UX & visual working experience
05/2013 - 01/2023
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Entrepreneur, FUNdaMENTAL Flow
UX & visual designer I worked as an entrepreneur in the UX and visual design field for almost 10 years designing for both digital and print environments. My clients field of expertise has varied from IT-industry to mobile banking and health/wellbeing industries. I have designed and produced user interfaces, graphics, websites, brochures, icons, metaphors and layouts. In the beginning of 2023 I decided to put my entrepreneurship on hold and since that I´ve been studying and observing life from a slightly different perspective. I graduated from the Centria university of Applied sciences in 2022 having a bachelor degree in social services and started my career in the social area, however, I realized my designer´s soul is still vibrating strongly so I am also looking for opportunities as a designer. |
10/2013 - 09/2015
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Nortal Oy
UX specialist, team leader excerpt from employment certificate: "Katja has been responsible for the design and implementation of the UX side of both private and public sector client projects. In addition to customer projects, Katja has had internal development projects as part of the development offered by Nortal, and in addition to this, Katja has taken part in the development of the Nortal brand in terms of visual design. In addition to the above, Katja has also worked as a manager of Oulu's technical experts. Katja performed all her tasks excellently. Katja has a very development-oriented attitude and always approaches things in a very positive, flexible and forward-looking way. As an employee, Katja is very personable and empathetic, and she was able to bring this point of view into her own team management. Katja has been a very liked employee and colleague and she also played an important role in maintaining the spirit of our Oulu office. Katja's work required cooperation with different stakeholders, and Katja managed to create a very pleasant spirit of cooperation with everyone, and it was easy for everyone to work with her, regardless of their role." - Leena Talvensaari, HR Manager |
01/2012 - 04/2013
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Soul4Design Oy
UX & Visual designer I worked as a co-creator and an entrepreneur at Soul4Design creating the company brand and designing UX and visuals for various customers. |
10/2002 - 01/2012
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Nokia Oyj
Principal UX designer, UI graphics designer, design manager excerpt from employment certificate: "Katja is an exceptionally talented graphics designer, whose professional skills and work experience make her as one of the world´s leading graphics design talent in the area of mobile industry. She possesses a very rare combination where she masters not only graphics design, but also interaction design, user centric design, business understanding, and seamless collaboration with SW developers. Her performance and quality of work is outstanding, and she has alone successfully performed numerous design projects which typically require an effort of several-member UX design team. Her design work has been critical in numerous product programs, and one can testify her designs in Nokia products used by hundreds of millions people. Despite of her superior performance, Katja has humble attitude towards her work - she always keeps the user´s need in the centrum of the design process, and constantly seeks to learn new skills and develop herself. Katja is a great team player, and she has a common sense and humor which drive her through challenging projects." - Emilia Becker, Human Resources |
02/2002 - 07/2002
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Vodafone Omnitel, Milan, Italy
Visual & concept designer excerpt from employment certificate: "Katja has been working in my team from February 2002 until July 2002. During this period Katja has demonstrated herself a valuable team member. She is a self-starter who works without any supervision; she has high standards of quality and precision, picks up and applies new concepts quickly. Moreover, she can easily associate herself with the customer base and the impacts on her work has on them. Last, but not least, despite the differences in work culture and language she managed to establish a good collaboration with her colleagues. Katja´s work was very satisfactory and I recommend Katja for future work opportunities." - Csaba Tarnai , Team Lead, Vodafone Omnitel |
Studies related to design
1996 - 2019
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University of Lapland
Faculty of Art & Design Degree: Bachelor of Arts Main subject: Industrial design - Bachelor´s thesis accepted with grade "excellent" (Subject: Package and visual design for Orion Pharma product) |
2013 - 2015
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Central Ostrobothnia Institute of Art
Professional degree in Interior design Interior design studies |
2001 - 2002
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Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Facoltá di Architettura Socrates/Erasmus exchange Design & cultural studies |
1997 - 1998
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Hokkaido Tokai University, Asahikawa, Japan
School of Art & Technology Department of Design Design & cultural studies |
1992 - 1994
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Arts & craftschool of Oulu
Artisan of wood |