Beyond being a designer, I’m someone who believes in the importance of balance in life.
While I'm deeply passionate about my work, I also value the time spent exploring new ideas, learning from different perspectives, and enjoying life’s simple joys.
My approach to design is influenced by this belief—rooted in Insight, Curiosity and Empathy.
Over the course of my career, I’ve honed my expertise in visual design, web development, and UI/UX design. These experiences have allowed me to collaborate with diverse teams—ranging from developers and marketers to clients across various industries—gaining valuable insights into different perspectives and challenges.
What I bring to the table is a unique combination of analytical thinking and creative vision to every project. My work ensures that aesthetics and usability are not just balanced, but harmoniously integrated, resulting in designs that are both beautiful and functional.
Over the years, I’ve had the privilege to work on projects that push creative boundaries and solve real-world challenges. From innovative visual design to immersive user experiences, each project reflects my passion for blending functionality with aesthetics.
Stay tuned for more detailed case studies showcasing my work in visual design, web development and product design.
Throughout my career, I have explored various fields, each contributing to my diverse skill set and deepening my understanding of design, technology, and customer service.
Leveraging my versatile expertise and advanced IT skills, I was hired as a Sales and Purchase Coordinator at Tremco CPG Finland in June 2024.
In this role, I utilized SAP ERP extensively to manage sales and purchase orders, provided top-notch customer service, and supported sales activities.
In order to expand my skills and seek a potential new career path, I started studying industrial design at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. My main areas of study were user-centric design, digital product design and service design.
I started my employment at Soluto as a B2B salesman. Initially my responsibilities included some marketing tasks, but I quickly transitioned to a full-time marketing specialist position and began the project to renew and unify Soluto’s visual identity and marketing strategy. My expertise was also offered to external clients as a design service.
Over the years I gained extensive experience with tools and code languages such as WordPress, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Mailchimp, SQL, PHP and JavaScript.
In this job I was both a salesperson and a driver. Yellow Line offered a shared taxi-service with fixed prices from Helsinki-Vantaa airport to anywhere within Kehä III.
The customer service was often carried out in English.
In pursuit of a slightly different career path, I decided to follow my keen interest in the automotive industry and embarked on a year-long career as a car body mechanic.
My career in visual design took off in 2007, when I started working for Suomi-Soffa as a graphic designer. My main areas of responsibility were to design, develop and manage the company's website, as well as producing materials for newspaper advertisement.
At a later stage of the employment, I was also responsible for the planning and implementation of in-store and outdoor advertising.Along the employment, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop,HTML and CSS became familiar tools.
I completed my associate’s degree in Design and Visual Communications, focusing on vector graphics and animation.
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