Swanky (Shopify Plus Agency)

Shopify UX / UI Designer

Swanky (Shopify Plus Agency)

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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About the role

  • 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.
  • A portfolio of creative brand design applied to ecommerce. (Desirable)
  • Hands on experience of manipulating Shopify themes. (Desirable)
  • More advanced understanding of Figma setups: variables, design tokens, responsive layouts and animation techniques. (Desirable)
  • Experience with animation platforms such as Lottie & Adobe After Effects. (Desirable)
  • End-to-end e-commerce project design delivery, from discovery, to wire-framing, high-fidelity designs and visual QA after development. (Desirable)
  • Relevant experience in an agency or in-house and/or a degree in digital media or design (or similar). (Desirable)
Benefits
  • 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
ecommerce designShopify templatesFigmaresponsive designwireframinghigh-fidelity designanimation techniquesvisual QAtypographycolour theory
Soft Skills
problem solvinginterpersonal skillscommunicationteamworkflexibilitygrowth mindsetambitioncreativityrapport buildingcollaboration
Certifications
degree in digital mediadegree in design