Design Director
Craft
New York, NY · $130k–$175k a year · Posted November 8, 2026
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Where New York, NY ranks
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for operations jobs1,429 openings · of 100
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Rankings about design jobs
- Best cities for design jobs #1 New York (717 openings)
- Most requested AI skills in design jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (14.5%)
- Employers with the most design jobs #1 Amazon (176 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $152,500 a year. Across 34 open design director listings that state pay, the middle half runs $130,000 to $172,500 and the median is $151,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 1% above the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among art directors, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for art directors: 21% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Craft has filed one layoff notice in the last twelve months, covering 91 workers, most recently October 2026. These are public filings with state labor departments, and an open role can sit alongside them. See the filings
About the job
...stand out: everyone works together in real-time within shared design files rather than hierarchical handoffs. The Role You’ll lead creative... ...break category conventions. You’ll report to the Operations Director with close working relationships with the co-founders on major...