visual Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Dept® 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead and deliver exceptional visual design across high-profile digital campaigns and e-commerce platforms. Collaborate with UX designers and present creative concepts to client stakeholders.
Senior UX Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Dept® 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
As a Senior UX Designer, you will map and optimize mobile-first customer journeys and translate complex brand strategies into seamless digital experiences. You will also mentor junior designers and manage client relationships from a UX perspective.
Senior UI Designer - Design System
🇪🇸 Spain
Super 🇪🇸 Spain
The Senior UI Designer will own and evolve the asset library across the design system, ensuring visual consistency and collaboration between brand and product design teams. They will also contribute to the design and maintenance of UI components and patterns while leveraging AI tools for asset creation.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lemfi 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Own the end-to-end design and visual polish of core product flows, focusing on typography, layout, and motion. Build and evolve a scalable design system while partnering with product managers and engineers to ship pixel-accurate UI.
Senior Product Designer (Boosters R&D)
Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
Genesis Remote (🇺🇦 Ukraine)
The role involves leading the entire design direction for a new product, from ideation and user research to implementation and collaboration with developers. Key tasks include designing UX/UI for new features, building a design system, and conducting usability tests to iterate based on feedback.
Senior Visual Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Dept® 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Lead and execute high-fidelity visual design and art direction for digital campaigns, e-commerce platforms, and interactive content. Own the motion landscape and create interactive prototypes to demonstrate user flows and brand storytelling.
Senior UX Designer
🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Dept® 🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
The Senior UX Designer will map and optimize mobile-first customer journeys and translate brand strategies into high-converting digital products. They are responsible for bridging brand storytelling with conversion optimization while mentoring junior designers and managing senior client relationships.
Freelance Print Graphic Designer
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Comuna 1, Argentina
Wpp Production 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Comuna 1, Argentina
The role involves producing print-ready mechanicals and implementing content across various layouts while maintaining strict file organization. The candidate will collaborate with project managers and senior artists to ensure high-quality, accurate production deliverables.
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.