Gavin Elliott

A design leader and Senior UX Manager at Shopify who focuses on solving complex problems in simple ways. I spend the majority of my time leading design teams, embedding good user-centred design and building the capability of designers. On the side, I speak regularly about impostor syndrome, good design and building design teams.

Latest writing...

I share articles about topics which I'm currently working through in my head.

Experiences and Journeys - July 7, 2023
Managing IC's who are a similar level to yourself - June 9, 2023
User-centred success measures - September 16, 2022
The one that didn't get away - May 30, 2022
Managers and Leaders - July 20, 2021
Measuring effectiveness - February 4, 2021
The first days - November 1, 2020
Change and grow - October 11, 2020
The Rebuild - August 31, 2020
Let's start from the beginning - January 16, 2020
Describing things - July 23, 2018
Professional progression - June 12, 2018
Time - November 18, 2017
Good product development process - November 10, 2017
Impostor Syndrome - November 4, 2017
Proactive instead of reactive product development - October 31, 2017
So, you want to get into Web Design? - October 29, 2017
How to ask for feedback that might be hard to hear - October 4, 2017
Creating a mentor programme - September 20, 2017
Geek Mental Help Week Newcastle - September 11, 2017
The day that Ben left - August 18, 2017
2 years ago - July 30, 2017
Service Goals - July 24, 2017
What is the hardest part of running a design team? - July 1, 2017
Complaining is nothing without action - March 7, 2017
A letter from the future - October 6, 2016
A stand up, retro or planning does not make you agile - September 20, 2016
Reboot. - June 29, 2016
Management is great leadership - March 2, 2016
Hello you. Hello you, this is me. - January 14, 2016
Invest in Yourself - November 4, 2015
Cleansing the soul with honest design - August 11, 2015
It's time for something new - August 4, 2015
We are not all equal - April 6, 2015
Middle Ground - March 2, 2015
Design Team Ethos - February 18, 2015
My 2014 - February 5, 2015
How to move into a more Senior Role - November 18, 2014
Normalised Design - September 7, 2014
It's ok to not have all the answers - May 13, 2014
Designing with the future in mind - December 18, 2013
Understanding The Why - January 5, 2012