✨ About the Company
Makeship empowers influencers, creators, and brands of all sizes to develop and launch limited-edition products that matter to their fans. Leveraging our design, manufacturing, and marketing expertise, we work with our partners to bring their products to life through our community-powered crowdfunding platform. Each product is given a window of 21 days to be funded by the community before we produce and ship to fans worldwide. We put our brand behind every product and guarantee quality and ethical sourcing.
We're profitable, we have a three-year revenue growth of over 200%, ranking us 97th in 2024 and 86th on The Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies of 2025 list. We are also excited to announce that Makeship has officially been Great Place to Work-Certified™ for 3 years in a row! Learn more about us at Makeship.com.
🧑💻 About the Role
During this exciting phase of our growth, you’ll play a huge role in shaping our culture, our process, and the future of Makeship. Every day, you’ll collaborate, learn more about the content creation space, and watch your work impact the company and the community!
We want this to be the best work experience of your life, so we’ll pay you well, offer great benefits, invest deeply in your growth, and welcome you with our branded swag. You will also be joining one of Canada's fastest-growing start-ups!
🌟 What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a UI/UX designer who’ll help to build out a new and exciting part of the business. We are looking for a scrappy, creative designer who loves to nerd out with creators and who can also translate their ideas and opinions to executive stakeholders at Makeship.
🚀 Your Key Responsibilities
UX & Product Design
Design intuitive, high-value experiences for creators and fans from discovery through production-ready execution
Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups to communicate and validate ideas
Identify usability issues proactively and develop practical, user-centred solutions
Translate complex workflows into simple, intuitive, and conversion-driven experiences
Conduct user research and testing to validate assumptions and inform design decisions
UI Design & Design Systems
Design polished, visually compelling interfaces across web experiences
Make strong, intentional decisions around layout, typography, hierarchy, colour, and motion
Contribute to and maintain a cohesive design system across platform surfaces
Ensure UI quality is competitive with best-in-class e-commerce storefronts
Shopify Storefront Design & Implementation
Own storefront projects end-to-end, from concept and design through implementation and optimization
Customize Shopify themes and work directly within Shopify to execute medium-complexity storefront builds independently
Design solutions that are technically feasible and aligned with Shopify platform capabilities
Optimize storefront experiences for conversion, storytelling, usability, and visual impact
Continuously benchmark against leading e-commerce and creator-focused brands to elevate design quality
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with engineering, product, growth, and leadership teams to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently
Facilitate brainstorming, ideation, and problem-solving sessions with relevant stakeholders
Communicate design rationale effectively and build alignment across teams
Identify opportunities to improve workflows, collaboration, and execution speed
Design Practice & Quality
Champion accessibility, usability, and customer-centric design principles
Stay informed on emerging design, e-commerce, and Shopify trends
Establish and maintain a high standard of design quality across all work
Support additional creative, marketing, and brand initiatives as needed
Additional
Interest and ability to pivot into adjacent design work on a regular basis - sales collateral, social media assets, ads.
Project manage other creatives (animators, illustrators) we contract out to on an as-needed basis
Other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time.
🧠 What You Bring
5+ years of UX/UI experience with formal education in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Digital Media, or a related discipline
Demonstrated experience designing and shipping digital products, including visually compelling customer-facing web experiences
Hands-on experience working within Shopify, including theme customization, architecture, and storefront implementation
Strong foundation in UX principles, UI best practices, visual design fundamentals, and design systems
Familiarity with conversion-focused design and e-commerce best practices
Ability to operate independently, owning projects from concept through launch while managing multiple priorities simultaneously
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business stakeholders
Ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear, actionable design solutions and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
👀 Bonus
Shopify, UX, UI, or related professional certifications
Founder-level ownership mindset with a strong bias toward action
Pragmatic problem solver who prioritizes outcomes over perfection
Comfortable reporting into non-design leadership and influencing without authority
🎁 Benefits & Perks
Work remotely anywhere in Canada and/or access any of our hubs
Health and dental benefits from day 1
4 weeks of paid vacation (including paid time off on your birthday)
Additional 1 week of paid time off during the holidays
Virtual & In-Person Social Events
Annual Paid Volunteer Day Off
1:1 RRSP Matching Program Up to 3%
$500 Pre-Tax Annual Health & Wellness Allowance
$400 Pre-Tax Home Office Setup Allowance
$65 Pre-Tax Monthly Phone Allowance
Maternity and Parental Leave Top-Up Program
Education Assistance Program
Employee Referral Program
Tenured Rewards Program
Salary Band: $90,000-115,000 CAD per annum plus variable commission. Individual salaries will be dependent on unique skills, experience and qualifications.
Vacancy Status: Existing Vacancy
At Makeship, we are committed to fostering an environment that welcomes people of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We are passionate about building an equitable and inclusive culture for our unique and diverse team of employees, which makes us Makeship. As an equal-opportunity employer, we value and embrace everyone's opinions and differences, and actively seek new Makeshippers who will work respectfully with our team, propelling our company and the community forward. If there are any accommodations we can provide to make your interview experience more accessible and inclusive, please let us know in your application.