100+ Design & UX Jobs in Columbus, OH

Observed local employer-specific pay sits around $97.5K for an Associate UX designer, about $117K for a Senior Associate UX designer, and $100K median total compensation for a UX designer at JPMorgan Chase in the Columbus area. Estimated metro UX pay from Randstad runs from $105,771 to $154,717 with an average of $132,070, while Ohio's mean offered salary across new design, creative & UX openings was about $54,263 in July 2026 based on 533 postings.

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Advertised pay

Across the 76 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $75,300 at the 25th percentile, $90,400 at the median and $132,100 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Columbus is a workable but competitive market for Design, Creative & UX right now. Local unemployment was 3.3% in June 2026, and Ohio-level design, creative & UX postings were up 2.5% year over year in July even though employment in the field was essentially flat, which points to openings that exist but are being filled selectively. The freshest local evidence is strongest for senior UX research, enterprise experience design, and contract graphic design rather than broad-based junior creative hiring.

Best positioned: Your best odds are as an experienced UX, product, or research-oriented designer who can show user research, prototyping, AI-aware workflow, and comfort with on-site or hybrid collaboration.

Main caution: Do not assume Columbus will pay big-city UX salaries across the board: local UX examples can reach about $97.5K to $117K at JPMorgan Chase and Randstad estimates run higher, but Ohio's mean offered salary across new design, creative & UX openings was only about $54,263 in July 2026.

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Who is hiring here

Counted across all 147 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Amazon.com Inc.: 6 open roles
2. Battelle: 5 open roles
3. ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc.: 4 open roles
4. Jacobs Engineering Group: 4 open roles
5. Vertiv Group: 4 open roles
6. ATS Industrial Automation Inc.: 3 open roles
7. Bath & Body Works: 3 open roles
8. Netjets: 3 open roles
9. QS Security Services, LLC: 3 open roles
10. Abercrombie & Fitch Co.: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Columbus: 97
• New Albany: 6
• Lewis Center: 5
• Westerville: 4
• Orange Township: 4
• Dublin: 3
• Reynoldsburg: 2
• Delaware: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 95 (66%), hybrid 36 (25%), remote 12 (8%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity appears concentrated in enterprise-facing UX and experience design rather than in a broad, always-on creative hiring wave. In Columbus, Accenture Song advertised an Experience Designer role focused on product and conversation design, and Blink listed a Senior UX Researcher role that required five days per week on-site. Those signals point to employers paying for customer understanding, workflow design, and facilitation, not just screens or brand assets. A second pocket of demand sits in senior production and contract work. Solomon Page advertised a Senior Graphic Designer contract opening in Columbus for a retail client, structured as a 90-day engagement with possible extension. That suggests some employers still want senior execution, but they may prefer flexible staffing before committing to permanent headcount. The implication is that generalist portfolios have a smaller target than specialist ones. Columbus looks better if you can position yourself as enterprise UX, UX research, conversation design, or senior visual execution for a business team.

• Enterprise UX and experience design (high): The clearest local signal is design work tied to product and conversation design inside enterprise or consultancy settings.
• UX research and in-person discovery (moderate): Blink's Columbus opening shows active demand for senior research talent, with a strong on-site expectation.
• Senior graphic and brand production contracts (moderate): There is still local demand for senior creative execution, but the freshest signal is contract-based and short-term first.
• Broad entry-level visual design (limited): Fresh evidence is thinner here, and the observed local creative opening was senior contract work while Ohio's mean offered salary on new design, creative & UX openings was only about $54,263.

Where to focus: If you want the best odds, pitch yourself as a business-facing UX problem solver first and a visual stylist second.

Roles worth searching next

• UX Researcher: Local demand includes a Senior UX Researcher opening in Columbus, and the move rewards designers who already run interviews, synthesis, and testing.
• Conversation Designer: Accenture Song's Columbus opening combined experience design with product and conversation design, making it a realistic path for designers who think in flows, prompts, and service logic.
• Web Developer / Digital Designer: The national outlook for web developers and digital designers is projected to grow 7% from 2024 to 2034, which makes this a practical coding-adjacent route.
• AI Creative Technologist: AI Creative Technologist is one of the fastest-growing AI roles in design-related industries, up 123% in the latest Autodesk report.

What postings ask for

• User research (premium | immediate): Local demand includes a Senior UX Researcher opening in Columbus, and broader UX hiring guidance still puts user research near the center of the role. Who: Mid-career designers and career switchers coming from analytics, customer insights, or service work.
• Prototyping (table_stakes | immediate): Modern UX hiring still emphasizes iterative design and technical prototyping, not just static mockups. Who: Entry-level and mid-career candidates.
• AI literacy (differentiator | immediate): AI literacy is now treated as a core UX skill, and more than one-third of entry-level jobs require some level of AI competency. Who: Everyone in this market, especially early-career applicants.
• Prompt engineering (differentiator | near-term): Prompt engineering has become a practical requirement for guiding AI toward usable design outputs. Who: Mid-career designers and career switchers who need a sharper AI workflow story.
• Conversation design (premium | immediate): A Columbus Experience Designer opening from Accenture Song specifically centered product and conversation design, making this more than a theoretical niche locally. Who: UX, product, and service designers who already think in flows and states.
• Cross-platform UX execution (table_stakes | immediate): Employers are prioritizing seamless user experiences across platforms, which raises the bar beyond single-screen portfolios. Who: All candidates.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Columbus, OH?

Observed local employer-specific pay sits around $97.5K for an Associate UX designer, about $117K for a Senior Associate UX designer, and $100K median total compensation for a UX designer at JPMorgan Chase in the Columbus area. Estimated metro UX pay from Randstad runs from $105,771 to $154,717 with an average of $132,070, while Ohio's mean offered salary across new design, creative & UX openings was about $54,263 in July 2026 based on 533 postings. This is a split-pay market. A smaller set of enterprise UX roles can pay well above the broader creative market, but many openings in the category likely sit much closer to general creative or production compensation.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Columbus, OH concentrated?

Real opportunity appears concentrated in enterprise-facing UX and experience design rather than in a broad, always-on creative hiring wave. In Columbus, Accenture Song advertised an Experience Designer role focused on product and conversation design, and Blink listed a Senior UX Researcher role that required five days per week on-site. Those signals point to employers paying for customer understanding, workflow design, and facilitation, not just screens or brand assets. A second pocket of demand sits in senior production and contract work. Solomon Page advertised a Senior Graphic Designer contract opening in Columbus for a retail client, structured as a 90-day engagement with possible extension. That suggests some employers still want senior execution, but they may prefer flexible staffing before committing to permanent headcount. The implication is that generalist portfolios have a smaller target than specialist ones. Columbus looks better if you can position yourself as enterprise UX, UX research, conversation design, or senior visual execution for a business team.

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