Design Director Jobs in Texas
Design Director jobs in Texas are in strong demand, with active hiring concentrated in brand and marketing, architecture and built environment, technology product design, and consumer goods industries at levels from senior individual contributor through executive creative leadership. Austin, Dallas, and Houston anchor most of the hiring, where established employers like Dell Technologies, AT&T, and USAA maintain significant in-house creative and design functions. The most in-demand specialties are brand identity, UX and product design, and environmental and experiential design. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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An exciting career awaits you
At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Position Summary
This leader oversees Solution Architecture, System Architecture, UI/UX and AI/Agentic orchestration design, ensuring all critical initiatives and products have a strong architectural runway and deliver consistent, interoperable, scalable designs that align to enterprise strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads managers and individual contributors through guidance, coaching, and support to ensure assignments align with organizational goals, architectural vision, and enterprise design standards. Drives recruitment, development, retention, performance management, and succession planning with a focus on strengthening solution architecture, system architecture, and UI/UX as well as AI & agentic orchestration architecture.
- Collaborates with key stakeholders and senior leadership to provide strategic guidance on technology direction and architectural risks and opportunities, influencing decisions to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture strategy and long-term scalability.
- Leads the definition and evolution of solution architecture, system architecture, and UI/UX design standards, including patterns, guardrails, and reference models to ensure consistent, high-quality solution design across product teams. Oversee the development and application of architecture strategies and frameworks across domains, ensuring end-to-end coherence and alignment with enterprise guardrails.
- Manages architectural reviews and technical decision-making processes, providing oversight on critical design choices and ensuring alignment across multiple projects and teams.
- Ensures solutions are designed to meet business objectives inclusive of user experience through architecture principles and governance, enabling scalability, security by design, and adaptability to changing business needs.
- Collaborates with leadership to align architecture initiatives with business goals, ensuring solutions are designed for long-term sustainability, reuse, and experience quality.
- Establishes and governs architecture decision frameworks and review processes, ensuring consistency, transparency, and alignment with enterprise standards across initiatives and value streams.
- Drives innovation by evaluating and guiding adoption of emerging technologies with a focus on architectural fit, business value, and reduction of technical debt, operating efficiency and cost.
- Leads, coaches, and develops a team of Solution and System Architects fostering a high-performing culture centered on design excellence, governance, and continuous improvement.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.
- Twelve (12) or more years of diversified IT experience required.
- Five (5) or more years directly managing professional staff required.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in enterprise architecture, including defining and enforcing architecture principles and standards preferred.
- Experience leading architecture reviews and making technical decisions across multiple projects required.
- Experience in developing user-centered design processes.
- Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve performance, security, and maintainability preferred.
- Experience managing APIs, microservices, and data platform interfaces to enable seamless enterprise-wide data exchange preferred.
- Proven track record of monitoring and optimizing software performance, reliability, and security preferred.
- Familiarity with secure coding practices, monitoring, and alerting systems preferred.
- ITIL®, TOGAF®, Agile, SAFe®, PMI®, Organization Change Management, and Lean Six Sigma certifications preferred.
Skills
- Strategic Outlook - Examines issues, generates ideas, creates future scenarios, and develops plans with a long-term perspective. Ensures short-term goals support long-term strategy and that organizational/functional strategy aligns with and supports MPC’s overall business strategy.
- Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry, and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.
- Results Driven - Drives operational and process excellence and innovative behavior by empowering others, collaborating, taking appropriate risks, making timely decisions, and holding people accountable for results.
- Authentic Communicator - Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.
- Energizing the Organization - Creates a purposeful, engaged, optimistic workforce.
- Ongoing Learning & Self-Development - Regularly determines new areas for learning and acquires strategies and best practices for gaining/improving knowledge, behaviors, and skills.
- Selecting and Developing People - Recognizes and selects high caliber talent, accurately assesses abilities and potential, coaches to develop capabilities and builds high-performing teams.
- Adaptability - Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.
- Data-Driven Decision Making - Applies data to make informed decisions with a priority on using real-time data, analytics, and insights to optimize operations, improve safety, and enhance the company's competitive edge.
- Digital Awareness - Actively explore, learn, and implement emerging digital tools, technologies, and trends. Involves seeking out new information, asking insightful questions, and testing innovative approaches to understand how digital solutions can create value, improve processes, or enhance experiences. Demonstrates openness to change, continuous learning, and adapting to the evolving digital landscape.
- Influencing Others - The ability to garner support for initiatives by gaining the respect of others and inspiring trust and confidence.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.
- Twelve (12) or more years of diversified IT experience required.
- Five (5) or more years directly managing professional staff required.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in enterprise architecture, including defining and enforcing architecture principles and standards preferred.
