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Sr Motion Graphic Designer | Noida

🇮🇳 Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

The Senior Motion Developer will take ownership of motion design projects from concept to execution, ensuring high-quality delivery. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor junior developers while creating engaging motion graphics.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States

The Senior UI/UX Designer will lead design efforts for high-impact projects, ensuring user-centric design solutions. They will conduct user research and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and user goals.

Hybrid$121,000 - $151,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. Product Designer (Remote)

🇺🇸 Oak Brook, Illinois, United States

The Senior Product Designer will define, create, and maintain customer-centric digital user experiences across Inspira’s portfolio of products. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams and leveraging UX research insights to deliver innovative design solutions.

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Senior Product Designer

🌍 Remote

As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead design strategy for a cross-functional team and deliver high-quality designs for patient-facing experiences. You will also champion data-informed improvements and drive growth through A/B testing and optimizations.

Remote$170,000 - $190,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 Lehi, Utah, United States

The Senior Product Designer will define and evolve UX patterns and collaborate with cross-functional teams to create intuitive experiences for legal professionals. They will also drive UI modernization and communicate design rationale effectively.

Hybrid$110,000 - $135,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Product Designer

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

The Senior Product Designer will own end-to-end design for core product features, leading user research and usability testing to inform design decisions. They will collaborate closely with product, engineering, and operations to create intuitive dashboard experiences.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer

🇬🇷 Kavala, Macedonia and Thrace, Greece

Design intuitive solutions for users to manage their accounts quickly and autonomously. Lead the design process from opportunity identification to handoff to development.

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Senior Graphic Designer

🇸🇪 Getinge, Halland, Sweden

The Senior Graphic Designer will lead and guide the graphic team in daily tasks, ensuring quality and effective creative workflows. They will develop and produce graphic materials across various channels while maintaining brand guidelines.

Hybrid$60,000 - $100,000Full-timeSenior
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Sr. Graphic Designer

🌍 Remote

The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the conceptualization, design, and production of various marketing materials while ensuring alignment with brand standards. This role also involves managing multiple projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

RemoteFull-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States

The Senior Graphic Designer will conceptualize and deliver strategic, visually engaging designs that support Transwestern’s business efforts. This role involves collaborating with team members and clients to produce world-class design solutions.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer Employee Experience

🇳🇱 Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

As a Senior UX Designer, you will contribute to the employee journeys at Rabobank, ensuring that employees can perform their work seamlessly. You will collaborate with various HR stakeholders to execute design projects and deliver impactful solutions.

Hybrid$4,516 - $6,449Full-timeSenior
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Graphic Designer & Production Assistant

🇵🇭 Philippines

The Graphic Designer & Production Assistant will design and produce visual assets for events and marketing initiatives while ensuring brand consistency. The role involves collaborating with senior designers and managing the production lifecycle of creative assets.

ContractMid-level
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇪🇬 Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

The Senior Graphic Designer will take ownership of Koinz’s visual identity across all digital and offline touchpoints. This includes designing graphics for various digital assets and ensuring all designs reflect the brand identity.

Full-timeSenior
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Sr. Product Designer

🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States

As a Senior Product Designer, you will shape how millions interact with Jerry’s core products by collaborating with PMs, engineers, and data scientists. You will own end-to-end design, from user flows to high-fidelity visuals, to enhance the car ownership experience.

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Senior Product Designer - Games Developer Ecosystem

🌍 Remote

Lead the UX and UI design of proprietary tools for game developers and partners to integrate features and launch games on Netflix. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to develop new concepts and improve existing tools and features.

Remote$120,000 - $515,000Full-timeSenior
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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.