Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior UX Designer (m/w/d)
🇨🇭 Bern, Bern-Mittelland, Switzerland
Ekkiden 🇨🇭 Bern, Bern-Mittelland, Switzerland
The Senior UX Designer will lead user research, create wireframes and prototypes, and ensure digital services meet accessibility standards. They will collaborate closely with product owners, business analysts, and development teams to validate solutions through usability testing.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇸🇦 Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
Coorb 🇸🇦 Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
The Senior UI/UX Designer will define UX strategy, information architecture, and interactive prototypes for digital banking journeys. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into functional specifications while ensuring accessibility and regulatory compliance.
Junior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Netchannels Marketing 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
The designer will provide graphic design support compliant with AO Style Manual standards for various operational needs, including templates, forms, and presentations. They are also responsible for maintaining the digital asset library, performing file preflight, and applying Section 508 accessibility tagging.
Web Designer
🇮🇳 India
Fetchjobs.co 🇮🇳 India
The Web Designer is responsible for creating visually appealing, responsive website layouts and interactive elements across various devices. They collaborate with development and marketing teams to translate concepts into functional designs while optimizing for speed, SEO, and accessibility.
Senior UX Designer
🇸🇪 Göteborg, 905 94 Umeå kommun, Sweden
Tata Technologies 🇸🇪 Göteborg, 905 94 Umeå kommun, Sweden
The role involves conducting accessibility audits against WCAG 2.2 AA standards and performing manual evaluations using screen readers and keyboard-only testing. The designer will provide remediation guidance to engineering teams and support the development of scalable accessibility practices.
Founding Product Designer
Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Harmonica Labs Remote (🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom)
Lead the design of a voice-first AI companion for seniors, focusing on interaction models, generative interfaces, and accessibility. You will conduct rapid field experiments with real users to shape the product strategy and build the company's design system.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Artemis Arc 🇺🇸 United States of America
Design and produce healthcare-related promotional materials, presentations, and visual communications for the VHA's Testosterone Screening and Treatment Expansion Program. Ensure all deliverables comply with VA Style Guides and Section 508 accessibility standards while collaborating with program staff to translate complex data into engaging content.
Senior Product Designer, Video Applications
🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
Apple 🇺🇸 Culver City, CA 90232, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer will create innovative tools and features for Apple's video applications, focusing on information design, navigation, and interaction. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver sophisticated user experiences while ensuring high standards for accessibility and quality.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Dublin, CA 94568, United States of America
Crowdplat 🇺🇸 Dublin, CA 94568, United States of America
Create visual assets including branding, marketing materials, and presentation decks for a multi-phase government innovation program. Ensure all deliverables meet accessibility standards and maintain consistent visual identity across various digital and print formats.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Sti-tec 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
Design artwork for digital and print media while managing the agency's digital display systems. Provide technical guidance on production methods and ensure all assets meet Section 508 accessibility standards.
Graphic Designer, Senior
🇺🇸 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Castalia Systems 🇺🇸 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Create a wide range of visual deliverables including logos, publications, and multimedia products while ensuring Section 508 accessibility compliance. Collaborate with stakeholders and senior designers to conceptualize and deliver solutions that communicate government and defense-sector priorities.
UI/ UX Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Vallum Associates 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
The role involves transforming business requirements into deliverable UI work and designing accessible solutions including layouts and interaction patterns. The designer will also contribute to shared UI libraries and champion accessibility standards through pairing and documentation.
UI Designer
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nonconformist 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Design high-quality style guides, components, and patterns while maintaining and documenting the design system in Figma and Supernova. Collaborate with multidisciplinary squads to ensure the correct adoption of the system and ensure accessibility according to WCAG standards.
UX Researcher / Designer
🇺🇸 United States
Skyward 🇺🇸 United States
The role involves conducting qualitative and quantitative user research to drive customer experience improvements for an enterprise AI platform. Responsibilities include translating research insights into low-fidelity wireframes and prototypes while ensuring accessibility compliance.
UI Designer
🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nonconformist 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Design high-quality style guides, components, and patterns while maintaining and documenting the Design System in Figma and Supernova. Collaborate with multidisciplinary squads to ensure the correct adoption of design standards and accessibility compliance.
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.