Konstantinos Penlidis

Konstantinos Penlidis

Digital Design Editor at +Design magazine
London, United Kingdom

About me

London-based digital designer.

Experienced in design for products, gaming, e-commerce, interactive advertising, for the web and mobile space. Hands-on from strategy to UX and interaction design, to layout and pixel-perfect UI design.

Worked for agencies (SapientNitro, Tigerspike, OgilvyOne, Tribal WW, Upstream) and large brands and organizations (Just Eat, Natwest/Royal Bank of Scotland, Thames Water, IKEA, FAGE, Mondelēz/Kraft Foods, Toyota, TIM, Vodafone, Cosmote, Coca-Cola, Sprite, BP, Alpha Bank, Piraeus Bank, Pavlides).

Partner and curator of the Digitized Digital Design Conference in Athens
www.digitized.gr

Jury member of:
• European Design Awards (2016)
• FWA SOTD, SOTM (2012-now)
• Adobe Creative Jam London (2015)
• DIME (2014-now)
• IADAS.net

Sector Experience

Positions

Senior UX/UI designer (contract)
JUST EAT
May 2016 - Present (8 years 6 months)
Working on concept UX/UI design projects, as part of a cross-functional brand team. My main responsibility was to explore future vision work on behalf of the product team, from function all the way to visual.
Judge
The FWA
August 2012 - Present (12 years 3 months)
Member of the judging committee at the FWA awards.
Co-founder / Curator
Digitized Conference
May 2011 - Present (13 years 6 months)
Co-founder of the first digital design conference in Greece, alongside the amazing Dimitrios Fakinos and the +Design magazine team. My main responsibilities revolve around event content curation and communication.
Design Consultant
Netstudio
February 2006 - Present (18 years 9 months)
Working as a design director for all netstudio's digital projects since 2006. Responsibilities include leading website UX/UI work and digital consulting, from idea to exploration, to wireframes, final designs and development overview.
Freelance UX/UI designer
Niceandneat Digital
January 2005 - Present (19 years 10 months)
Personal digital production studio. Niceandneat.gr was created on 2005, to cover all my freelance design work. Since January 2014, Niceandneat.gr functions as a full-time digital design production studio undertaking UX/UI projects, while collaborating with a talented bunch of freelance designers.
Lead Designer (contract)
EYC
October 2015 - May 2016 (7 months)
UX/UI work for future Big Data and Analytics products. Symphony EYC partners with leading retailers and manufacturers in over 70 countries delivering increased margins, profits and customer loyalty, through the use of intelligence and Big Data.
UX/UI, Digital design director (contract)
Upstream
March 2014 - May 2016 (2 years 2 months)
Leading the UX/UI design work on a wide range of Gaming and Mobile Marketing related products. Collaborating with the local and international teams, from the initial brief, wireframes and usability decisions to final design production and implementation.

Worked for international markets, including Argentina, Brazil, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Romania and South Africa.
UX/UI Designer (Contract)
Codica
September 2015 - October 2015 (1 month)
UX/UI design, including userflows, wireframes and visual design for a chrome plugin web app across desktop and mobile.
UX/UI Designer (Contract)
Golden Arm Inc.
September 2015 - October 2015 (1 month)
UX/UI design, including userflows, wireframes and visual design for a chrome plugin web app across desktop and mobile. Part of a large team working between US, UK and and Greece.
Expert advisor
Athens Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation | AUEB
February 2015 - October 2015 (8 months)
Design and creativity process consultation. Assisted more than 6 young startups to structure and design their MVP and go to market in 2015.
Senior Designer (contract)
New York, United States
July 2015 - August 2015 (1 month)
Joined as a Senior Designer on the Natwest / Royal Bank of Scotland account team.
UX/UI designer (contract)
Tribal Worldwide Athens
February 2014 - July 2015 (1 year 5 months)
Working as a UX/UI designer, collaborating under the lead and supervision of the Director of Creative Services, in order to bring to life next-generation web and mobile e-Banking, large scale corporate and telecom projects.
UX/UI designer (contract)
Tigerspike
March 2015 - March 2015 (1 second)
Contract work as a UX/UI designer, for mobile. Worked alongside the lead UX designer and project managers. Visual interface, branding and high-fidelity prototyping.
Interactive Art Director
OgilvyOne worldwide Athens
March 2010 - January 2014 (3 years 10 months)
Led the design team of OgilvyOne Athens, Greece's top digital agency for 4 years. Worked closely and under the supervision of the ECD and my responsibilities involved art direction, UI/UX design, project management and the overall overview of the team's design production.

The projects that I was involved in, have received national and international recognition, such as Cannes Lions, Effies, LIAs, One Show Entertainment, NY Festivals and the Greek Advertising Ermis Awards.
Co-Founder / Digital designer
Schema Game
January 2013 - January 2013 (1 second)
Schema is a personal project. It’s an addictive fast-reaction game of patterns. Yannis Belessiotis, a really talented developer approached me with this original idea and I was immediately hooked! My responsibilities on the project included the overall art direction and design of the application’s interface and graphics, and the game levels design. It’s one of the projects I am really proud of!
Download on the Appstore: http://bit.ly/schemaapp
Visit: www.schemagame.com
Co-Founder / Digital designer
Funkytaps
December 2011 - December 2011 (1 second)
Co-founded Funkytaps, alongside partner Dimitris Chatzieleftheriou, to design and develop elite iPhone applications for selected clients. Focused on UX/UI design as well as new business, promotion and contacts.
Senior Web Designer
OgilvyOne worldwide Athens
April 2006 - February 2010 (3 years 10 months)
Senior Web Designer at OgilvyInteractive in OgilvyOne worldwide Athens
Co-Founder
Creative Survey
January 2008 - March 2008 (2 months)
Created the first survey for Greek creative professionals, http://www.creativesurvey.gr, in 2008, alongside co-founder Constantinos Demetriadis.

My responsibilities included the overall project management, marketing and promotion of the project, reaching out to the entire Greek creative community. 1050 creatives participated in the survey, providing really useful results for the entire creative community.

Download the survey results:
http://creativesurvey.gr/downloads/download.php?file=cs08.pdf
Co-Founder
VCDC.GR
June 2003 - June 2003 (1 second)
Co-founder of the Visual Communication Designers' Club (http://www.vcdc.gr). VCDC is Greece's largest and fastest growing online community for creatives of all areas of design.

Education

MA, Interactive Multimedia

2002 - 2003 (1 year)

BA(hons), Design: Multimedia Graphics

1997 - 2002 (5 years)

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