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Senior Product Designer (12 month FTC)

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

As a Senior Product Designer, you will create user-focused brand experiences and optimize designs based on research and analytics. You will collaborate with various teams to deliver impactful solutions and contribute to the design system.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer | AGS

🇲🇹 Malta

The Senior Graphic Designer will create impactful digital and print designs for events, ensuring cohesive branding and visual elements. They will also collaborate with various teams to support marketing and content needs.

Onsite$50,000 - $70,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will create compelling visual designs for various marketing materials and ensure brand consistency across all communications. They will manage multiple design projects while collaborating with account teams and clients.

Onsite$80,000 - $100,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Motion Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America

The Senior Motion Graphic Designer will create compelling motion graphics and design elements for news campaigns, collaborating with producers to integrate these elements seamlessly with video. The role requires expertise in motion design and the ability to work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced newsroom environment.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States of America

The Graphic Designer will create compelling designs for marketing campaigns, digital marketing, and social media. They will collaborate with senior creative leadership and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Redding, California, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will shape the visual identity of Dr. Killigan’s by turning ideas into compelling, on-brand visuals across landing pages, email layouts, e-commerce design, and paid social creative. This role involves owning key creative outputs and helping to define and scale visual systems while collaborating with marketing and creative partners.

Hybrid$75,000 - $85,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇬🇧 Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

The Senior Graphic Designer will brainstorm and research design concepts, interpret briefs, and coordinate photo shoots. They will also manage project timelines, maintain project files, and support the approval process for artwork and layouts.

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Senior Graphic Designer

The Senior Graphic Designer will design and produce high-quality scientific communications materials, including posters, slide decks, and infographics, while refining scientific figures and data visualizations for clarity and impact. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to interpret briefs, develop concepts, and ensure all creative work adheres to brand guidelines and medical/legal requirements.

Onsite$75,000 - $100,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the creative development and execution of paid media assets across various platforms. They will design high-performing ad creatives and manage multiple campaigns while ensuring brand consistency and performance needs are met.

Hybrid$60,000 - $80,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Sunrise, Broward County, Florida, United States of America

The Senior Graphic Designer will lead the conceptual development and design execution of brand and campaign initiatives, creating graphic content for various platforms. They will ensure all visual assets meet brand standards and guide brand consistency across executions.

OnsiteFull-timeSenior
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Entry-Level Graphic Designer

🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States of America

The role involves creating visually appealing and effective designs for various marketing materials, including print, digital ads, social media, email campaigns, and website graphics. Responsibilities also include maintaining brand identity and collaborating closely with the marketing team and Senior Graphic Designer.

Full-timeEntry Level
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Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)

🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania

Own and drive UX/UI design from discovery to delivery for web, mobile, and tablet experiences. Mentor junior designers and raise design quality through reviews, coaching, and best practices.

HybridFull-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer

Remote (🇳🇬 Nigeria)

The Senior UI/UX Designer will define and evolve the visual and interaction layer of a digital product, focusing on design systems and prototyping. They will own the design of product and marketing surfaces, ensuring usability and clarity.

Remote$100,000 - $140,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer

Remote (🇦🇷 Argentina)

This role is responsible for defining and evolving the visual and interaction layer of a digital product, focusing heavily on building and maintaining a comprehensive design system and creating high-quality prototypes.

Remote$100,000 - $140,000Full-timeSenior
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Senior UI/UX Designer

Remote (🇧🇷 Brazil)

The Senior UI/UX Designer will define and evolve the visual and interaction layer of a digital product, focusing on design systems and prototyping. Responsibilities include building a design system, creating high-quality prototypes, and translating designs into functional websites.

Remote$90,000 - $120,000Full-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.