Design Leadership Jobs
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Graphic Designer
Remote (🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America)
Red Carrot Remote (🇺🇸 Arlington County, Virginia, United States of America)
The Junior Graphic Designer will assist senior staff in creating visual communications, including posters, brochures, and reports. They will also design presentations and ensure all materials are compliant with accessibility standards.
Sr. UI Designer
🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Creative Circle 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
The Sr. UI Designer will design, document, and refine reusable components for the website while upholding consistent visual standards. They will also serve as a thought leader on usability and accessibility standards.
Senior Product Designer - UX & Design Systems
🇺🇸 Lindon, Utah County, UT 84042, United States of America
Trucordia 🇺🇸 Lindon, Utah County, UT 84042, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will own the design system, including the component library and design tokens, ensuring accessibility and consistency across products. They will also design new AI-powered experiences and collaborate closely with engineering to implement the system effectively.
UX Designer
🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay
Alabama Solutions 🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay
The role involves researching user needs and designing interaction flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes. The designer will also conduct usability tests and create design systems to ensure consistency and accessibility across products.
UX Engineer - Design Systems
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
Vimo Inc 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States of America
The role focuses on building and maintaining the design-to-code infrastructure, including component libraries and design tokens. You will collaborate with designers and developers to ensure UI consistency, accessibility, and scalability across all products.
Bilingual UX Designer (100% remote)
Remote (🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Lifeworks Remote (🇨🇦 Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Develop user scenarios, high-fidelity wireframes, and prototypes using Figma while adhering to the design system. Collaborate with developers and product managers to ensure technical feasibility and accessibility for digital health products.
UX Designer
🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Guidehouse 🇺🇸 McLean, VA 22101, United States of America
Lead user-centered design for web and mobile applications for health and public-sector clients, translating research into intuitive interfaces. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain design systems and ensure accessibility standards are met.
Design Systems Designer, Adobe Express
Remote (🇪🇸 Spain)
Adobe Remote (🇪🇸 Spain)
The role focuses on scaling and systematizing Figma source files and evolving the core foundations of the Adobe Express design system. Key tasks include modernizing components for S2 migration, ensuring accessibility compliance, and creating well-documented resources for other designers.
Junior UX Designer (SC Cleared / SC Eligible) - Associate Consultant - Digital Excellence
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Capgemini 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role involves designing and prototyping user interfaces for public and private sector clients using evidence-based, user-focused approaches. You will advocate for inclusive design and accessibility standards while working within an Agile delivery framework.
Design Systems Engineer (6-Month Contract)
🇺🇸 United States of America
Viventium Software 🇺🇸 United States of America
Conduct a forensic audit of the existing codebase to document components and identify accessibility failures. Build a comprehensive Storybook library and provide a consolidation proposal to align the code with the Figma design library.
Sr. Product Designer - Web GIS SDK
🇺🇸 Redlands, California, United States of America
Esri 🇺🇸 Redlands, California, United States of America
Design and deliver reusable Web GIS SDK components and patterns to ensure visual consistency and scalability across ArcGIS products. Partner with engineers and cross-functional teams to create high-fidelity specifications and advocate for accessibility and inclusive design.
Sr. Product Designer - Web GIS SDK
🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Esri 🇺🇸 Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Design and deliver reusable Web GIS SDK components and patterns to ensure visual consistency and scalability across ArcGIS products. Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional teams to create high-fidelity specifications and advocate for accessibility and inclusive design.
Experience Designer Lead Senior - Design Systems
🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Pnc 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Lead and mentor a pod of designers to maintain and evolve enterprise design systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across digital experiences. Drive the design system strategy, roadmap, and governance while coordinating with engineering and accessibility partners.
Product Designer Pleno (Exclusiva para Pessoas com Deficiência)
Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Wellhub Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)
Support the UI design execution for the Booking journey, focusing on high-quality interfaces and detailed handoffs. Collaborate with multidisciplinary squads and senior designers to ensure accessibility and visual consistency across the product.
EGG Graphic Designer Intern, Summer/Fall 2026
🇬🇧 Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
University Of Delaware 🇬🇧 Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Design graphic assets for print and digital marketing campaigns, including event signage and social media graphics. Collaborate with creative directors and professional staff to maintain brand consistency and accessibility standards.
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.