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Senior Director, Design
🇺🇸 New York, NY
Proto 🇺🇸 New York, NY
As a leader of our Design practice at Proto, you will guide a team of visual and verbal designers to concept ideas and bring them to life through thoughtful, expressive, and enduring design. You’ll help define how brands and products look, sound, and behave in the world by connecting strategy to craft and concept to execution. You’ll help clients see potential and find inspiration in the strategy made real through creative concepts. You have a strong creative point of view that balances bold imagination and clear strategic intent. You bring depth to design systems that guide how people interact with and understand their world. Your work will inspire teams and clients alike to see how design not only shapes perception but also builds meaning and drives growth.
Senior Product Designer and UX Researcher (Remote, 4-day week)
🌍 Remote
Stack Influence 🌍 Remote
You will own end-to-end product design while conducting research to understand user needs and drive product strategy. We're looking for a high-impact individual contributor who can be the sole lead designer. You’ll collaborate with product and engineering leadership to shape the product roadmap. Salary is between $120-180k USD with equity potential.
Senior Graphic Designer | AGS
🇲🇹 Balzan, Central Region, Malta
Sg Worldwide 🇲🇹 Balzan, Central Region, 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.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Jll 🇺🇸 Tallahassee, Florida, United States
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.
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Senior Motion Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
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.
Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
Flosports, Inc. 🇺🇸 Austin, Texas, United States
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.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Redding, California, United States
Dr Killigans Inc 🇺🇸 Redding, California, United States
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.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇬🇧 Guildford, England, United Kingdom
Goliath 🇬🇧 Guildford, 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.
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.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Fussball Club Cincinnati Llc (“fc Cincinnati”) 🇺🇸 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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.
Senior Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Sunrise, Florida, United States
The Florida Panthers 🇺🇸 Sunrise, Florida, United States
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.
Entry-Level Graphic Designer
🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
Emergency University 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States
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.
[Job 27295] Product Designer Sr
🇧🇷 Brazil
Ci&t 🇧🇷 Brazil
The Senior Product Designer will lead the design efforts in a digital product squad focused on AI applications for productivity and efficiency. Responsibilities include strategic leadership, experience design, facilitation of workshops, and data-driven decision-making.
Senior Product Designer (UI/UX)
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
Expleo 🇷🇴 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.
Senior UI/UX Designer
🌍 Remote
Hire Overseas 🌍 Remote
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.
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.