Open community01
The Slack & the rooms
Design leads at banks, solo freelancers, first-year researchers — swapping work, advice, and the occasional meme. The door is open when you’re ready.
Join the Slack →A living room for designers and design leaders
Designers don’t figure out the future alone.
DesignX is a design community with memory. What you build, share, and contribute here carries from one conversation to the next — through talks, dinners, honest salary notes, and a job board with people on the inside.
What we make room for
Three ways to show up.
Slack threads, dinner tables, job notes, leadership rooms — gathered into three doors. Different formats, same reason: better conversations between people doing the work.
Opportunity02
Jobs & open roles
A curated job board and salary notes — roles designers actually want, from teams worth joining.
Senior Product DesignerFieldAI · Irvine, CADesign Director, Brand & MarketingPerplexity · New York, NYManager, Visual CreativeMacy's · New York, NY
Find your next role →Leadership03
Design’s Unfinished Business
Two focused days in Toronto for senior design leaders — on the mandate, organization, conditions, and quality of what design must lead next.
DLS ’26 · Nov 17–19 · Toronto
See the summit →What’s live
Come for the topic. Stay for the people.
Sixth Edition · Toronto
The Design Leadership Summit · 2026
Design’s Unfinished
Business.
The promise was bigger than the screen.
In the late 2000s, design had a larger mandate — then the work narrowed into software production and the visible layer. Now AI is changing the conditions of production again, and the unfinished work is back. Two focused days in Toronto for senior design leaders ready to take another run at the mandate design never finished.
Nov 17–19, 2026Toronto · TIFF LightboxEarly Bird ends July 15
UpcomingSee calendar →
Between gatherings
The next room drops in the Slack first.
We line up the next dinners, talks, and sessions with the community before they hit the public calendar.
Join to get first notice →Nine years of real moments
Opportunity · Job board
Roles with real signal.
A quieter job board for designers looking for thoughtful teams, clear context, and roles worth paying attention to.
Senior Product Designer$125k–185k/yrDesign Director, Brand & Marketing$195k–310k/yrManager, Visual Creative$68k–112k/yrDirector of Store Design & Development$130.00/yr - $140.00/yrDesign Director, Experience Design$150k–163k/yrGroup Creative Director$121k–216k/yrProduct Designer$170k–236k/yrSr. Product Designer$128k–166k/yrDirector, Product Design$290k–310k/yrSenior Product Designer$140k–155k/yrCreative Director$125k–145k/yrSenior Product Designer - Engagement & RetentionCA$120k–150k/yr
Senior Product Designer - Engagement & RetentionCA$120k–150k/yrCreative Director$125k–145k/yrSenior Product Designer$140k–155k/yrDirector, Product Design$290k–310k/yrSr. Product Designer$128k–166k/yrProduct Designer$170k–236k/yrGroup Creative Director$121k–216k/yrDesign Director, Experience Design$150k–163k/yrDirector of Store Design & Development$130.00/yr - $140.00/yrManager, Visual Creative$68k–112k/yrDesign Director, Brand & Marketing$195k–310k/yrSenior Product Designer$125k–185k/yr
Director, Experience Design, GlobalRosewood Hotel GroupLondon, United KingdomPay not posted1w agoDesign Director, Brand & MarketingPerplexityNew York, NY$195k–310k/yr1w agoSenior Product DesignerFieldAIIrvine, CA$125k–185k/yr1w agoDirector of Global Shop Design + StandardsKrispy KremeCharlotte, NCPay not posted1w agoManager, Visual CreativeMacy'sNew York, NY$68k–112k/yr1w ago
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What the room feels like.
Great conversations. Definitely a success.
“The dinner was amazing — we had a great time meeting each other, and had great conversations. Definitely a success.”
Vadim T.Design Leader, NarvarI'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.
“Walking into a room filled with hundreds of designers from wildly different backgrounds felt unreal. That rare feeling of: oh wow, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.”
Kaavya S.Sr. Product DesignerRefreshing to speak with peers at the same level.
“I really enjoyed the dinner format and being able to speak with other designers with similar work experience. This was refreshing.”
Karen R.Sr. Product DesignerCome on in
Pull up a chair.
One open door, and the room remembers you. Step into the community — or just take the notes for now.
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