Shopify Developer/Designer Needed to Finish Adventure-Based Kids’ Digital Product Website

We’re looking for an experienced Shopify developer/designer to help finish, polish, and launch our website for Captain Heaney’s Adventure Club, a screen-free adventure brand for kids and families. The site is already partially built in Shopify using the Motion theme, and much of the content, branding, page structure, colors, fonts, and creative direction are already in place. However, we need a professional to take it from an armature/overly wordy feel to a polished, cohesive, launch-ready website. We need someone who can improve the existing Shopify site, make it feel more custom and on-brand, clean up the UX, set up the customer account/access flow, and help us launch confidently. About the Brand Captain Heaney’s Adventure Club sells downloadable, story-driven adventure kits & materials for kids and families. The brand is whimsical, adventurous, cinematic, and kid-friendly, while still needing to clearly communicate the value to parents – quality time with their kids and building lifelong skills like confidence, teamwork and problem solving. Right now the site is feeling like a standard Shopify theme and we need it to feel more like a custom adventure experience. Current Platform The site is built on: ShopifyMotion theme Current apps/tools include: Locksmith, Bundles, SkyPilot, and Heyzine. We are open to recommendations if there is a better app setup or structure! Main Goals We need help with: 1. Design and Layout Polish Many pages are already built with the general content and flow, but they need professional design polish. The site currently feels too much like a simple Shopify theme and is too wordy. We want it to feel more unique, cohesive, and aligned with the brand. We want the information to be presented in a more visual manner, not always simple text with header/body font styles. 2. Shopify Setup and Customization We need help customizing the Motion theme, including Liquid/CSS where needed, to improve the look, UX, and brand feel. 3. Customer-Gated Content / Digital Product Access This is a key part of the project. Customers will purchase individual adventures and then need to log in to access the digital materials tied to their purchase. We need a smooth, reliable account/access flow. 4. Digital Product Delivery We need help setting up or refining the best system for delivering adventure documents, resources, and embedded flipbooks/bookshelves. 5. Mobile Optimization and Testing The site must work well on desktop and mobile, with clean UX, responsive layouts, working checkout, customer accounts, and gated content access. Pages That Are Mostly Built But Need Polish Public-facing pages: •Home Page

• Adventures
• Lost Eggs of the Salagator
• We Need You!
• Captain Heaney’s Adventure Club
• How It Works
• Join the Club
• Mission
• FAQs

Most of the copy is written, but some pages feel too wordy or not visually communicated well. We need help making these pages more engaging, clear, easy to navigate, and visually polished. Pages / Areas That Need to Be Created or Heavily Improved Public-facing:

• Black Bart’s Hidden Treasure — no content yet, but we want a basic structure/template
• Lost Stones of Courage — no content yet, but we want a basic structure/template
• Shop Adventures — should link from homepage CTA and take users to the online shop without requiring an account

Logged-in customer area:

• Member Dashboard / “Explorer HQ”
• Adventure Library
• Base Content section for all adventure purchasers
• Individual adventure content pages
• Lost Eggs of the Salagator digital content area

The logged-in area is one of the most important pieces. We need it to look more custom, less basic, and function properly based on customer access. Gated Content Flow Needed At launch, we are only selling individual adventures, not memberships. Customers should be able to: 1. Purchase an adventure. 2. Create or access their customer account. 3. Log in. 4. See a dashboard / Explorer HQ. 5. Access base content available to all adventure purchasers. 6. Access only the specific adventure content they purchased. We currently have Locksmith installed but only partially configured. We are also considering SkyPilot, Heyzine, and other tools for digital product delivery and embedded documents. Visual / Brand Needs We have:

• Logo finalized
• Brand colors finalized
• Fonts mostly finalized
• Strong placeholder imagery
• Written content mostly drafted

We need help making the visual experience more consistent and cohesive. Current imagery uses AI placeholders, but the style is not fully consistent. We would love someone who either has a strong design eye or can recommend a graphic designer/illustrator to help make the site feel polished and on-brand. The ideal person should be both technically capable and visually/design-oriented. Important Deliverables We need the developer/designer to:

• Work from a duplicated Shopify theme/staging version before publishing changes
• Polish and improve the existing page layouts
• Make the site feel more custom and less like a basic Shopify theme
• Improve mobile responsiveness
• Improve UX and navigation
• Set up customer login/access flow
• Configure digital product delivery
• Configure gated content by purchase
• Help integrate or recommend the best apps
• Test checkout
• Test customer account creation/login
• Test access to purchased adventure content
• Test mobile layouts
• Provide basic documentation or Loom walkthroughs so we can manage the site after launch
• Train us on how to add future adventures and update content

Launch Timeline We are aiming for a soft launch near the end of June. We do not have a hard public launch date, but we would like to move efficiently and get the site completed as soon as reasonably possible. Ideal Candidate The ideal candidate has experience with:

• Shopify
• Shopify theme customization
• Liquid/CSS
• Strong UX/UI design
• Digital products
• Customer account flows
• Gated content or access-based content
• Shopify apps such as Locksmith, SkyPilot, Recharge, or similar tools
• Mobile optimization
• Clean documentation/training

Bonus if you have experience with family brands, children’s brands, education brands, adventure brands, digital downloads, online courses, or membership-style access. What We’re Looking For in Your Proposal Please include: 1. Examples of Shopify sites you’ve built or customized. 2. Any experience with gated content, customer dashboards, digital products, or purchase-based access. 3. Your recommendation for whether we should use Locksmith, SkyPilot, Heyzine, Recharge, or another setup. 4. Your preferred process for auditing the current site and creating an implementation plan. 5. Your estimated timeline. 6. Whether you prefer hourly or fixed-price. 7. Your availability for calls during U.S. time zones. We are open to hourly or fixed-price, but would like to begin with a paid site audit and action plan before moving into the full buildout. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job