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Senior Electrical Design Manager
🇬🇧 Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Kbs Maritime 🇬🇧 Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
The Senior Electrical Design Manager is responsible for delivering projects from inception to completion, managing design tasks and priorities. This role includes developing client requirements, producing calculations, leading design teams, and ensuring compliance with regulations.
Senior/Founding Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Motion Recruitment 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
You will own the full design lifecycle, from product strategy to visual execution, while partnering with founders and senior engineers. This role involves hands-on design execution, management duties, and team collaboration.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
Bread Financial 🇺🇸 New Castle County, Delaware, United States of America
Lead the design of customer-facing digital product experiences by creating high-fidelity prototypes and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Drive product excellence by implementing design systems and ensuring usability and accessibility across financial services products.
Senior UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bangalore North, India
Playsimple Games 🇮🇳 Bangalore North, India
The Senior UX Designer acts as the player's advocate, crafting delightful experiences for millions of gamers. They collaborate with game designers, artists, and product managers to develop concepts through wireframes and prototypes.
Senior Product Designer (New Bank Project)
Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design for PayPay Bank's consumer and corporate applications across various platforms. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to develop new features and maintain the design system while mentoring junior designers.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 United States of America
Karsh Hagan + Madden 🇺🇸 United States of America
Develop visually compelling, brand-aligned marketing solutions across digital, social, print, and experiential platforms. Own the creative strategy for client projects to drive engagement and deliver measurable results.
Senior Product Designer
🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Blinkops 🇮🇱 Tel-Aviv, Tel Aviv Subdistrict, Israel
Design and deliver high-quality UI/UX for core product areas from concept to execution. Own and evolve the design system while collaborating with engineers and product managers to ensure a polished user experience.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
Bread Financial 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America
The Senior Product Designer creates best-in-class digital product experiences and leads design projects that transform consumer payment methods. They collaborate with product managers and developers to ensure effective implementation of design visions.
Senior Antenna Design Systems Engineer
🇺🇸 Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
Globalstar 🇺🇸 Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
The Senior Antenna Design Systems Engineer will lead the development and qualification of satellite communication antenna systems. This includes reviewing vendor designs, developing verification plans, and coordinating testing activities.
Senior Antenna Design Systems Engineer
🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
Globalstar 🇺🇸 San Diego, California, United States of America
The Senior Antenna Design Systems Engineer will lead the development and qualification of multi-band antenna systems for satellite communication. This includes reviewing designs, developing test plans, and coordinating testing activities.
Junior Graphic Designer, GET STAFFED ONLINE RECRUITMENT LIMITED
🇬🇧 Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Guardian Jobs 🇬🇧 Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom
The Junior Graphic Designer will work in a professional design studio, gaining hands-on experience across a variety of projects. They will be trained from day one and supported by a senior team member as a personal mentor.
Senior Product Designer
🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Zego 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead the end-to-end design process from discovery through to delivery, ensuring a user-centered approach. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define problems and deliver impactful solutions.
Senior Graphic Designer (Digital)
🇮🇩 Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Confidential Careers 🇮🇩 Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia
Develop compelling visual concepts and creative solutions for digital campaigns and branding initiatives. Collaborate with various teams to ensure creative outputs align with brand guidelines and audience insights.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Playo 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Lead end-to-end design processes from research to final delivery while collaborating with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders. Advocate for User-Centered Design principles and conduct usability testing to improve user experiences.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Fudd Marketing & Communications 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
The Senior Graphic Designer will create innovative visual concepts and develop branding elements. They will also design logos and execute advanced graphic design projects while collaborating with strategy and marketing teams.
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.