Creative Lead Designer

Simplistic is looking for a Creative Lead Designer to elevate our email and digital design practice and shape the creative direction across a portfolio of fast-growing DTC brands. In this role, you’ll combine hands-on design with team leadership—guiding a group of talented designers, maintaining quality standards across all accounts, and producing high-impact, conversion-focused campaigns.

You’ll collaborate closely with strategists, copywriters, and account managers to bring brands to life through visually engaging, performance-driven email designs. From lifecycle flows to promotional and transactional campaigns, your work will help drive customer engagement and measurable results.

If you’re passionate about design, performance marketing, and developing creative teams, we’d love to meet you.

About Simplistic:

We are an eCommerce design, development, and optimization agency for D2C brands on the Shopify/Shopify Plus platform. 

As one of the founding Shopify Plus partners, we pride ourselves on being forward thinkers and experts in all things Shopify. Our expertise is under constant renovation to keep us at the forefront of the D2C eCommerce landscape.

Our mission is to craft tailored digital experiences to suit the voice and needs of each client. Best-in-class service and thought partnerships allow us to establish long-lasting strategic relationships with our clients. 

Simplistic is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. 

As a CREATIVE LEAD DESIGNER, this role could include:

• Design best-in-class marketing emails in Figma, adhering to brand and UX best practices for email.
• Review and approve design work from other team members before client delivery, ensuring alignment with brand strategy and performance goals.
• Mentor and coach a small team of designers to improve output and grow their skills.
• Create scalable, reusable email templates using Figma’s auto-layout and component systems.
• Export designs and implement in Klaviyo or similar ESPs with attention to responsive layout and speed.
• Communicate clearly with clients and internal teams, owning feedback and implementation.
• Maintain strong attention to detail and proactively improve design systems and workflows.

Required Competencies

• 3+ years of email design experience, preferably in an agency or high-growth ecommerce environment.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong DTC/ecommerce creative work and understanding of what drives performance.
• Experience managing or mentoring designers and providing constructive, actionable feedback.
• Strong eye for visual hierarchy, CTA placement, and customer journey design.
• Expert knowledge of Figma, including components and systems.
• Familiarity with Klaviyo or similar email service providers for email implementation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, remote team across time zones.
• Experience with Photoshop for basic photo editing is a plus.

Necessary Software Familiarities 

• Proficiency in Figma for creating email designs and templates.
• Experience with Klaviyo or similar email marketing software for design implementation.
• Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop for photo editing tasks.