Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UX Designer — Accessibility
🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Speria 🇺🇸 Atlanta, Georgia, United States
You will own UX design work across three SaaS products while ensuring all design system components meet rigorous accessibility standards. This involves conducting accessibility audits, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and advocating for inclusive design practices throughout the product lifecycle.
UX Designer / Researcher (Hybrid)
🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Dxc Technology 🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America
Plan and conduct user research to understand user needs and translate findings into actionable design artifacts like personas, journey maps, and prototypes. Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to improve PeopleSoft HCM experiences while ensuring accessibility and usability standards are met.
Graphic Designer II
🇺🇸 McLean, Virginia, United States
People, Technology & Processes, Llc 🇺🇸 McLean, Virginia, United States
The Graphic Designer will design and produce professional graphics, layouts, and technical reports while managing the entire production lifecycle. They will also ensure all products meet Section 508 accessibility standards and program branding requirements.
User Experience (UX) Designer (Technology Innovation Division)
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Mbta 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The UX Designer is responsible for planning and delivering user experience design and research activities to improve the usability and accessibility of MBTA products. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate user insights into actionable, production-ready design solutions.
Principal Product Designer – UI Platform
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Okta 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will serve as a foundational design lead for Okta's global user experience infrastructure, shaping design patterns, architecture, and accessibility standards. You will partner with cross-functional leads to drive platform-level initiatives and mentor designers to promote craft excellence.
Product Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Ecs Tech Inc 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Lead design efforts for priority digital products and forms by translating complex regulatory requirements into clear, user-friendly experiences. Partner with business owners, engineering, and compliance stakeholders to define problems and ensure designs meet federal usability and accessibility standards.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Vivacity Tech Pbc 🇺🇸 Greenville, South Carolina, United States
The UI/UX Designer supports the full web design lifecycle, including wireframing, page design, and ongoing maintenance of responsive websites. They collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure visual consistency, performance optimization, and accessibility across digital platforms.
Interaction Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
Parliamentary Digital Service 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
The Interaction Designer will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver customer-focused digital solutions that meet accessibility standards and organizational goals. They will use user research and analytics to iterate designs, create prototypes, and advocate for evidence-led decision-making across the UK Parliament's digital projects.
UI Designer - A26345
🇸🇬 Singapore
Activate Interactive 🇸🇬 Singapore
Design UI screens and end-to-end flows for a volunteer management system while ensuring accessibility and usability standards. Partner with researchers, product, and engineering teams to translate requirements into concrete, usable interface designs.
UI Designer - A26345
🇸🇬 Singapore
Activate Interactive Pte Ltd 🇸🇬 Singapore
The role involves designing UI screens and end-to-end workflows for a volunteer management system to ensure usability and accessibility. You will collaborate with researchers, product teams, and engineers to validate designs through testing and implement consistent UI patterns.
UX Designer
🇨🇦 Markham, Ontario, Canada
Carltonone Engagement Ulc 🇨🇦 Markham, Ontario, Canada
The UX Designer will conduct user research and create intuitive wireframes, prototypes, and workflows for web and mobile platforms. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Managers and Engineers to ensure design consistency and accessibility across the global platform.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Kmrg, Llc 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will produce branded visual materials such as flyers, infographics, and presentations while maintaining established templates and branding standards. They are also responsible for preparing files for print and digital distribution, managing digital assets, and ensuring Section 508 accessibility compliance.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Kmrg, Llc 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The Junior Graphic Designer will produce AO-branded visual products such as flyers, infographics, and presentations while maintaining established branding standards. They will also manage digital assets, prepare files for print and digital distribution, and ensure compliance with Section 508 accessibility requirements.
UI/UX Designer (Remote Opportunity)
Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
Mind Computing Remote (🇺🇸 United States of America)
The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into effective, user-centric UI/UX solutions. They will also serve as a subject-matter expert on accessibility, ensuring all designs comply with Section 508 standards.
Lead UX Designer
🇬🇧 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Boots Uk 🇬🇧 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Own and deliver a strategic UX workstream end-to-end, from discovery and research through to implementation. Create and validate UX artefacts while managing stakeholders and ensuring accessibility standards are met.
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.