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UX / UI Designer (B2B), any UK

🇬🇧 Wakefield, England, United Kingdom

Design intuitive, scalable user experiences and high-fidelity UI for B2B products using Figma and AI-powered tools. Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to evolve the design system and accelerate concept validation through rapid prototyping.

Full-timeMid-level
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UX / UI Designer (B2B), UK wide

🇬🇧 Newcastle, BT33 0AE, United Kingdom

Design intuitive, scalable user experiences and high-fidelity UI for B2B products using Figma and AI-powered tools. Collaborate with cross-functional agile teams to iterate on designs based on research and maintain a consistent design system.

Full-timeMid-level
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UX / UI Designer (B2B), UK any

🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

The role involves designing intuitive, scalable user experiences and high-fidelity UI designs for B2B products. It focuses on integrating AI-powered design tools to accelerate prototyping and maintaining consistency through a centralized design system.

Full-timeMid-level
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Product Designer UX/UI

🇫🇷 Paris, France

As the sole Product Designer, you will ensure the best user experience for clients, drivers, and internal collaborators. Your role includes conducting user research, managing the design system, and collaborating closely with product managers on UX and UI execution.

HybridFull-time
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Senior Product Designer

🇸🇬 Singapore

Design AI-native workflows and intuitive user experiences for complex financial tasks within enterprise and consumer platforms. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to build flexible design systems and high-fidelity prototypes.

Full-timeSenior
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UI/UX Designer

🇮🇳 Mumbai Suburban District, India

The role involves creating user-centric interfaces, wireframes, and prototypes for websites and mobile applications. The designer will maintain design systems and collaborate with developers to ensure high-quality implementation.

Full-timeMid-level
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Lead Product Designer

🇧🇬 Sofiya, Bulgaria

Lead the product design strategy and execution across web, mobile, and internal tools for B2B and B2C gaming platforms. Own the evolution of the design system and drive user research to translate complex requirements into scalable product experiences.

Full-time
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Senior Associate, Product Designer

🇭🇰 R.C. Lee Hall, 6A Sassoon Road, Hong Kong

The Senior Associate, Product Designer is responsible for creating intuitive digital experiences by translating user needs and business goals into scalable design solutions. This includes managing the end-to-end process from discovery and workflow design to maintaining the design system and validating iterations through research.

Full-timeSenior
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UI Designer - Mobile Apps

🇳🇱 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

The UI Designer will create visually compelling and user-friendly interfaces for Android and iOS mobile applications, focusing on in-car experiences. They will maintain a consistent visual language and contribute to the evolution of the company's design system.

Full-time
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Senior Graphic Designer (all genders) - Lounge by Zalando

🇩🇪 Berlin, Germany

Lead end-to-end creative projects and manage robust design systems to ensure brand consistency across all digital touchpoints. Conceptualize and execute high-impact static and motion assets for social media and marketing channels to elevate the brand's visual storytelling.

Full-timeSenior
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Product Designer

🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Design end-to-end user experiences and collaborate with product and engineering teams to define problems and deliver effective solutions. Contribute to feature ideas and product improvements while maintaining design systems and UI consistency.

Full-time
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Sr. Website UI/UX Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

The Senior Website UI/UX Designer will design intuitive and scalable digital experiences across the web ecosystem, collaborating with various teams. This role involves creating user-centered website experiences and evolving design systems while transforming complex requirements into elegant interfaces.

$135,000 - $198,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI Designer, Design Systems

🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Design, evolve, and maintain UI components and patterns within the Lumen Design System to ensure consistency across the CommBank app and NetBank. Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to advocate for accessibility and scalable production-ready designs.

Full-timeSenior
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Principal Product Designer

🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lead the end-to-end design of AI infrastructure products for both enterprise buyers and technical developers. Collaborate with founders and engineers to shape product direction, roadmaps, and the overall design system.

$240,000 - $290,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Software Engineer - Design Systems

🇵🇦 Panama City, Distrito de Panamá, Panama

Lead the development and maintenance of the Design Platform and component libraries to accelerate product design workflows. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to drive the adoption of the Design System and implement AI-driven productivity tools.

$388,000 - $558,000Full-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.