Jokko Korhonen

Current

• Senior Research Analyst, Consumer Futures at Nokia

Past

• Entrepreneur and Designer at NanuuK!
• Service Design Leader at Fjord Networks Ltd. London, UK
• Lead Interaction Designer at Fjord, Oy

• Senior Designer, Consultant at Satama Interactive Oyj / Service Innovation Group
• User Interface and Graphic Designer at ICL (now Fujitsu)
• Multimedia designer at Terra Nova Visuals (now Endero)
• Research Associate at Cambridge Associates, Arlington, Virginia, USA

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Education

• Taideteollinen korkeakoulu - Konstindustriella högskolan
• Jyväskylän yliopisto
• The College of William and Mary

• College of William and Mary, USA

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Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Consumer Services

Websites

• My Website

Jokko Korhonen’s Summary

Jokko Korhonen is a fully-rounded shaper of the future. He excels at front-end innovation activities from studying life to prototyping the future. His portfolio consists of visionary concepts for Telcos and Media as well as his own venture in the carbon offset market. Throughout his career, Jokko has been a passionate change agent innovating business processes and championing new consulting offerings. Jokko’s goal is to lead the design of meaningful services and user experiences.

Jokko Korhonen’s Specialties:

strategic planning, consumer trends analysis, leading product innovation from ethnographic research to ideation workshops and concept design, strategic design, foresight creation, interaction design, market research, usability testing, raising capital, designing for sustainable development

Jokko Korhonen’s Experience

• Senior Research Analyst, Consumer Futures

  Nokia

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2008 — Present (7 months)

• Entrepreneur and Designer

  NanuuK!

  (Environmental Services industry)

  October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)

  Created concept for ethical lifestyle coaching service with seed-capital from Swisscom Innovations.
  
  As founder duties included concept design, creating the business plan, forming partnerships, and raising capital.

• Service Design Leader

  Fjord Networks Ltd. London, UK

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  September 2006 — August 2007 (1 year)

  Leader of Service Design Group with Nokia, Vodafone, Swisscom, T-Mobile, Orange, and Yahoo! as clients.
  
  Managing in-house design teams and client accounts, leading concept design, developing new business, pitching for projects and accounts and researching trends.

• Lead Interaction Designer

  Fjord, Oy

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Design industry)

  March 2006 — September 2006 (7 months)

  Strategic consulting, digital service innovation and user interface design projects for global telecoms and big media.

• Senior Designer, Consultant

  Satama Interactive Oyj / Service Innovation Group

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1999 — March 2006 (6 years 11 months)

  Leading development of Future Group’s strategic design offering, managing open innovation collaboration with Nokia Design, pitching for projects, leading concept design and researching trends.

• User Interface and Graphic Designer

  ICL (now Fujitsu)

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  August 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 10 months)

  Designed the User Interface to Finland's leading ATM still in use today and headed the User Interface interest group.

• Multimedia designer

  Terra Nova Visuals (now Endero)

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

  December 1995 — December 1996 (1 year 1 month)

  Designed pioneering Websites for Telecom Finland and Finnish Railways, user interface prototyping for interactive television service.

• Research Associate

  Cambridge Associates, Arlington, Virginia, USA

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Investment Management industry)

  January 1993 — May 1994 (1 year 5 months)

  Researched and authored quarterly investment reports for nonprofit organizations, foundations and universities.

Jokko Korhonen’s Education

• Taideteollinen korkeakoulu - Konstindustriella högskolan

  Master of Arts, Interaction Design, 1999 — 2006

  Thesis: ProspectBa - Platform for Collaborative Exploration of Product Innovations (grade 4/5) (reviewers: Turkka Keinonen, UIAH, and Satu Kalliokulju, Nokia)

  Activities and Societies:

  Masters of Art 2006 exhibition with ProspectBa, Think 2000 exhibition with Stern interactive video installation, 3rd International Browser Day exhibition, Mobile Continent (art exhibition) mobile exhibition concept.

• Jyväskylän yliopisto

  Master of Economics and Business Administration, Digital Media, 1995 — 1998

  Master's Programme in Digital Media
  Thesis: Usability of Interactive Television; Case Tele Omavisio (Magna Cum
  Laude)

• The College of William and Mary

  BBA, Finance, French, 1988 — 1992

• College of William and Mary, USA

  B.B.A., Finance, French, August 1988 — May 1992

  Activities and Societies:

  Varsity men's tennis team, Pi Delta Phi (The National French Honor Society)

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Jokko Korhonen’s Websites:

• My Website

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