Connell McCarthy

Connell McCarthy

Multi-faceted designer in Canada, He/Him

About

A multi-faceted Canadian Creative. Currently designing @ Shopify.

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Ottawa, Ontario
2019 — 2022
Ottawa, Ontario
2018 — 2019
Ottawa, Ontario
2015 — 2018
2013 — 2017
Ottawa, Ontario
2013 — 2015
Vancouver, BC

Projects

2024

The last time I wrote a blog post was in 2022, but last year was one of my busiest years. I got married last October and finally found the time to write about how I ended up over-engineering everything I built for my wedding.

This article has everything from designing a consistent brand to crafting invitations and signage to building a custom RSVP system and jukebox app from scratch. It's a little long, but it's worth reading if you love to see the thought processes behind the work (or the pretty pictures if that's more your speed).

2022

I launched a little refresh to my personal site.

✨ New dynamic menu
✨ New "What's new" page
✨ Improved like button interaction
✨ Updated homepage
✨ Updated article page
✨ Updated product page

2022

I had the opportunity to work on the go-to-market campaign for the latest Shopify product launch, POS Go - Shopify's most powerful, secure, and revolutionary mobile point of sale.

2021

I was asked to help design the online store for Shopify's first-ever magazine mid day Thursday November 4th. I ended up diving into Figma and quickly making a mockup of what I had in mind. I sent it over to the team and after some little tweaks it was approved and ready to go.

Friday I began building out the site, starting with a blank Theme Kit project. I worked over the weekend seeing as I had a week long off-site starting on the 8th, and then I was going on vacation the week afterwards. I built the majority of the site on the Saturday, and tackled the gradient and animation accessibility on Sunday. Made some final polishing adjustments during my train ride to Montreal on Monday the 8th, and the site was ready to go.

I'm really proud of how the project turned out, and we sold out within a day.

2021

I used my passion projects to build a powerful, and consistent go to market campaign for Shopify Inbox.

2020

I briefly worked on the Culture Tools team at Shopify, and was focused on creating an internal product design system. Unfortunately it never came to fruition, but the ground work was all there.

2020

I helped create the suite of landing pages for our Point of Sale product at Shopify.

Side Projects

Ongoing

Bo & Co is a full-service creative studio that specializes in blending art and technology to create captivating digital experiences.

Ongoing

My euphoric, ambient, and chill music project.

Ongoing

My dark electronic side project.

Writing

2024

I got married and over-engineered everything.

2022

How we built the campaign for Shopify's most powerful, secure, and revolutionary mobile POS.

2022

How my home office has changed one year later. The things I’ve kept, and the things I’ve swapped out.

2021

How I used my passion projects to build powerful creative for Shopify Inbox.

2021

Building an expense sharing app over the holidays, as a non-developer.

2020

Designing a productive space that’s conducive to creativity for both work, and personal projects.

2020

In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, we decided it was a good idea to buy a house.

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