Senior Creative Lead: Shopify Design Systems

Visualsoft | Shopify Platinum Partner | Unified Retail Agency; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited holidays

Hybrid working

Pension scheme

MacBook and equipment

Training & development

Job summary

Visualsoft is seeking a senior Creative Lead to steer the visual design and creative delivery across our Shopify practice within the Operations department. You will merge hands-on design craft with team leadership, shaping user experiences and brand expression for our enterprise clients.

You will own design architecture, establish design systems, and collaborate with Development Leads to map designs to Shopify theme capabilities while driving profitable project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Enterprise Shopify portfolio with live sites and measurable outcomes.
• Experience designing against Shopify base themes (Dawn, Horizon) and premium themes.
• Proven ability to lead hands-on design while managing teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and uphold visual design standards across Shopify practice.
• Lead design for enterprise projects, ensuring quality, accessibility and performance.
• Collaborate with PMs, Dev Leads and Sales to scope and deliver design engagements.
• Build and maintain design systems and Figma libraries aligned to theme capabilities.
• Coach designers and lead workshops, reviews and design critiques.
• Contribute to capacity planning, backlogs and delivery ceremonies.
• Position and win standalone UX/UI and design engagements; support proposals and pitches.

Skills

Creative direction

Brand expression

Shopify design

UX research

Team leadership

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Shopify Dawn/Horizon

AI-assisted design tools

Job description

Visualsoft is seeking a senior Creative Lead to steer the visual design and creative delivery across our Shopify practice within the Operations department. You will merge hands-on design craft with team leadership, shaping user experiences and brand expression for our enterprise clients.

You will own design architecture, establish design systems, and collaborate with Development Leads to map designs to Shopify theme capabilities while driving profitable project outcomes.