Professional Profile
Creative/Art Direction & UI/UX Design in Cyprus
Loris Stavrinides is a Nicosia-based Creative/Art Director and UI/UX & Visual Experience Designer with 20+ years of experience across branding, digital experiences, gaming, fintech, entertainment, web, interfaces, and interactive media.
Based in Cyprus and working remotely with international clients and teams, his work connects creative and art direction with hands-on UI/UX, visual experience design, and digital craft. He helps companies shape brands, digital products, campaigns, platforms, websites, and interfaces that need strong visual direction, clear user experience, and coherent execution.
Senior design support for companies in Cyprus and abroad
Companies often search for a UI/UX designer, web designer, product designer, digital designer, or creative director when they need senior help shaping a digital product or brand-led experience.
Lorisโs work connects these areas through creative direction, interface design, UX structure, visual experience design, scalable systems, and hands-on execution. The focus is not only on producing screens, but on shaping the direction, structure, quality, and coherence of the experience across brand, product, and delivery.
Areas of work
Creative & Art Direction
Creative direction for digital products, campaigns, product presence, brand-led experiences, concept development, visual systems, storytelling, and high-level design judgment.
Leadership & Team Development
Creative leadership across multidisciplinary teams, mentoring, team development, workflow improvement, cross-functional collaboration, and maintaining quality across design, development, and delivery.
UI/UX & Visual Experience Design
Interface design, UX flows, screen systems, hierarchy, interaction logic, usability, visual direction, and visual experience design across websites, platforms, apps, and digital products.
Web & Digital Experiences
Marketing websites, product websites, landing pages, interactive experiences, campaign platforms, digital touchpoints, and brand-led web experiences designed with structure, clarity, and visual impact.
Game UI / HUD
Game interfaces, HUD direction, progression systems, visual language, usability, state-based interface logic, Unity-ready UI assets, and UI systems for game products and entertainment experiences.
Design Systems & Interface Structure
Scalable interface foundations, design-system architecture, tokens, semantic roles, reusable component logic, design-dev alignment, documentation, shared standards, and long-term consistency across complex digital products.
AI-Assisted Creative Workflows
AI-supported exploration, concept development, visual research, prototyping, asset direction, and workflow acceleration โ used to expand creative range while keeping the process grounded in authorship, judgment, and hands-on craft.
Relevant sectors
Loris works across fintech, trading platforms, AI-driven products, gaming, entertainment, digital products, brand-led websites, digital campaigns, and complex interface ecosystems.
His experience covers both client-facing digital experiences and product/platform work, including projects that require a strong balance between brand expression, user experience, interface structure, design systems, and production reality.
Selected experience
Loris currently works as an independent Creative/Art Director. His independent work spans creative direction and brand-led digital work, alongside hands-on UI/UX, visual experience design, product interfaces, game UI, and design-system strategy across web, apps, games and fintech.
Selected roles, client work, and experience include:
Independent Creative/Art Director, UI/UX & Visual Experience Designer.
Creative Director and UI/UX & Design Systems Lead for easyMarkets, leading creative direction, UI/UX, and design systems across a multi-product fintech ecosystem.
Creative Director, UI/UX & Design Systems Lead for DealSize.ai, shaping UI/UX, visual direction, and design systems for an AI-driven fintech trading platform.
Art Director of Game UI & Marketing for VAMEON Games Creation Studio, leading UI art, visual direction, HUD/UX design, branding, and Unity-ready UI pipelines for dEmpire of Vampire.
Creative Director & Head of Web Division at Action Global Communications, leading a seven-member multidisciplinary team across creative direction, digital delivery, team development and international client work.
Co-Founder / Managing Partner & Creative Director at BLEND Digital Agency, combining creative direction, agency leadership and hands-on design across a multidisciplinary team.
Earlier leadership includes Founder & Creative Director of Oniric Creative Studios and Lead Creative at Lightmaker UK.
Recognition & Industry Judging
Recognition includes Awwwards, CSS Design Awards, Promax UK, Adobe, Cyprus Digital Marketing Awards and CAROB Awards.
Loris has also served as a Design Judge for CSS Design Awards, evaluating UI, UX and Innovation, and as a jury member for the Cyprus Digital Marketing Awards and CAROB Awards.
