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Work experience

UI/UX-Designer, Nexer Maverick (2021 – present)
Making products and services usable, enjoyable, and accessible. Adapts design solutions to comply with wcag accessibility rules. Work with interaction design. Participate in user testing. Build prototypes i Figma.

UI/UX-Designer, Avensia (2020 – 2021)
Avensia works exclusively with e-commerce and I worked on the UI/UX design for their client, Babyworld. I created the design concept and the main pages of their new web shop, babyworld.se. I only worked here for a few months before I chose to go to Nexer Maverick instead.

UI/UX-Designer, John Doe Invest (2019 – 2020)
A small and newly started company that created their own brand for vegan food called Stackys. They also had a vegan e-commerce site called agentvegan.se before they shut it down. I worked with UI/UX design for the entire site. I was also responsible for studio photography and image editing of products sold in the shop. I also helped film short movies for a YouTube channel related to agenvegan.se.

UI/UX-Designer, Resurs Bank (2015 – 2019)
Resurs Bank is a small, online-only bank. They have their roots in the electronics industry where they wanted to create the opportunity for everyone to be able to buy, for example, a TV. I had the role of UI/UX-Designer for a completely new version of their site, resursbank.se. Likewise, I worked on the design for their recruitment site, resursjobs.com. Later, I also worked with the My Pages section and also The Resurs Bank app. To get the best possible results, we collaborated with conversionista to do good user testing and to validate our design. So we created clickable prototypes with design solutions that would improve existing solutions or for completely new features. These were then tested by 6-7 people who would, for example, pay bills through the bank. We learned from the results and adjusted our solutions if necessary.

Graphic Designer, Publicis Sapient (2012 – 2015)
When I started, they were called LBi, then Digitas LBi, and now Publicis Sapient. I worked mainly with UI design, interaction design and graphic design for Volvo Cars and Reebok. I modernized the look of Volvo’s car configurator so it matched their graphic profile. Also worked on a feature and section to help customers choose the right car on volvocars.com. Also a PDF template was created for everyone who ordered their new car through the site to get. For Reebok, I created designs for a backend system that would manage promotions used by Reebok employees worldwide. I also worked on design for reebok.com where I designed several sections with different content. Besides this, I designed PDF brochures for BNP Paribas and created lots of pitch material for sales.

Graphic Designer, Solresor (2010 – 2012)
I worked on promoting the travel producer, Solresor by designing lots of Flash banners and a lot of printed material in different formats. There were travel guides for the guests at the destinations, posters to put up, and catalogs with all the hotels and destinations.

Webmanager, Sonesson (2009 – 2010)
I was a Web designer and I was also given the task of being a Web Manager for primarily Sonesson but also for all the 12 sites within the Sono group. Printed marketing material was also produced by me.

Graphic Designer, Solresor (2008 – 2009)
I worked on promoting the travel producer, Solresor by designing lots of Flash banners and a lot of printed material in different formats. There were travel guides for the guests at the destinations, posters to put up, and catalogs with all the hotels and destinations.

Webdesigner, Wendelbo & Co (2005 – 2008)
This was a small advertising agency where I created designs for entire websites for the clients Novum, Nederman, Carlsson & Möller, and Markaryds metal armature. For these clients, I also created a variety of printed materials such as ads, posters, and catalogs. In addition, I made Flash ads but also Flash movies to be shown at fairs. Printed material, flash movies, flash ads, and CD autoplay applications were also made for the customer Regin. For Nederman I also created a product catalog that I linked to an XML file from a database and its structure so that different languages could be read into the Indesign file and thus easily translated into several languages.

Personal Assistant (2004)

Designer/Flash animator (2003)
Flash animator for photograper Lena Evers site.

Graphic Designer, Framfab (1998 – 2002)
I started as a designer for Volvo cars and their first car configurator, I also designed for their presentation of their car models. Then I was part of the team that worked on IKEA’s first e-commerce site for several years. I was one of a few designers who worked together for this launch. It was in these two projects that the foundation was laid for my understanding of how projects are run and how to collaborate with other competencies. After this I went on to become AD, creating designs for Orange and their introduction to the Swedish market. A main site for Orange and also a recruitment site for them. Further, after that, I created a design for Astra Zeneca and a special site for respiratory medicine. Then I created designs for an intranet for the company and also a site for our own office. I also designed some printed matter in the form of invitations and brochures that were sent out to customers or used at fairs. In addition, I made designs for newsletters, flash banners, and instructional videos in Flash.

Graphic Designer, Metaform (1997 – 1998)
My first job was in a small advertising agency. Here I worked on creating ads for Pølsemannen and the Öresundsbro consortium. Then I also worked with the UMAS staff magazine. Likewise with NTF’s newsletter and member magazine.

Education

Designing a Design System with UXPin (2019)
Design system course on Linkedin.

Web development (2005)
HTML, XML, CSS, XHTML. Malmö University.

Industrial Graphical Printing (2003 – 2004)
Teknik i media, Full time. Internship 1 week at a print shop.

Flash Action Script course (2003)
Ljud & bild skolan in Varberg, actionscript for Flash.

Flash animation course (2001)
Ljud & bild skolan in Varberg, Flash animation.

Digital marketing (2000)
Berghs school of communication, Stockholm.

Graphic Communication (1999)
Course for a few weeks at Berghs in Stockholm. Graphic communication for marketing with Bo Berglund as a teacher.
Berghs school of communication, Stockholm.

Desktop publishing education (1996 – 1997)
I learned desktop publishing with Quark X-press, Illustrator, and Photoshop. It also included HTML which resulted in me creating my first websites. Here I also learned to think creatively and went all in on this which laid the foundation for my career. Östra Grevie folkhögskola.

Datorteket (1996)
Computer training where I learned Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. Developed a curiosity to be more creative with my computer skills. The training included an internship and I spent it with a news photographer. We photographed current events and went to newspaper editorial offices where I saw how they used Quark X-press and Photoshop. Very inspiring.

Computer & Language (1995 – 1996)
Learned Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Windows system. Included english and french. Medborgarskolan.

French (1993 – 1994)
Spent two years in Paris learning French at the Sorbonne University. Graduated.

European Culture course (1992 – 1993)
This was a program that included courses in European economics, marketing, European culture, English, French, and German, as well as one week of study in Brussels and three days in Paris. Östra Grevie folkhögskola.

3 year Economic education (1989 – 1992)
Three-year upper secondary economic education.
Söderslättsgymnasiet, Trelleborg.

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