Creative Director, Shopify Design & Systems

Visualsoft; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Dog-friendly offices

MacBook provided

Free breakfast & drinks

Job summary

Visualsoft seeks a Senior Creative Lead to steer the visual design standard across our Shopify practice. You will lead a design team, collaborating with PMs, Solutions and Development Leads to deliver distinctive, commercially effective experiences on Dawn, Horizon and our proprietary theme.

The role blends hands-on design craft with strategic leadership, focusing on scalable design systems, AI-assisted workflows and high-quality outputs that drive client outcomes and project profitability.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership with hands-on delivery responsibility in design and Shopify experiences.
• Proven ability to translate client needs into commercially effective, brand-aligned experiences.
• Strong craft in visual design, typography, layout and interaction design with accessibility in mind.
• Experience building and maintaining design systems, libraries and component catalogs in a fast-paced agency environment.
• Collaboration with PMs, developers, sales and solutions to win opportunities and deliver on scope.

Responsibilities

• Own the agency’s visual design standard across delivery pods.
• Lead hands-on design for enterprise projects and set high-quality examples.
• Establish design critiques and QA processes for outputs before client review.
• Define customer journeys, research plans and measurable success criteria with clients.
• Develop and maintain Figma libraries aligned to Shopify theme capabilities.
• Partner with Development Leads on implementation and handoff.

Skills

Leadership

Shopify design

Figma

UI/UX design

Team mentoring

Tools

Figma Tools

Shopify Theme Architecture

Job description

Visualsoft seeks a Senior Creative Lead to steer the visual design standard across our Shopify practice. You will lead a design team, collaborating with PMs, Solutions and Development Leads to deliver distinctive, commercially effective experiences on Dawn, Horizon and our proprietary theme.

The role blends hands-on design craft with strategic leadership, focusing on scalable design systems, AI-assisted workflows and high-quality outputs that drive client outcomes and project profitability.