
Designer
Finland

Designer
Finland
Easily inspired multi-channel designer with an ambition to tell stories.
Design, animation, storyboards, editing, demo, actionscripting, games, motion design.
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
My work as a designer consists of menacing the company with illustrations, graphics, animation and some code.
(Design industry)
June 2003 — Present (6 years 6 months)
On the side of my day jobs or school I've always been freelancing. I do design, development and production.
(Computer Games industry)
September 2007 — September 2007 (1 month)
The most satisfying and pleasing part of this job was that I could work also solo on some projects from scratch. I switched to Taivas after being subcontracted to Satama for a while.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — August 2007 (2 years 2 months)
My work at Flammable as a freelance graphic designer, redesigning the logo for Flammable Group Oy.
I learned a lot during this experience. Flammable Design was my playground, where I was allowed to learn what was not taught in my school.
(Design industry)
May 2005 — July 2005 (3 months)
I was hired for a while after having intern-classes via school.
Bachelor of Arts , Graphic Design, Visual Culture , 2003 — 2008
My bachelor studies concentrated on visual identity and I forced myself to learn motion design and animation (even if the curriculum didn't have a lot of courses with these topics).
Officer Candidate , war-time practical leading, strategy & combat , 2002 — 2002
Course 220 "Lupaus" or "Promise", upon completion of the military service, I was promoted to second lieutenant.
Ylioppilas , High School , 1989 — 2001
I spent my elementary, junior high and high school (lukio) in the University of Helsinki's teacher training school.
Graphic Novels 1994 — 1998
I was taught by artists like Jari-Jussi Voijola. I wrote, drew and produced comics and got to sell them at the Helsinki Comic fair. I think this time of my life has affected me greatly.