Job description
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.
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 18-03-2026
- Profession type
- Retail
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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