Saulius Kirklys
Founding Designer at Essential Apps
Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
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Top SchoolSaulius Kirklys is a product designer and founder with 11 years of experience designing commerce and creator-facing products, including nine years at Shopify where he led flagship integrations like Collabs and helped ship B2B marketplace experiences. He co-founded Essential Loyalty within the Essential Apps suite (used by 200,000+ stores) to build a merchant-first loyalty solution informed by hands-on knowledge of how stores operate. Saulius has a track record of taking products from 0-to-1, scaling design systems, and mentoring teams through acquisitions and rebrands, including Oberlo’s growth to a multi-million-dollar exit. Based in Vilnius, he blends strategic vision with executional craft across UX, product strategy, and engineering collaboration, and actively partners with Shopify agencies to embed smarter loyalty into merchant workflows. An often overlooked strength is his experience designing both marketing and product experiences, which helps create cohesive brand-to-product journeys that drive adoption.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Maturity Certificate, Major, Maturity Certificate, Major at Rietavas Laurynas Ivinskis gymnasiumBachelor, Graphic Design, Bachelor, Graphic Design at Vilnius University of Applied Engineering Sciences (VTDK)
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Github Skills (15)
shopify9
react9
vscode-extension9
typescript9
component-library9
design-tokens9
figma-plugin9
cross-domain6
ajax6
css6
php6
backgrounds6
jquery6
colors6
forms6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
Saulki/saulki.github.io
Mar 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 65 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
reactjsreact
Saulki/Saulki
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 day
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