Open community01
The Slack & the rooms
8,000+ designers swapping work, advice, and the occasional meme. The door is open when you’re ready to step in.
Join the Slack →A living room for designers and design leaders · 8,000+ strong
Designers don’t figure out the future alone.
DesignX brings designers, researchers, and design leaders together — through talks, dinners, workshops, a curated job board, and honest conversation about where the work is going.
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
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/yrGroup Creative Director$121k–216k/yrDesign Director, Experience Design$150k–163k/yrProduct Designer$170k–236k/yrSr. Product Designer$128k–166k/yrCreative Director$125k–145k/yrDirector, Product Design$290k–310k/yrSenior Product Designer$140k–155k/yrSenior Product Designer - Engagement & RetentionCA$120k–150k/yr
Senior Product Designer - Engagement & RetentionCA$120k–150k/yrSenior Product Designer$140k–155k/yrDirector, Product Design$290k–310k/yrCreative Director$125k–145k/yrSr. Product Designer$128k–166k/yrProduct Designer$170k–236k/yrDesign Director, Experience Design$150k–163k/yrGroup Creative Director$121k–216k/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 posted5d agoDesign Director, Brand & MarketingPerplexityNew York, NY$195k–310k/yr5d agoSenior Product DesignerFieldAIIrvine, CA$125k–185k/yr5d agoDirector of Global Shop Design + StandardsKrispy KremeCharlotte, NCPay not posted5d agoManager, Visual CreativeMacy'sNew York, NY$68k–112k/yr6d 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
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