Digital Designer

About us

We are Barn, a fast-growing Shopify agency helping ecommerce brands scale through beautifully designed websites, seamless integrations, and ongoing optimisation. Our team thrives on collaboration, creative problem-solving, and delivering measurable results for our clients.

Role overview

We're looking for a creative and versatile Digital Designer to become a key part of The Barn team. You'll spend the majority of your time designing beautiful, conversion-focused experiences for Shopify, from full ecommerce builds to smaller project work, while occasionally turning your hand to internal Barn creative and broader digital design.

You'll be comfortable working across a range of brand styles, collaborating closely with developers and account teams, and bringing a sharp eye for detail to everything from a homepage hero to a product page layout. If you love ecommerce design, thrive in an agency environment, and are excited about the role AI is playing in the future of design, this could be the perfect fit.

Salary: £35k – £45k depending on experience

Key responsibilities

• Design custom Shopify themes, landing pages, and UI components for client ecommerce sites
• Translate client briefs and brand guidelines into engaging, conversion-focused web designs
• Present and articulate design decisions to clients and internal stakeholders
• Work on roadmap Shopify projects from concept through to handoff, including responsive designs for desktop and mobile
• Collaborate closely with developers to ensure designs are feasible and pixel-perfect in implementation
• Support internal Barn marketing and brand work (social content, website updates, pitch decks, case studies)
• Occasionally lead non-ecommerce digital design projects (websites, branding, digital campaigns)
• Stay current with ecommerce design trends, Shopify platform updates, and UX best practices
• Leverage AI design tools (e.g. Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, ChatGPT) to enhance and accelerate creative workflows where appropriate

Requirements

• Proven experience designing for ecommerce, ideally Shopify
• Strong portfolio demonstrating UI/UX skills for web (desktop and mobile)
• Proficiency in Figma (or similar design tools)
• Understanding of responsive design principles and basic awareness of how designs translate to development
• Strong typography, layout, and visual branding skills
• Excellent communication and time-management skills, able to juggle multiple projects
• A collaborative, can-do attitude and willingness to support varied tasks across the agency
• Familiarity with AI-powered design tools and a curiosity for how AI can improve design processes and output quality

Nice to have

• Experience with Shopify Liquid or theme structure basics
• Motion design or basic video editing skills
• Experience working in an agency environment