100+ Design & UX Jobs in Nashville, TN

For the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupation family in Nashville, BLS shows a 2025 mean of $75,200, a median of $58,930, a 25th percentile of $40,630, and a 75th percentile of $81,330. Within older subrole data, graphic designers were at $23.88/hour and web and digital interface designers were at $33.84/hour in May 2023. Proxy signals put Tennessee design, creative & UX new-opening pay near $63,878 in September 2026 on a small sample of 161 postings, and a Nashville web-and-digital-interface proxy median at about $63,510.

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Advertised pay

Across the 44 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $64,683 at the 25th percentile, $89,832 at the median and $139,200 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 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

Nashville's economy is still supportive, but the visible Design, Creative & UX market is selective rather than easy. Metro unemployment was 3.1% in August 2026, total nonfarm employment was up 0.6541% year over year, and professional and business services employment was up 0.9160%. But the local design sample was small and competitive, with more than 20 postings across more than 20 companies in the last 90 days, about 80% of roles on-site, and the market characterized as competitive. The best odds are in in-house digital and cross-functional roles, because metro information employment was down 1.2232% year over year while Tennessee design, creative & UX postings were up 3.0% year over year statewide.

Best positioned: A mid-career generalist who can show Figma and Adobe fluency, strong handoff to engineering, accessibility judgment, and at least one AI-assisted workflow case study has the best odds right now.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming Nashville is a remote-first UX market; only about 5% of the local posting sample was remote, and entry-level openings appear scarcer than many candidates expect.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 108 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Ferrovial: 7 open roles
2. Amazon: 5 open roles
3. Oracle Corporation: 5 open roles
4. Henderson Engineers: 4 open roles
5. Thomas & Hutton: 4 open roles
6. Foster + Partners: 3 open roles
7. HCA Healthcare: 3 open roles
8. Bridgestone Americas, Inc.: 2 open roles
9. Fastsigns International: 2 open roles
10. Jacobs Engineering Group: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Nashville: 76
• Franklin: 10
• Brentwood: 4
• Goodlettsville: 2
• Hendersonville: 2
• Chicago: 2
• Fairview: 2
• Mount Juliet: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 83 (78%), hybrid 15 (14%), remote 9 (8%)

Where the demand is

The clearest concentration is in in-house digital design inside business-services, healthcare, and fintech-adjacent employers rather than in a huge stand-alone design-agency market. Nashville professional and business services employment reached 198.3 thousand in August 2026 and was up 0.9160% year over year, while the metro information sector was 32.3 thousand and down 1.2232%. Local growth signals are clustered in healthcare and startup ecosystems, including Basalt Health's $20 million Series A and a broader Nashville startup scene that includes companies such as Rain and Thyme Care. A second pocket is traditional brand and production-oriented design, but it looks more on-site and tool-driven than remote-first or strategy-heavy. In the local posting sample, about 80% of roles were on-site, and the most common hard skills were Figma, Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator, and InDesign. Accessibility is also showing up as a real cross-functional theme locally, with a late-September Brentwood event focused on accessible design decisions, handoffs, and implementation gaps.

• In-house product and digital design for business services, healthtech, and fintech (high): This is the strongest lane for candidates who can connect UX work to business workflows, enterprise software, or regulated customer journeys.
• Brand, graphic, and production design (moderate): There is still demand, but it looks more local, more on-site, and more tied to Adobe-heavy execution than to remote strategy roles.
• Accessibility-centered UX and cross-functional design (moderate): This is a smaller niche, but it can differentiate you because it sits at the intersection of design, engineering handoff, and compliance.

Where to focus: Prioritize in-house product and digital-design teams in healthcare, fintech, and professional services, then run brand or production roles only as a parallel track.

Roles worth searching next

• Front-end web developer: It keeps you close to interface work, components, handoff, and digital product delivery.
• Accessibility specialist: It uses UX judgment, audit thinking, and cross-functional collaboration while moving you toward a clearer compliance niche.
• Design technologist / prototyper: This fits designers who like systems, motion, interactivity, and shipping near-real experiences.
• Creative project manager / producer: It preserves your knowledge of creative workflows while shifting your value toward delivery, coordination, and stakeholder management.

What postings ask for

• Figma (table_stakes | immediate): Figma appears in about 45% of local postings, and it remains a core design surface even as AI tools get layered into the workflow. Who: Everyone in UX, product, UI, and digital design.
• Adobe Creative Suite (table_stakes | immediate): Photoshop and Adobe Creative Suite each show up in about 35% of local postings, with Illustrator around 30% and InDesign around 25%, which means Nashville still values broad creative-production capability. Who: Graphic, brand, motion, and hybrid digital designers.
• Accessibility and inclusive design (differentiator | immediate): A recent local design-and-development event centered on accessible design decisions, handoffs, and implementation gaps, which is a strong signal that this is not just a nice-to-have locally. Who: UX designers, product designers, and career switchers with regulated-industry experience.
• AI prototyping workflows (premium | near-term): AI prototyping workflows are now part of the modern AI UX toolkit, and AI adoption in design tasks rose to 91% in 2026. Who: Mid-career designers and anyone targeting product or digital-interface work.
• Front-end prototyping and developer-language fluency (differentiator | near-term): AI UX roles increasingly expect designers to recreate flows, push live prototypes, and communicate more directly with developers. Who: UX and product designers who want to stand out in leaner teams.
• Data-informed UX optimization (premium | near-term): UX optimization, digital design, AI-powered tools, and data-informed creative decisions are flagged as valuable specialized capabilities, and 78% of creative leaders report paying more for specialized skills. Who: Mid-career designers and switchers from analytics, operations, or product roles.

Questions about this market

What do Design, Creative & UX roles pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

For the broader arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupation family in Nashville, BLS shows a 2025 mean of $75,200, a median of $58,930, a 25th percentile of $40,630, and a 75th percentile of $81,330. Within older subrole data, graphic designers were at $23.88/hour and web and digital interface designers were at $33.84/hour in May 2023. Proxy signals put Tennessee design, creative & UX new-opening pay near $63,878 in September 2026 on a small sample of 161 postings, and a Nashville web-and-digital-interface proxy median at about $63,510. This is a mixed-pay market. Nashville workers across all occupations had a mean hourly wage of $31.92 in May 2025, so the older web-and-digital-interface designer median sat above the local average while the older graphic-designer median sat below it.

Where is demand for Design, Creative & UX roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN concentrated?

The clearest concentration is in in-house digital design inside business-services, healthcare, and fintech-adjacent employers rather than in a huge stand-alone design-agency market. Nashville professional and business services employment reached 198.3 thousand in August 2026 and was up 0.9160% year over year, while the metro information sector was 32.3 thousand and down 1.2232%. Local growth signals are clustered in healthcare and startup ecosystems, including Basalt Health's $20 million Series A and a broader Nashville startup scene that includes companies such as Rain and Thyme Care. A second pocket is traditional brand and production-oriented design, but it looks more on-site and tool-driven than remote-first or strategy-heavy. In the local posting sample, about 80% of roles were on-site, and the most common hard skills were Figma, Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite, Illustrator, and InDesign. Accessibility is also showing up as a real cross-functional theme locally, with a late-September Brentwood event focused on accessible design decisions, handoffs, and implementation gaps.

Which employers are hiring the most Design, Creative & UX talent in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

Recent postings show the most activity from HNTB (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Design, Creative & UX roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 80% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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