Shopify UX / UI Designer | UK

Creating user personas, user journeys, and site maps while designing high-fidelity e-commerce sites for various brands. Collaborating with clients and project teams to improve user experience and brand interaction.

Responsibilities

• Creating user personas, user journeys and site maps, using wireframes and prototypes to develop user experiences across multiple platforms and devices
• Designing high-fidelity e-commerce sites for a wide range of brands, from funded startups to established domestic and international brands across fashion, tech and FMCG
• Branding new and existing companies
• Strategically devising and designing ways to improve user experience, revenue and brand interaction for our clients
• Meeting with clients alongside project managers and developers to gather requirements and attending regular meetings throughout the course of a project, presenting concepts and working collaboratively with our team and the client towards objectives
• Communicating with project teams in order to deliver world-class e-commerce stores
• Sharing and implementing ideas with the rest of our wonderful designers, developers and strategists

Requirements

• At least 3-4 years’ experience working in ecommerce design
• An excellent knowledge of Shopify templates
• A strong portfolio of design work, relevant to e-commerce front-end
• A keen eye for typography, layout, colour theory and a passion for producing highly creative work
• Proficiency in using Figma
• Excellent problem solving skills with an open, flexible and growth mindset
• Ambitious, industrious, can-do attitude with strong interpersonal skills, able to work well within a team
• An ability to communicate well with clients at a high level, helping them to understand your designs and building rapport
• A keen interest in e-commerce, social media and digital marketing platforms & tools
• Knowledge in designing responsive, mobile first websites

Key Skills

• UX/UI design
• Ecommerce design
• Shopify templates
• Figma
• Typography
• Layout
• Colour theory
• Problem solving
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Client-facing skills
• E-commerce platforms
• Digital marketing platforms
• Social media platforms
• Responsive design
• Mobile-first design
• Wireframing
• Prototyping
• User research
• User testing
• Design systems
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Leadership
• Mentoring

Benefits

• We invest in our team and aim to assist in growing and nurturing your skills
• Salary: Competitive depending on experience
• 30 days holiday per year inclusive of bank holidays, plus 1 additional day per full year served, capped at 5
• Flexible working hours during the day
• Beautiful Exeter-based offices for those based in the South-West of the UK (but this can be a fully-remote role for the right candidate)
• Employee Assistant Programme with 24/7 access to services
• MacBook Pro (or your preferred choice of tech)
• Working with dynamic, creative and growing clients on fun, challenging and often high-profile projects
• Opportunity for occasional travel to client meetings and conferences
• Be part of an inspiring, growing, highly collaborative and ambitious team, with opportunities to progress
• Regular company socials and events