- Experience leading architecture reviews and making technical decisions across multiple projects required.
- Experience in developing user-centered design processes.
- Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve performance, security, and maintainability preferred.
- Experience managing APIs, microservices, and data platform interfaces to enable seamless enterprise-wide data exchange preferred.
- Proven track record of monitoring and optimizing software performance, reliability, and security preferred.
- Familiarity with secure coding practices, monitoring, and alerting systems preferred.
- ITIL®, TOGAF®, Agile, SAFe®, PMI®, Organization Change Management, and Lean Six Sigma certifications preferred.
As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
Location:
San Antonio, Texas
Additional locations:
Findlay, Ohio, Houston TX Louisiana
Job Requisition ID:
00022442
Location Address:
19100 Ridgewood Pkwy
Education:
Bachelors: Information Technology (Required)
Employee Group:
Full time
Employee Subgroup:
Regular
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
An exciting career awaits you
At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.
Position Summary
This leader oversees Solution Architecture, System Architecture, UI/UX and AI/Agentic orchestration design, ensuring all critical initiatives and products have a strong architectural runway and deliver consistent, interoperable, scalable designs that align to enterprise strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Leads managers and individual contributors through guidance, coaching, and support to ensure assignments align with organizational goals, architectural vision, and enterprise design standards. Drives recruitment, development, retention, performance management, and succession planning with a focus on strengthening solution architecture, system architecture, and UI/UX as well as AI & agentic orchestration architecture.
- Collaborates with key stakeholders and senior leadership to provide strategic guidance on technology direction and architectural risks and opportunities, influencing decisions to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture strategy and long-term scalability.
- Leads the definition and evolution of solution architecture, system architecture, and UI/UX design standards, including patterns, guardrails, and reference models to ensure consistent, high-quality solution design across product teams. Oversee the development and application of architecture strategies and frameworks across domains, ensuring end-to-end coherence and alignment with enterprise guardrails.
- Manages architectural reviews and technical decision-making processes, providing oversight on critical design choices and ensuring alignment across multiple projects and teams.
- Ensures solutions are designed to meet business objectives inclusive of user experience through architecture principles and governance, enabling scalability, security by design, and adaptability to changing business needs.
- Collaborates with leadership to align architecture initiatives with business goals, ensuring solutions are designed for long-term sustainability, reuse, and experience quality.
- Establishes and governs architecture decision frameworks and review processes, ensuring consistency, transparency, and alignment with enterprise standards across initiatives and value streams.
- Drives innovation by evaluating and guiding adoption of emerging technologies with a focus on architectural fit, business value, and reduction of technical debt, operating efficiency and cost.
- Leads, coaches, and develops a team of Solution and System Architects fostering a high-performing culture centered on design excellence, governance, and continuous improvement.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.
- Twelve (12) or more years of diversified IT experience required.
- Five (5) or more years directly managing professional staff required.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in enterprise architecture, including defining and enforcing architecture principles and standards preferred.
- Experience leading architecture reviews and making technical decisions across multiple projects required.
- Experience in developing user-centered design processes.
- Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve performance, security, and maintainability preferred.
- Experience managing APIs, microservices, and data platform interfaces to enable seamless enterprise-wide data exchange preferred.
- Proven track record of monitoring and optimizing software performance, reliability, and security preferred.
- Familiarity with secure coding practices, monitoring, and alerting systems preferred.
- ITIL®, TOGAF®, Agile, SAFe®, PMI®, Organization Change Management, and Lean Six Sigma certifications preferred.
Skills
- Strategic Outlook - Examines issues, generates ideas, creates future scenarios, and develops plans with a long-term perspective. Ensures short-term goals support long-term strategy and that organizational/functional strategy aligns with and supports MPC’s overall business strategy.
- Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of MPC’s business, industry, and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. Makes decisions and recommendations clearly linked to MPC’s strategy.
- Results Driven - Drives operational and process excellence and innovative behavior by empowering others, collaborating, taking appropriate risks, making timely decisions, and holding people accountable for results.
- Authentic Communicator - Expresses ideas and information, both verbally and in writing, clearly and credibly. Listens to understand and fosters constructive dialogue.
- Continuous Improvement Mindset - Identifies and leads opportunities for continuous improvement and value creation, both incremental and large-scale.
- Energizing the Organization - Creates a purposeful, engaged, optimistic workforce.
- Ongoing Learning & Self-Development - Regularly determines new areas for learning and acquires strategies and best practices for gaining/improving knowledge, behaviors, and skills.
- Selecting and Developing People - Recognizes and selects high caliber talent, accurately assesses abilities and potential, coaches to develop capabilities and builds high-performing teams.
