Senior / Staff Product Designer, Shopify
Multiple Teams
Cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform for SMEs
Job no longer available
Cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform for SMEs
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
Shopify's mission is to make commerce better for everyone, so businesses can focus on what they do best: building and selling their products.
Role
Who you are
- You demonstrate a command of product strategy, business needs, domain expertise, utilizing a range of UX tactics to achieve exceptional user-centered product outcomes
- You craft beautiful designs and delightful, useful, and usable experiences; you have experience in visual design, interaction, and product design. You are aware of your gaps and tireless in pursuit of continuous improvement and learning
- You are experienced at interpreting experiments or tests, and leverage quantitative data to inform product and design decisions
- You are a practiced communicator and storyteller helping your team and stakeholders grasp the extent of a problem, build empathy for the end user, and support your design rationale
- You have a growth mindset, a proactive approach to professional development, and a proven ability to lead through ambiguous problems
- You have successfully mentored and guided others, empowering them to elevate their craft and expertise
- You are enthusiastic about leveraging AI and ML to drive innovative product design
- We work in Figma, GitHub, and occasionally in code. We expect you have deep mastery over your design tools, and willingness to adopt new tools and skills needed to bring your designs and prototypes to life
What the job involves
- We’re looking for Senior & Staff Product Designers to lead design projects of significant scope, complexity and responsibility in creative vision, strategy and execution
- Anchor and represent UX within a cross-functional team, driving a cohesive and impactful approach while fostering continuous improvement of design outcomes
- Take ownership of the technical UX solution for projects, providing guidance and support to both yourself and others, while enhancing team tools, patterns, and processes for optimized impact, velocity, and quality
- Mentor and guide fellow UXers, empowering them to elevate their craft and expertise, while identifying skill gaps and facilitating growth through mentorship or strategic recruitment
- Lead autonomously with influence, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to shape a user-centric design vision and strategy, applying strategic thinking to effectively communicate the value of key solutions
- Streamline feedback loops and processes for efficient and inclusive collaboration, cultivating positive and productive relationships with direct collaborators and stakeholders, and acting as a steward of UX and design quality, driving excellence and fostering growth within the organization
Application process
- Only applicants who submit a portfolio of design work alongside application will be considered
Our take
Prior to Shopify, eCommerce solutions for online businesses were a pretty ramshackle affair, either picked from a poor selection of expensive off-the-shelf products or developed in-house. Shopify was born from its founder's frustration in setting up a store to sell snowboards online. Since then it has grown into the world's biggest eCommerce platform, with over 1 million active merchants using the platform to sell almost anything imaginable over the internet.
Today Shopify has a commanding lead among eCommerce platforms, though it may be threatened by the rapid growth of its rival WooCommerce, which is popular in online stores built using WordPress. However Shopify has made moves to stay ahead of the competition, developing new products such as Shopify Collabs which makes it easier for influencers to collaborate with brands, and offering financing services to eligible merchants to support their business growth.
Shopify has enjoyed strong growth in the years since its IPO, achieving more than 26% revenue growth compared to 2022 in 2023 alone, driven by the continuing shift to online shopping and the improved capabilities of the platform. It will be looking to build on this growth by continuing to develop its range of products and making further strategic acquisitions to support its platform.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2013
$100m
SERIES C
Oct 2011
$15m
SERIES B
Total funding: $122.3m
Company benefits
- Great parental leave policies, including a $1000 baby bonus
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Downtown, Ottawa, ON
Leadership
Tobias Lütke
(CEO)Launched an online snowboard shop before shifting to e-commerce and building Shopify
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