
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2004
🤖 Artificial Intelligence
Open Source • Cloud • Artificial Intelligence
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.
🔥 8 minutes ago
Where this job comes from
Posted on Canonical's careers page, not through a job board
First seen by Remote Rocketship 8 minutes ago

501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2004
🤖 Artificial Intelligence
Open Source • Cloud • Artificial Intelligence
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.
• Lead and contribute to Canonical’s Visual Design practice supporting brand and site experiences • Apply and evolve existing guidelines, ensuring consistency across touchpoints • Lead projects involving marketing campaign assets, data visualization, print, and UI design • Collaborate with the design systems and sites teams, influencing the UI of digital experiences • Drive cross-department collaboration through stretch projects • Lead a team of visual designers responsible for brand and site-related work • Drive innovation, set direction, maintain quality, and ensure delivery • Support continuous professional growth of the visual design team • Craft exceptional visual solutions and set the creative vision • Review work critically and constructively through direct feedback • Contribute hands-on design work when capacity or complexity requires it • Support individual designers’ professional growth • Oversee and improve operational workflows and production processes • Work with Marketing, Web Engineering, and the Design Systems Director to define and validate outcomes • Evolve design systems and guidelines to improve consistency, quality, and efficiency • Coordinate with design leadership to mature the collective practice • Bring teams together to share work and strengthen culture • Communicate the value of design across Canonical and the open source community
• A portfolio demonstrating excellence in leading design process and execution (especially visually) in diverse organisations • Experience managing complex projects and a team of designers while remaining actively involved in design work • Advanced knowledge of visual design principles (typography, layout, colour, systems) demonstrating broad experience • Strong processes understanding and ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, and limited resources with the ability to switch modes • A clear point of view, balanced with openness to critique and feedback with deep care for usability and accessibility • Commitment to skills development and mentorship • A demonstrable passion for technology • Thoughtful and self-motivated while being result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments • Exceptional educational achievement in design, or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path • Professional written and spoken English • Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events up to two weeks long
• Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004! • Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum • Annual compensation review • Recognition rewards • Annual holiday leave • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Programme • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’ • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events • Certain roles may be eligible for annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation
Apply NowImprove your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.
🔥 20 hours ago
Founding Product Designer establishing design at Fundamental, an enterprise AI research lab. Building AI-native design systems and intuitive agentic product experiences.
🕒 October 12
UI/UX Designer designing Figma-based interfaces for an international online gaming company. Creating scalable, responsive experiences for global iGaming products.
🕒 October 5
Product Designer improving UX and workflows for MailerLite, an email marketing platform serving over 1 million businesses. Collaborating with product managers, engineers, and researchers across remote global teams.
🕒 September 29
Senior Product Designer crafting dashboards and end-to-end experiences for SplitMetrics’ mobile marketing software ecosystem. Improving complex B2B workflows through research, prototyping, and data-informed design.
🕒 September 25
Lead UX/UI Designer owning player interfaces and experience for Prism Studio’s PC and console arena shooter. Defining systems, shipping Unreal Engine UI, and mentoring designers.