- Adaptability - Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment (e.g., people, processes, structure, or culture); adjusting effectively to change by exploring the benefits, trying new approaches, and collaborating with others to make the change successful.
- Data-Driven Decision Making - Applies data to make informed decisions with a priority on using real-time data, analytics, and insights to optimize operations, improve safety, and enhance the company's competitive edge.
- Digital Awareness - Actively explore, learn, and implement emerging digital tools, technologies, and trends. Involves seeking out new information, asking insightful questions, and testing innovative approaches to understand how digital solutions can create value, improve processes, or enhance experiences. Demonstrates openness to change, continuous learning, and adapting to the evolving digital landscape.
- Influencing Others - The ability to garner support for initiatives by gaining the respect of others and inspiring trust and confidence.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other computer-related degree required.
- Twelve (12) or more years of diversified IT experience required.
- Five (5) or more years directly managing professional staff required.
- Five (5) or more years of experience in enterprise architecture, including defining and enforcing architecture principles and standards preferred.
- Experience leading architecture reviews and making technical decisions across multiple projects required.
- Experience in developing user-centered design processes.
- Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automated testing preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate and adopt new technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve performance, security, and maintainability preferred.
- Experience managing APIs, microservices, and data platform interfaces to enable seamless enterprise-wide data exchange preferred.
- Proven track record of monitoring and optimizing software performance, reliability, and security preferred.
- Familiarity with secure coding practices, monitoring, and alerting systems preferred.
- ITIL®, TOGAF®, Agile, SAFe®, PMI®, Organization Change Management, and Lean Six Sigma certifications preferred.
As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.
Location:
San Antonio, Texas
Additional locations:
Findlay, Ohio, Houston TX Louisiana
Job Requisition ID:
00022442
Location Address:
19100 Ridgewood Pkwy
Education:
Bachelors: Information Technology (Required)
Employee Group:
Full time
Employee Subgroup:
Regular
Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.
If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at talentacquisition@marathonpetroleum.com. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com. The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability
We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.
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Design Director Job Market in Texas
A snapshot from current Texas openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- IDEA Public Schools7
- Fort Worth Independent School District3
- Baylor University2
- Celestica2
- Dallas Baptist University2
Top Industries Hiring
- Education31
- Technology & Software5
- Government & Public Sector3
- Consulting & Professional Services2
- Electronics & Hardware2
What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in design director jobs across Texas.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in graphic design, industrial design, architecture, or a related field
- Minimum eight to ten years of progressive design experience, including team leadership
- Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership of brand, product, or environmental design projects
- Proven ability to lead and mentor multidisciplinary creative teams in a fast-paced environment
- Experience collaborating with marketing, product, and engineering stakeholders at the executive level
- Proficiency in industry-standard tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Sketch
Design Director Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a design director in Texas?
Most design directors in Texas reach the role by earning a bachelor's degree in graphic design, industrial design, architecture, or a related creative discipline, followed by years of progressively senior design work. Texas does not require a state-issued license to work as a design director in most commercial or technology contexts. Candidates who pursue interior design-focused director roles may find it advantageous to hold credentials recognized by the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, such as the NCIDQ certification.
Which companies hire design directors in Texas?
Employers hiring design directors in Texas right now include IDEA Public Schools, Fort Worth Independent School District, and Baylor University, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Texas's mix of large corporate headquarters, fast-growing technology firms, and global consumer brands means demand for creative leadership is spread across a wide range of sectors.
Which Texas cities have the most design director jobs?
Dallas, Houston, and Austin have the most design director openings in Texas. Austin's dense concentration of technology companies and brand-forward startups drives strong creative director demand there, while Dallas and Houston generate openings through Fortune 500 headquarters, major advertising agencies, and large healthcare and energy brands that maintain substantial in-house design teams.
Are there remote design director jobs in Texas?
Yes, and more than most creative leadership roles, because design directors who lead brand, UX, or digital product teams can often direct work and review output without being on-site daily. About 31% of design director openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting how widely distributed creative teams have become. Roles tied to physical environments, such as retail or architectural design direction, tend to remain in-person.
How can I get hired as a design director in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is building a strong portfolio in a senior designer or design lead role, then stepping into a director title as a team grows around you. Large Texas employers such as Dell, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, and major Dallas-based agencies regularly hire associate creative directors and senior designers as a pipeline into director-level openings. Adjacent roles like creative manager, brand manager, or UX lead at Texas tech and healthcare firms are common lateral moves. Earning a credential like the NCIDQ, or completing a graduate program at a Texas institution, can strengthen a transition into director-level work.
Where can I find and apply to design director jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to design director jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings tied to Texas employers. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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