Design Leadership Jobs
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Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Guidehouse 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
You will serve as a creative partner to DARPA program managers, leading the design of program branding, visual storytelling, and digital media. Additionally, you will provide creative guidance to junior staff while ensuring all outputs meet Section 508 accessibility standards.
Senior Product Designer
🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
Newsbreak 🇺🇸 Mountain View, California, United States
You will own the end-to-end product design for both consumer and professional experiences, including research, information architecture, and visual design. Additionally, you will establish design systems, set accessibility standards, and collaborate closely with engineering and AI teams to ship high-quality product iterations.
Junior UX Designer (SC Cleared / SC Eligible) - Associate Consultant - Digital Excellence
🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Capgemini 🇬🇧 Bristol, England, United Kingdom
You will design and prototype user-focused digital services while advocating for accessibility and inclusivity standards. Additionally, you will contribute to business development, internal practice growth, and your own professional development through training and certifications.
UI designer - mobile games (Freelance)
🇫🇷 France
Fullspeed 🇫🇷 France
The UI Artist will analyze UX flows and create high-quality 2D assets, including menus, HUDs, and icons, for a casual sports game. They will collaborate with the Product Team to ensure accessibility and maintain a design bible for future project iterations.
UI/UX Designer - AI Products (Remote)
🌍 Remote
Hire Feed 🌍 Remote
The role involves designing intuitive user interfaces for web and mobile applications to improve usability and accessibility. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes and prototypes that align with business objectives.
M11 - UI Designer
🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
Fpt Asia Pacific Pte Ltd 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
The UI Designer will create end-to-end interface flows and screens for a Volunteer Management System while ensuring accessibility and usability. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate research insights into consistent, high-quality design patterns.
Product Designer, Accessibility
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Openai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Lead OpenAI's company-wide accessibility program by defining strategy, roadmaps, and governance. Design and ship inclusive experiences by integrating accessibility standards into the design system and conducting participatory research with disabled users.
Sr Product Designer
🇺🇸 Columbia, Maryland, United States
Welldoc 🇺🇸 Columbia, Maryland, United States
Lead the end-to-end design strategy and visual direction for AI-driven mobile and web digital health solutions. Govern a scalable enterprise-grade design system and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high usability and accessibility standards.
Graphic Designer I - Sr AS7896
🇺🇸 Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma State University 🇺🇸 Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States
The Graphic Designer will create visual solutions for the Division of Student Affairs, supporting various wellness programs and priority initiatives. They will manage projects from concept to completion, ensuring all materials align with university brand standards and accessibility requirements.
Senior Product Designer
🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jobber 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
You will lead design system projects to refine components, interaction patterns, and design tokens that scale across web and mobile platforms. Additionally, you will partner with engineering and product teams to ensure high-quality implementation and advocate for UX quality and accessibility across the company.
Product Designer, Accessibility
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
Openai 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States
You will lead the company-wide accessibility program by defining strategy, governance, and roadmaps while designing inclusive experiences across all product platforms. You will also partner with engineering, legal, and product teams to integrate accessibility standards into design systems and workflows.
UI/UX Designer - AI Products (Remote)
🌍 Remote
Hire Feed 🌍 Remote
The role involves designing intuitive interfaces for web and mobile AI products to improve usability and accessibility. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes and prototypes based on user research and data.
UI/UX Designer - AI Products (Remote)
🌍 Remote
Hire Feed 🌍 Remote
The role involves designing intuitive interfaces for web and mobile applications to improve usability and accessibility. The designer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create wireframes and prototypes while iterating based on user data.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🇨🇳 China
Virtuos 🇨🇳 China
Design and implement user interfaces, HUDs, and screen flows for console and PC games using Unreal Engine 5. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure UI functionality, accessibility, and technical performance across multiple platforms.
Graphic Designer, Mid
🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Booz Allen Hamilton 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Create impactful visual materials including publications, presentations, and multimedia products while ensuring compliance with Section 508 accessibility standards. Collaborate with stakeholders and senior designers to conceptualize project requirements and deliver solutions that align with organizational branding.
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.