EDUCATION


TAMPERE UNIVERSITY

Master's degree (2023-)

M.Sc. major: Human Technology Interaction
M.Sc. minor: Sustainable Development & Business

Bachelor's Degree
(2020-2024)

B.Sc. major: Computer Science
B.Sc. minor: Social & Healthcare
B.Sc. minor: Digital Accessibility

B.Sc. thesis in Green ICT and sustainable UX/UI design

LAHTI INSTITUTE OF DESIGN

Bachelor's degree, AMK
(2012 - 2016)

B.A. major: Fashion design
Specialisation: User oriented design
Thesis: Socio-political factors and user needs in the plus-size fashion design process.

Co-producer in several KOE fashion design events
Student council MIO and Gallery OyOy representative 2013 - 2014

TIIRISMAA HIGHSCHOOL

(2008 - 2011)

Major: Arts
Completed art diploma project (2011)
Student exchange program in Mukogawa Women's Highschool, Osaka (2010)

SPEAKER / LECTURER /
GUEST IN

Ommel Messut lecture (2019)
Lahden Seta Pride week workshop (2019)
Iso Kolmonen - podcast (2019)
Pehmee - podcast (2018)

SELECTED EXPERIENCE


DIGISUS

Research Assistant
(10/2024-4/2025)

I served as a part time research assistant for Tampere University's digital sustainability related research platform DigiSus. My responsibilities ranged from graphic design, event planning and facilitation, writing blog posts and website development.

As the research group was only founded in 2024, I got the chance to take part in developing the groups action plans as well as community reach strategy.



NETUM
Sustainability Designer (5/2023 - )

My main responsibilities consist of researching, developing and teaching green design practices for Netum design team. I wrote a guidance booklet and blogposts on how to design digital services sustainably. These are publicly available in Finnish.

Additionally, I am collaborating with different professionals like cyber security and management to find new ways to incorporate Green ICT into company strategy. I also got to represent the company in a variety of  webinars and other events.

KITSAIN
UX Design Lead
(1/2023-5/2023)

I served as the UX/UI lead in a student project for a company called "Kitsain". We set out to develop an MVP2 for a pantry management application. 

My main responsibility was the development of a Figma prototype with the support of weekly UX -meetings with the client. I evaluated and improved the usability and accessibility of the service in collaboration with a team of developers. I also received praise for great overall communication and visual design skills.

VALMET
UX Researcher
(9/2023-12/2023)

As a part of "Usability Evaluation" course, we conducted usability evaluation and user testing for an internal digital product management system.

In a team of six, we offered a comprehensive list of suggestions to improve the usability and accessibility of the system. To support our findings, we planned and conducted a series of user tests in the premises, along with a debrief interview.


YLE, VARIOUS BRANDS
media content provider (2017-2020)

I worked as a freelancer for YLE Networks, making video and other visual content about contemporary topics 2017 - 2018. I also performed in occasional public speaking events and produced media content as brand collaborations for social media until 3/2020.

HÖÖ BABY CLOTHING
design intern, print designer
(8/2014, 10/2016-1/2017)

Design internship for Höö Baby Clothing where I took part in the design process of products and brand visuals as well as all sorts of miscellaneous small business tasks in 2014. I was invited back to freelance as a print designer and prototype maker in 2016.

SEPPÄLÄ
design intern (summer 2015)

Design internship for clothing brand Seppälä where I took part in designing the women's wear plus-size collection and prints for the FW/15 and SS/16 women's collections. I also participated in several design meetings & product evaluations.


Additionally, I have several years of experience in working in customer service.

CERTIFICATES


Circular Design for Business
Design Forum Finland
Issued November 2024

Working for a sustainable future: concepts and approaches
Lund University
Issued July 2024

Certified Endineer, Cohort 9
AndEnd.co
Issued July 2024

Saavutettavat asiakirjat verkossa
eOppiva
Issued May 2023

LFC131: Green Software for Practitioners
Green Software Foundation, Linux Foundation
Issued May 2023, renewed July 2024

Project Management
Great Learning Academy
Issued August 2023

LANGUAGES


FINNISH

Experience in public speaking & performing.

Mothertongue.

Native

ENGLISH

Very fluent in both everyday interactions as well as professional communications.

Excellent

SWEDISH

Completed the compulsory Swedish studies included in university syllabus.

Good

JAPANESE (spoken)

Very fluent in everyday interactions.
Knows some professional communications.

Proficient

JAPANESE (written)

Can read text written in hiragana and katakana. Recognises some kanjis.

Good

Spanish (spoken)

Knows some everyday interactions.

Basics

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