Senior product designer

🛍️ Senior UI/UX Designer – Shopify


Permanent

UK Remote (UK Working Hours)

Sector: Retail / Ecommerce / Shopify Plus


🚀 The Opportunity

This is a senior, hands-on design role for a Shopify expert who lives and breathes ecommerce.

We’re looking for someone who has deep Shopify / Shopify Plus experience and a proven track record designing high-performing digital commerce experiences.

This isn’t generic UX, this is conversion-focused, commercially-aware, Shopify-native design.

You’ll own end-to-end design delivery across complex ecommerce builds shaping journeys, defining experience frameworks, and delivering polished, development-ready UI within the Shopify ecosystem.


🛒 Shopify & Ecommerce Expertise (Essential)


This role requires:

✅ Strong Shopify & Shopify Plus experience

✅ Deep understanding of ecommerce UX & CRO

✅ Experience designing within Shopify theme architecture

✅ Knowledge of PLP, PDP, checkout, B2B flows & conversion optimisation

✅ Confidence collaborating with Shopify developers

If you haven’t delivered serious Shopify ecommerce projects, this role isn’t the right fit.


🎯 What You’ll Be Doing

Lead End-to-End Shopify UX & UI

* Own ecommerce design from discovery through to build-ready delivery
* Conduct UX audits, benchmarking and optimisation reviews
* Define IA, user journeys, flows and wireframes
* Deliver polished, system-driven UI in Figma

Design for Commercial Impact

* Apply ecommerce best practice across PLP, PDP, navigation & checkout
* Design for conversion, usability and brand impact
* Ensure accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA)
* Work within Shopify theme constraints to ensure feasibility & performance

Client & Stakeholder Leadership

* Lead workshops and brand immersion sessions
* Present design rationale with clarity and confidence
* Translate ambiguity into structured, validated solutions
* Partner with engineers, PMs, QAs and Shopify specialists

Quality & Governance

* Produce clear specs and component-level documentation
* Maintain consistency through scalable design systems
* Support testing, iterate and continuously optimise


🧠 What We’re Looking For

* 8+ years in UI/UX with significant ecommerce focus
* Proven Shopify / Shopify Plus project delivery
* Strong retail & behavioural UX knowledge
* Strong experience in running workshops
* Advanced Figma expertise (components, variants, prototyping, systems)
* Agency or consultancy background preferred
* Comfortable operating in fast-paced, multi-client environments
* Strong stakeholder management, confident with senior clients
* UK based


✨ Nice to Have

* Shopify app & Liquid theme architecture familiarity
* Design system contribution experience
* Data-informed optimisation mindset


🛠 Tools

* Figma (essential)
* Adobe Illustrator
* Adobe Photoshop


If you’re a Shopify-native Senior Designer who understands ecommerce beyond aesthetics and you care about performance, scalability and commercial outcomes this is built for you.