Lead UX/UI Designer, Service Designer Helsinki, Finland

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(Updated 2023-10-30)

Lead UX/UI Designer, Service Designer

Helsinki, Finland

Native Finnish, English

  • 10+ years of experience in mobile apps design
  • 10+ years of experience in product design
  • 10+ years of experience in web services design

Skills (25)

TEAM BUILDING

USER INTERFACE DESIGN

PRODUCT DESIGN

USER EXPERIENCE

UI DESIGNER

UX design

UI DESIGN

ANIMATION

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN

INTERFACE DESIGN

VISUAL DESIGN

UX

WEB UI

CONCEPT DESIGN

GRAPHIC DESIGN

INVENTORY

.NET

PCS

Risk Management

DOT

TEAM PLAYER

HEALTHCARE

OPERATIONS

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

TRADING

Summary

You will find me a good team player and design leader, who strives to educate but also to learn from others. I have worked for the top Scandinavian agencies, have delivered some 200+ projects and developed a RDP (robust design process) which consists of 30 custom design techniques crafted specifically for UX/UI design projects. My portfolio includes global brands such as Panasonic, Wärtsilä, Harman, Nokia, many startups, and ranges from the Automotive, Healthcare, and IT to Financial and Telecommunications industries. From time to time I have also given lectures in the broad subjects of Computer Animation and Interface Design.

Professional Experience

Head of Design and Partner
Pixelhero Ltd

2012-09 - Present

Europe Consulting Startups and Fortune 500 companies on Product Design & Service Design.
Lead UX/UI Designer
Ronati

2021-07 - Present

United States Ronati's eCM allows high-profile art dealers to centralise their inventory. My role as Lead User Experience Designer is to define the user engagement and experience across all digital platforms of the Ronati ecosystem.

Senior UX/UI Designer
Accusonus

2020-08 - 2021-06

Europe Accusonus is an audio technology company which was sold to (Mark Zuckerberg's) Meta. My role was to define the product design and to lead the design efforts on multiple audio products and platforms.
Design Lead
Nordea

2017-01 - 2018-04

Uusimaa, Finland Responsible for User Experience Design for several mobile apps. Grew the user base from 40 000 to 300 000 users in 1 year. Applied UX design techniques such as Cognitive Bias based design and helped to establish a Design System, in multiple software technology units with the organisation.
Design Lead
Huawei Technologies

2016-05 - 2017-05

Finland Brainstorming and concepting of Huawei's next generation mobile applications.
Worked with Huawei's R&D centre in Finland. Worked on a 3D accelerated operating system concept: https://www.youtube.com/Huawei
Design Lead
Tieto

2016-09 - 2017-02

As part of Tieto team led the concept & redesign phases of a banking system, which controls the daily operations of approximately 1,800 ATM's in Finland.
Envisioned more optimised user-workflows based on the user-interviews which my team conducted.
Design Lead (UX/UI)
Microsoft

2013-12 - 2016-03

Defined the UX principles and presented the outcomes to the project shareholders. Assisted on conducting usability tests and supervised the interface design process together on a team of 40 international designers.
Tools: Adobe Creative Suite, .NET, 3DStudioMAX
User Experience Lead (UX/UI)
Nokia

2011-01 - 2013-09

Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland Won an IF design award in Germany and an IDEA finalist recognition in USA for the Nokia "Lumia Creative Studio" suite of mobile application(s).
Tasks included: * User-Experience and User-flows design * Human-centered design practices design * Mobile apps development in Nokia's main campus with 6,000 employees.
Awarded projects: https://ifworlddesignguide.com/design-excellence
Designer Project Lead
Wärtsilä

2011-10 - 2012-03

Finland Worked with Wärtsilä Marine Solutions on designing the user-interface of a PCS system used on modern ships. The PCS system won a Red Dot Design Award in Germany.
Related article: http://www.wartsila.com/en/press-releases/wartsilaspropulsion-control-panel-design-wins-prestigious-red-dot-award
Lead Motion Designer
Oy Fjord

2008-04 - 2009-08

Finland Fjord is a service design consultancy acquired by Accenture Interactive in
3D Designer
Nokia

2006-01 - 2009-03

Finland Mobile content production of point of sales material for Nokia. Tasks including interface animation and visual design in co-operation with the developers' team. Responsible for delivering a compelling and high-quality presentation following Nokia's standards.
Tools: 3DStudioMAX, Adobe Creative Suite

Academic Background

Diploma in Business
Teesside University

2013-01 - 2013-01

Master of Arts
Aalto University

2003-01 - 2006-01

Bachelor of Arts
Middlesex University

2002-01 - 2003-01

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