Summary
Sjors Roelofs is a creative developer and co-founder with 12 years of experience building user-focused websites and apps from concept to implementation. Based in Gelderland, Netherlands, he leads Studio Encode, a boutique digital agency where he combines front-end craftsmanship with product-minded design. Sjors has a history of freelance and agency work—from hybrid mobile apps and WordPress to UX-driven web platforms—and he also co-founded East Agency, showing an entrepreneurial streak beyond his main studio. His background assisting in HCI research and teaching first-year programming reveals a practical interest in usable systems and knowledge sharing. Colleagues describe him as a hands-on builder who balances aesthetic sensibility with maintainable code.
12 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MBO-3 (accelerated), Desktop publishing, MBO-3 (accelerated), Desktop publishing at Rijn IJssel
Bachelor’s Degree, Informatica, Bachelor’s Degree, Informatica at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen
MBO-4 (accelerated), Media technology, MBO-4 (accelerated), Media technology at Grafisch Lyceum Utrecht
High School, VMBO-T, High School, VMBO-T at Almende College - Bluemers
Dutch, English, Swedish