Across his career, Loris has been recognised for digital design, web experiences, creative direction, motion, interactive work, and campaign-led digital execution.
Selected brand and client experience
Past client and brand experience includes work connected to Disney, Warner Bros., Sony, Nintendo, PlayStation, Electronic Arts, Wargaming, easyMarkets, FXPro, Saxo Bank, Microsoft, Adobe, Ferrari, Cadbury, TEDx, Eurobank, and Bank of Cyprus.
Based in Nicosia, Cyprus โ working remotely with international teams
Loris is based in Nicosia, Cyprus, and works remotely with companies, founders, product teams, agencies, and organisations across international markets.
He is available for senior permanent roles, selected contract and fractional engagements, consulting, and creative/design leadership opportunities across creative direction, UI/UX design, visual experience design, design systems, game UI, fintech platforms, and brand-led digital products.
When to work with Loris
Loris is a strong fit for organisations that need senior design judgment across brand, product, interface, and execution โ especially when a project requires more than standard UI production.
This includes companies that need to define or improve a digital product experience, reshape a website or platform, strengthen visual direction, build interface consistency, create a design system, improve design-dev alignment, or bring stronger creative leadership into complex digital work.
Teaching & Mentoring
Alongside his professional work, Loris teaches and gives lectures at universities in Cyprus, covering web and interaction design, design software, practical workflows and creative decision-making.
He also offers one-to-one design mentoring and portfolio guidance for students, graduates and emerging creatives, with a focus on strengthening their work, portfolios and creative judgement.
Frequently asked questions
What is Loris Stavrinidesโ professional background?
Loris Stavrinides is an independent Creative/Art Director with experience across creative direction, UI/UX, visual experience design, game UI, design systems, and brand-led digital products. His background includes previous leadership roles at BLEND Digital Agency, Action Global Communications, Oniric Creative Studios, and Lightmaker UK, alongside independent work for clients and products in fintech, gaming, entertainment, and digital platforms.
Is Loris Stavrinides based in Cyprus?
Yes. Loris Stavrinides is based in Nicosia, Cyprus, and works remotely with international clients, companies, product teams, agencies, and organisations.
Does Loris work only with Cyprus-based clients?
No. Cyprus is his base, but his work is remote and international. He works with clients and teams across markets, especially in fintech, gaming, entertainment, digital products, websites, campaigns, and interface systems.
Is Loris a UI/UX designer?
Yes, but his role is broader than standard UI/UX production. His work combines UI/UX design, creative direction, art direction, visual experience design, interface systems, product thinking, AI-assisted workflows, and hands-on craft.
Does Loris work on brand direction and digital campaign work?
Yes. Lorisโs background includes brand direction, creative direction, digital campaigns, campaign platforms, visual systems, identity work, motion graphics, and marketing-led digital experiences. His work often connects brand expression with web, product UI, content, motion, interaction, and campaign execution.
Does Loris work with motion graphics and animated digital content?
Yes. Loris has a background in motion graphics, animated digital content, interactive media, campaign visuals, and game-related promotional materials. Motion is often part of his broader art direction and digital craft, especially when a project needs stronger atmosphere, storytelling, product presence, or campaign impact.
Does Loris work on web design and digital experiences?
Yes. Loris has extensive experience across web design, product websites, marketing websites, landing pages, interactive experiences, digital campaigns, and brand-led web experiences. His web work combines creative direction, UI/UX, visual hierarchy, content structure, visual experience design, and production-aware execution.
Does Loris work on fintech and trading platforms?
Yes. Loris has experience across fintech and trading-related products, including UI/UX, visual direction, design systems, product interfaces, websites, and digital ecosystems.
Does Loris work on game UI and HUD design?
Yes. Loris works across game UI, HUD direction, progression systems, interface usability, visual language, and UI systems for game and entertainment products.
What kind of work is Loris available for?
Loris is available for senior permanent roles, selected contract and fractional engagements, consulting, and creative/design leadership work. This may include creative direction, UI/UX design, web and digital experiences, design systems, game UI, visual experience design, audits and product/interface direction.
He also offers a separate design mentoring and portfolio guidance service for students and emerging creatives.
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