Summary
Ricky Grimaldi is a pragmatic full-stack leader with nine years of hands-on experience building responsive front-ends and PHP-driven server applications while running production infrastructure on Apache/Ubuntu. As Head of Production at Oriel Agency and former Head of Digital Production at Feref, he combines technical delivery with project scoping, team management, and client-facing digital strategy for enterprise brands like Paramount, Verizon Media Group and Vodafone. His daily work spans wireframing, user flows, optimisation, SEO and prototyping, enabling him to bridge product, design and operations effectively. Comfortable shipping vanilla JavaScript through ES6 and integrating back-end systems, he also handles server administration and performance tuning. A freelancer-turned-leader, he brings a consultative mindset from agency and freelance roles, translating marketing and creative briefs into reliable, maintainable web experiences. Based in London with a background in music production and film technology, he often applies multidisciplinary thinking to solve UX and technical constraints.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Music Production and Film Technology, BSc, Music Production and Film Technology at Staffordshire University