User Experience Designer

Iakoe; United States; Remote; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role

Collaborative culture

Job summary

iakoe is seeking a User Experience Designer to design Shopify storefronts and ecommerce experiences that balance customer needs, brand expression and commercial goals.

You will turn insights into intuitive shopping journeys across discovery, product, cart and checkout, while championing user-centric and conversion-focused design and collaborating with developers and strategists to deliver ambitious storefronts.

Qualifications

• 4+ years design and agency experience.
• Experience leading projects from concept to completion.
• Proficient in Figma and delivering responsive designs across devices.
• Ability to translate client briefs into actionable UX solutions.
• Experience with design systems and working in a fast-paced delivery environment.

Responsibilities

• Design Shopify storefronts and ecommerce experiences.
• Balance customer needs, brand expression and commercial goals.
• Turn insights into intuitive shopping journeys across discovery, product, cart and checkout.
• Champion user-centric and conversion-focused design; guide other designers.
• Collaborate with developers and strategists to bring storefronts to life.
• Stay curious about trends and Shopify capabilities.

Skills

UX Design

Figma

Client Briefs

Design Systems

UX Research

Team Leadership

Tools

Shopify

Job description

We’re looking for a User Experience Designer to join iakoe. We're an agency that specialises in designing, building and optimising Shopify stores. We work with the most exciting design-led brands in the US. We’re a tight knit team not taking ourselves too seriously, occasionally fighting fires together and doing work we’re really proud of.

What Will You Be Doing?

As a User Experience Designer at iakoe, you’ll be responsible for designing Shopify storefronts and eCommerce experiences that balance customer needs, brand expression and commercial goals. You’ll turn insights and requirements into intuitive, engaging shopping journeys across discovery, product, cart and checkout experiences.

You’ll champion user-centric and conversion-focused design, applying strong UX, UI and eCommerce principles while working within the Shopify ecosystem. You’ll also help guide other designers, contribute to our design standards and collaborate closely with developers and strategists to bring ambitious storefronts to life.

Along the way, you’ll stay curious about emerging eCommerce trends, Shopify capabilities, design patterns and new approaches - working alongside talented colleagues who will challenge you, support you and help you continue to develop your craft.

• 4+ years design and agency experience
• Experience of leading projects from concept to completion, from sketched wireframes to eCommerce experiences
• Experience of delivering high quality designs across different devices such as mobile, tablet and desktops
• Proficient in Figma
• Ability to take a client’s brief and business problems, ask the right questions, gain an understanding, synthesise and communicate research findings and iterate towards solutions
• Ability to work in a fast-paced delivery environment while making effective decisions, sometimes within tight time constraints
• Experience working with design systems and frameworks

What We Can Offer You

• Fully remote role
• A collaborative culture where unconventional thinkers come together to solve digital problems