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Mid Product Designer (UI/UX)
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Expleo 🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
The role involves designing intuitive, ergonomic UX/UI for web, mobile, and tablet, defining interactions, and contributing to multi-brand Design Systems while adhering to accessibility standards. Responsibilities also include preparing clear handoff specifications for development and collaborating cross-functionally with product owners and engineers to ensure timely, quality delivery.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Bixal 🇺🇸 Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Responsibilities include conducting user research, designing wireframes and high-fidelity UI solutions for web platforms, and ensuring designs meet Section 508 accessibility requirements and WCAG standards. The role also involves collaborating with developers, applying human-centered design methods, and contributing to shared design systems like USWDS.
CBS - BMC - BMC Enablement-Technology Enablement - UI Designer
🇮🇳 Kanayannur, Kerala, India
Ey 🇮🇳 Kanayannur, Kerala, India
The UI Designer will own the design process from discovery through delivery, creating wireframes, user flows, and prototypes. They will collaborate with engineering and UX researchers to ensure design integrity and accessibility across platforms.
Lead Product Designer - Design System Frameworks
🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
Rivian 🇺🇸 Palo Alto, California, United States
The role involves designing and evolving scalable UI frameworks that power Rivian's digital experiences across in-vehicle, mobile, and web platforms, while creating cross-platform patterns that balance flexibility with brand integrity. Responsibilities also include collaborating with technical teams, documenting patterns in tools like Figma and Zeroheight, and championing accessibility and performance standards.
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Frontend UI/UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Jobgether 🌍 Remote
The Frontend UI/UX Designer will design and implement user interfaces and develop production-ready frontend code. They will collaborate with product teams to ensure interfaces are intuitive and adhere to accessibility standards.
Digital Product Designer
🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
E.on Next 🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom
As a Product Designer, you will design intuitive UX/UI solutions for mobile apps and web products while collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will create user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and ensure designs meet accessibility standards.
UX Designer (M/F/D) - Parental Leave Cover
🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Floyt Mobility Gmbh 🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
As a UX Designer, you will shape the user experience across web and mobile platforms, focusing on user research, prototyping, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will advocate for usability and accessibility while refining user journeys based on data and feedback.
Senior UX Designer, Design System Accessibility
🇺🇸 Cary, North Carolina, United States
Sas 🇺🇸 Cary, North Carolina, United States
The Senior UX Designer will lead accessibility excellence for SAS's design system, Filament, by establishing accessibility standards and creating design patterns. They will also mentor designers and advocate for inclusive design thinking across the organization.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Chenega Corporation 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
The UI/UX Designer will translate complex operational requirements into intuitive user experiences for mission-critical applications. Responsibilities include conducting user research, developing wireframes and prototypes, and ensuring compliance with accessibility standards.
Senior UX Designer, Design System Accessibility
🇺🇸 Cary, North Carolina, United States
Sas 🇺🇸 Cary, North Carolina, United States
The Senior UX Designer will lead accessibility excellence for SAS's design system, Filament, by establishing standards and creating accessible design patterns. They will also mentor designers and advocate for inclusive design thinking across the organization.
UI/UX Designer
🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
Chenega Corporation 🇺🇸 Arlington, Virginia, United States
The UI/UX Designer will translate complex operational requirements into intuitive user experiences and collaborate with various teams to ensure usability and compliance with standards. Responsibilities include conducting user research, developing wireframes and prototypes, and advocating for best practices in usability and accessibility.
SENIOR UX DESIGNER
🇮🇳 India
Walmart 🇮🇳 India
As a Senior UX Designer, you will work on creating inclusive digital experiences and ensure compliance with accessibility standards. You will collaborate with various teams to review and test products for accessibility compliance.
Senior Product Designer - Software Platform
🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Tive 🇺🇸 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The Senior Product Designer will lead the end-to-end design process for complex product areas, translating user needs and business goals into intuitive experiences for customer-facing products, mobile applications, and underlying design systems. This involves designing and optimizing workflows for data-heavy use cases like alerts, dashboards, and configuration flows while ensuring technical feasibility and accessibility.
UX Designer - Parts Supply & Distribution Services
🇺🇸 Milan, Illinois, United States
John Deere 🇺🇸 Milan, Illinois, United States
As a UX Designer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user-centered experiences for applications related to parts operations. Your work will involve designing wireframes, prototypes, and ensuring accessibility compliance.
UX Designer (MNSITE-3656)
🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Integres, Llc 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Lead user research activities and design intuitive interfaces for an IT team. Collaborate with stakeholders to refine designs and ensure compliance with accessibility guidelines.
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.