Senior Creative Lead, Shopify Design & Systems

Visualsoft | Shopify Platinum Partner | Unified Retail Agency; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited paid holidays

Hybrid working

Medicash Cash Plan

Dog-friendly offices

MacBook

Job summary

Visualsoft in the United Kingdom is seeking a Creative Lead to steer the visual design, UX and creative delivery across our Shopify practice. This senior role combines hands-on design craft with team leadership, commercial awareness and accountability for design quality, accessibility and delivery profitability.

You will lead the design discipline across all delivery pods, mentor designers, establish design systems, and collaborate with PMs, Solutions Consultants and Development Leads to map

Qualifications

• Enterprise Shopify portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual design and mobile UX.
• Experience designing against Shopify base theme templates (Dawn, Horizon, premium themes).
• Experience implementing scalable design systems with tokens, reusable components and governance.
• Proven ability to win standalone UX/UI and design engagements, with documented outcomes.
• Experience with AI-assisted design workflows and practical design-to-development handoffs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the agency's visual design standard across Shopify practice and ensure high quality outcomes.
• Line-manage and develop the design team, setting standards across pods and supporting Sales and Solutions.
• Establish design systems, playbooks and templates; map design to Shopify theme capabilities.
• Collaborate with PMs, Solutions Consultants and Development Leads to scope, estimate and deliver design work.

Skills

Creative leadership

Team leadership

UX design

Design systems

Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Visualsoft in the United Kingdom is seeking a Creative Lead to steer the visual design, UX and creative delivery across our Shopify practice. This senior role combines hands-on design craft with team leadership, commercial awareness and accountability for design quality, accessibility and delivery profitability.

You will lead the design discipline across all delivery pods, mentor designers, establish design systems, and collaborate with PMs, Solutions Consultants and Development Leads to map