Emil Björklund

Current

Tutor/teaching assistant at Malmö Högskola
Web developer/designer at ebdesign.se (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

User Experience Intern at Clearleft Ltd
Support agent/technician at Handelsbanken

Education

Malmö högskola
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola
Lunds universitet

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Emil Björklund’s Summary

Web developer/designer from southern Sweden, currently based in Malmö, interested primarily in standards based front end development, but also the entire spectrum of areas concerning the web and information technology, and how to make it usable, accessible, findable, smart and beautiful.

I'm also a student at Malmö University, studying Information Architecture (3 year program, resulting in a Bachelor degree in Computer Science with specialization in Information Architecture. Now that's a mouthful!). I also work at the university as a tutor/teaching assistant, currently in courses on basic web development and the basics of information technology.

A few of my current goals, apart from completing my degree:
- Deepening my knowledge of back-end programming, for example using frameworks for rapid application development (primarily Django, a python based framework).
- Broadening my experience in general system architecture and development practices.
- Exploring the relations between information design, graphic design and the user experience.
- Gaining a better insight into the problems and solutions in making information technology accessible, in a wide sense of the word.

Emil Björklund’s Specialties:

HTML structure & semantics, CSS design, usability, accessibility, web standards, interaction design, Django framework.

Emil Björklund’s Experience

Tutor/teaching assistant

Malmö Högskola

(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)

September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

I work part-time as a tutor for Malmö University, currently assisting in courses on basic web development and the basics of information technology.
Web developer/designer
ebdesign.se (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

I started my own web development company in the spring of 2006.
User Experience Intern

Clearleft Ltd

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

July 2008 — September 2008 (3 months)

I did a 10-week summer internship at Clearleft Ltd in Brighton during the summer of 2008. Clearleft is one of the worlds most respected and well-known user experience agencies, and its employees are frequently hired as speakers at conferences world wide. They have also published a number of books on subjects such as web accessibility, blog design, CSS and AJAX.

The internship so far includes taking part in the creative process at the agency and working on a couple of internal projects (front- and back-end coding, visual design, some information architecture) as well as writing test scripts for and testing Clearlefts own guerilla usability testing application for the mac, Silverback.
Support agent/technician

Handelsbanken

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)

November 2004 — September 2007 (2 years 11 months)

Support agent and technician for the self-services (internet, phone) of a major Swedish bank.

Emil Björklund’s Education

Malmö högskola

BS , Computer science (Information architecture) , 2006 — 2010 (expected)

Three year program in computer science, with specialization in information architecture.

I'm currently on a break from studies, and hope to be back to finish my degree in 2010.
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola

Computer Science (Basic IT and web development) 2006 — 2006

Independent classes in "Basics of information technology", computer networking and web development.
Lunds universitet

Philosophy 2000 — 2002

Independent university classes in philosophy, both practical (moral philosophy & ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics) and theoretical (formal logic, meta-logic etc.) as traditionally divided in the Swedish university system.

Additional Information

Emil Björklund’s Interests:

web technology, writing music, listening to music, having good coffee with friends, watching movies, reading books, becoming a better person, saving the world

Emil Björklund’s Groups:

WaSP ILG

eSSENTIAL Accessibility
User Experience Group
User Experience Sweden UXS
Skillswap Skåne
Jobb inom nya medier i Sverige (internetmarknadsföring, webbyråer, mobila tjänster, etc.)