A Chat with Will, CEO and Founder of Manchester Shopify Agency Stepholt

Welcome to our monthly staff posts where we deep dive into the minds of our team and get to know a little bit more about them.

How long have you been working with Shopify?

We started offering Shopify services around 5 years ago as the demand became increasing, with many clients switching from Magento to Shopify we decided to switch things up and get stuck into Liquid code and then become a Shopify Partner.

How did you get into website design & Development?

A family friend who at the time, was a top-level coder in Java advised me to take a course on building a website as he could see it becoming a high demand for businesses around the world.

I decided to go to Manchester Uni and the rest is history. Over the years I have developed my skill set to evolve with the ever-changing digital world.

What do you like to do in your spare time / unwind?

Hiking, I have the option of the Lake District or Snowdon, so when I am not running my daughter up and down the country for dance, I like to get away from it all, and there’s not best place than up a mountain.

Where do you see the business in the next 5 years?

Taking on a few more clients and hopefully another Designer/Developer to help with the load – we would consider going back into an office but working remotely works and I would rather invest the office rent into the staff/business.

Most existing projects to work on?

Over the past 20 years I have worked on some amazing projects, I love Greenfield where I can take a client’s idea/vision and bring it to life. However, with my love of Football working with Nike & Adidas on boot launches was a stand-out project.