Design Leadership Jobs

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Senior UX Designer - Basel

🇨🇭 Basel, Basel-City, Switzerland

The Senior UX Designer will lead end-to-end UX design processes, from discovery and ideation through implementation and validation, translating complex concepts into intuitive experiences. They must influence product decisions using best practices and research insights while collaborating closely with Engineering.

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Senior Product Designer, In-Store (SevenRooms)

🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

The Senior Product Designer will be responsible for conceptualizing and designing cohesive experiences across software solutions for global hospitality operators, focusing on features that delight diners during reservation and booking processes. This role involves designing complex operational experiences, shaping end-to-end workflows for restaurant staff, and translating real-world behaviors into intuitive product interactions.

Onsite$124,400 - $260,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer - Gram Games

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom

The Senior UI/UX Designer will manage the entire design process for complex user interfaces, from initial concept through to engine implementation, ensuring high standards of usability and visual quality. This role involves mentoring junior designers and collaborating with various teams to deliver superior user experiences.

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Senior AI Product Designer

🇺🇸 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States of America

The role involves partnering with product and engineering in the discovery phase by prototyping, testing, and iterating to determine valuable and usable features. Key duties include designing cohesive experiences, scaling the design system, leading user research, and acting as a design advocate across the company.

Hybrid$100,000 - $160,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer, Ecommerce

Remote (🇲🇽 Mexico)

The Senior UX Designer will design and optimize critical ecommerce flows, including product discovery, checkout, and subscriptions, using customer research and performance data to inform design decisions. This role involves leading end-to-end design execution while partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Growth, and Marketing teams.

Remote$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer, Ecommerce

Remote (🇨🇦 Canada)

The Senior UX Designer will design and optimize critical ecommerce flows, including product discovery, checkout, and subscriptions, using customer research and performance data to inform design decisions. This role involves leading end-to-end design execution and partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Growth, and Marketing teams.

Remote$100,000 - $150,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UX Designer, Ecommerce

Remote (🇦🇷 Argentina)

The Senior UX Designer will design and optimize critical ecommerce flows, including product discovery, checkout, and subscriptions, directly impacting conversion and revenue. This involves partnering with Product, Engineering, Growth, and Marketing teams to translate data and insights into intuitive, scalable user experiences.

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Senior UX Designer, Ecommerce

Remote (🇨🇴 Colombia)

The Senior UX Designer will design and optimize critical ecommerce flows, including product discovery, checkout, and subscriptions, directly impacting conversion and revenue. This involves using customer research and performance data to inform intuitive, scalable design decisions across web and mobile platforms.

RemoteFull-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer Creative Consultant

🇳🇱 Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands

The Senior UX Designer will create distinctive and smooth user experiences by viewing software through the user's eyes, utilizing design tools and principles, and collaborating with cross-functional teams based on relevant data. Daily tasks involve developing wireframes, prototypes, and conducting user tests to refine designs, while also championing design by developing propositions and playbooks.

Hybrid$3,000 - $5,500Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer (3 months)

🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt

The Senior Graphic Designer will execute visual design aspects for products, branding, and marketing campaigns, ensuring designs align with the company's brand identity. They will collaborate with various teams to create engaging visual assets and maintain a thorough understanding of the brand's visual identity.

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Senior Graphic Designer (ATL)

🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt

The Senior Graphic Designer will develop strong visual concepts and key visuals for ATL and digital campaigns. They will deliver high-quality 2D and 3D designs across multiple brands and collaborate with various teams.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Junior Graphic Designer- Co-op

🇨🇦 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The Junior Graphic Designer will create visual content for various platforms and collaborate closely with Senior Graphic Designers to ensure designs align with brand identity and marketing objectives. They will also assist in photo/video shoots and maintain a library of design assets.

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Freelance Senior Graphic Designer - Prague/ London

🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom

The designer will be responsible for creating engaging marketing assets for social media, web banners, and newsletters, as well as developing visuals for major product launches and brand campaigns across various channels. They will also create print materials, B2B decks, and collaborate on maintaining a cohesive visual identity and evolving brand guidelines.

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Freelance Senior Graphic Designer - Prague/ London

🇨🇿 Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic

The role involves designing engaging marketing assets for social media, web banners, and newsletters, alongside creating layouts for print materials like packaging and lookbooks. The designer will also develop visuals for major product launches and brand campaigns across various channels.

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Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)

🇩🇿 Oran, Oran District, Algeria

The Senior Product Designer will be responsible for designing clear, elegant, and functional web and mobile interfaces, creating necessary design artifacts like user flows, wireframes, and design systems. They will collaborate internally and with clients to realize digital experiences and ensure visual and functional consistency.

Hybrid$80,000 - $250,000Full-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.