Design Leadership Jobs
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Lead UI Designer - UI
🇲🇽 Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico
Koltin 🇲🇽 Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico
Co-design the Design System for Koltin that meets digital accessibility guidelines and conveys the brand identity. Design user interfaces for digital platforms focusing on usability and user experience while collaborating with development teams.
Senior UX Designer
Remote (🇬🇹 Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala)
Goto Remote (🇬🇹 Guatemala City, Guatemala Department, Guatemala)
As a Senior UX Designer, you will focus on design systems and component libraries, ensuring consistent and high-quality user experiences across multiple websites. You will collaborate with engineering teams to maintain the component library and uphold standards for visual polish and accessibility.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Peraton 🇺🇸 Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
The Graphic Designer will develop graphics and multimedia products while ensuring they provide an engaging and user-friendly experience. Responsibilities also include managing design concepts and ensuring compliance with production standards and accessibility requirements.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Dulles, VA 20102, United States of America
Edj Associates, 🇺🇸 Dulles, VA 20102, United States of America
The Graphic Designer creates graphic designs and layouts for print and digital media, ensuring compliance with NSF branding and accessibility requirements. They also develop infographics and visual assets for various media events and presentations.
Graphic Designer - L And D VTH Global Learning - Senior Associate
🇮🇳 Kanayannur, India
Ey 🇮🇳 Kanayannur, India
The Graphics Designer will create and customize eLearning modules, produce high-quality graphic designs, and manage LMS content areas. They will also mentor junior designers and ensure all designs meet accessibility standards.
Senior UX Designer
🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary
Clario 🇭🇺 Budapest, Hungary
As a Senior UX Designer, you will lead user research and design processes to improve usability and accessibility of products. You will refine designs based on user feedback and collaborate with development teams to ensure usability requirements are met.
Sr UX Designer
🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Target 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, Bangalore North, India
Participate in the full design process, from early discovery to production with engineers. Lead and contribute to large, complex projects while ensuring high standards of craft and accessibility.
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.