Dimitris Havlidis

Dimitris Havlidis

Web Developer and UI/UX Web Designer with a bit of a photographer and a passion for social media and psychology.

  • London, GB

My name is Dimitris Romeo. I am a dyslexic one-eyed, web designer developer and designer with a passion for photography, User Experience (UX) and Social Media marketing. I was born in Thessaloniki, Greece which I left back in 2004 for the United Kingdom. I have spent a considerable amount of my life travelling around Europe before finally settling down in London. Currently I work for The One Off as the chief web technology officer and I am absolutely thrilled about it. I spend my free time taking photos, watching tv series, cooking and watering my plants. I love lemon tarts, audiobooks, top hats and science fiction in all its forms.

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  • The One Off, CTO

    April 2011 to present

    I am currently leading the development team of the One Off. My tasks include: Macro and micro managing the team; Consulting on Social Media campaign strategy;Leading the User Experience (UX) and Information Architecture (IA) research and designing the architecture of web applications while succeeding into never loosing touch with developing code.

    The team currently uses PHP 5.4, MySQL, XHTML, HTML5, Javascript, jQuery, and working with Zend Framework, Symfony2/Twig/Doctrine. Additionally the team is working with Flash (AS3) and ASP .NET as well as Arduino and Kinect technologies.

    My team is working for clients like: Samsung, Primark, ASDA, Barclays, National Trust and start-ups like Trillion Fund

  • Melodious.me, Founder, London, UK

    January 2011 to present

    Social media network specializing on providing services for professionals of the Music industry.

  • BraveNewTalent, Head of Design, London,

    January 2010 to present

    During my work in BraveNewTalent I had the opportunity to work in an enthusiastic start-up and expand my skills in frontend design and Zend Framework as well as have the chance to work on product specifications for the website.
    Also due to the nature of the company I had the unique opportunity to dive into the world of social media expand my knowledge on the issue of user and social media dialogue.


    My main focus was the design of the website (XHTML/CSS2/3/JS/jQuery/PHP/Smarty Templates and MVC/Zend Framework at a later time) but in many occassions I worked with the team on backend tasks as well.

  • Black Box Studios, Head of Design & Development

    January 2004 to April 2011

    Black Box Studios is a multi-discipline studio that I have founded in 2004 (Formerly known as Arxis Studios). Black Box Studios works as a coalition of freelancers from Greece, UK and the Netherlands that in many occasions come together to tackle challenging tasks. During this time I have worked with PHP5 OOP, mySQL, XHTML Strict, CSS2, JavaScript/Ajax (jQuery and Scriptaculous) and I have worked with various PHP Frameworks like Zend Framework, Joomla, Drupal, CakePHP and a considerable time with WordPress.

    I have worked on many eCommerce websites as well as many dynamic Content applications and developed the ability to create administration panels that are easy to use, and helpful to the user.

  • Midas ltd, Senior Web Developer, Web Designer and Project Manager, Thessaloniki, Greece

    February 2003 to November 2009

    While working for Midas ltd
    I had the responsibility to design the architecture and oversee the development of 4 versions
    of their main webs

  • BLR Network Solutions, Web Developer and Graphic Designer, Thessaloniki, Greece

    January 2001 to January 2003

    In BLR N.S I have started working with PHP4 and
    mySQL as well as XHTML and CSS. And I had the role of designing the mockups for all the
    webs

  • ITD Media, Junior Web Designer and Video Editor

    January 1999 to January 2000

  • Social Psychology, MPhil in Psychology at The Open University

    2006

  • Visual Communication, Bachelor of Arts (BA) at University of Derby

    2005

  • Computer Science, BSc (Hons) at Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis

    2003

  • Computing, HND at Data Station Information Technology Institude

    1994