Matt Griffin
Design Director, Shipping, Taxes, Delivery Promise, And Risk at Shopify
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMatt Griffin is a veteran design leader with 13+ years building and scaling UX teams, currently directing Shipping and Taxes UX at Shopify after leading Payments and other high-impact product lines that drive the company’s revenue. He combines product-level craft with organizational skill—growing teams from small startups to 35-strong UX organizations and turning payment and commerce flows into trusted, delightful experiences like Shop Pay. A former founder and CEO of award-winning Bearded studio, he brings agency-level creativity and systems thinking to complex, multi-product ecosystems. He’s also an experienced teacher, published writer, keynote speaker, and even made a feature documentary about the web—evidence of a curious, creative mind that crosses design, storytelling, and engineering. Colleagues praise his ability to both un-stick messy problems and elevate others’ thinking, a rare mix of tactical problem-solver and inspiring leader. Based in Ottawa, he blends practical revenue-focused product work with a long history of cultural and creative projects, from indie bands to international speaking.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Graphic Design, BFA Graphic Design at Indiana University BloomingtonAudio Recording, Audio Recording at Indiana University Jacobs School of MusicHigh School, High School at Taylor Allderdice High SchoolUniversity of Pittsburgh
English
Github Skills (16)
js10
javascript10
async10
prototypes9
closures8
responsive5
sass5
css5
claude4
grid4
webpack4
agentic4
git-workflow2
pattern-lab2
twitter1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
beardedstudio/future-is-next
Jan 2018 - Apr 2023
Contributions:6 pushes in 5 years 4 months
beardedstudio/stubble
Feb 2013 - Aug 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
sasscssjavascriptfront-end-starter-kitwebpack
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