Karri Ojanen
UX and Interaction Design Lead, Strategist, Speaker Finnformation
Media
Social
Biography
I earned my experience as art director, concept designer and creative director in Scandinavia, praised for its award-hoarding digital agencies, then went on to work in the Middle East, the United States, and Canada. I'm now based in Toronto, working as an independent user experience consultant, designer, speaker, and strategist.
My work has been awarded nationally and internationally. I've spoken and presented at large conferences as well as smaller design community events, including Slush 2012 in Helsinki, Finland, the UXLx conference in Lisbon, Portugal in 2010, and IxDA events in Toronto, Canada.
Industry Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Education
Rastor/Tietomies
College Degree in Audiovisual Arts
Audiovisual arts (Multimedia and Web Design)
2002
College Degree in Audiovisual Arts (Multimedia and Web Design), including Web and multimedia production, visual design, programming, and copyright law.
Metropolia Polytechnic University
Bachelor of Arts
Audiovisual Production
2007
Bachelor of Arts in Audiovisual Production (film, TV, and radio) incl. storyboarding, copyright law, video and sound editing, camera work and directing. I wrote my thesis on the development of IPTV.
DIAK - Diaconia University of Applied Sciences
Bachelor of Arts
audiovisual production
2000
Bachelor of Arts (started) in audiovisual production (film, TV and radio) incl. storyboarding, copyright law, video and sound editing, camera work and directing.
University of Cambridge
CPE
Certificate of Proficiency in English
2004
CPE is the highest level Cambridge ESOL exam, at level C2 of the Council of Europe's Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. The certificate proves my ability to function effectively in almost any English-speaking context and that my language skills are close or similar to an educated native speaker.
Canadian Marketing Association
E-marketing Certificate
Search engine marketing, e-mail marketing, social media
2008
Affiliations
- Interaction Design Association (IxDA)
- Information Architecture Institute
Event Appearances
Design for Startups
Slush 2012 Helsinki, Finland
2012-11-22
User Experience Design in Advertising
UxLX Lisbon, Portugal
2010-05-05
Sample Talks
Developing an Effective Design Process for a Startup Company
Designer-co-founded startups such as Path,Kickstarter and Airbnb are taking center stage. There is much talk in the business world about companies led by effective, simple, and beautiful design turn out to be more successful than others. At the same time, startup leaders don't really know what design means and how to incorporate design into their MVP / Lean Startup culture. In this talk, I explain the most important areas of design that every startup leader needs to understand and focus on.
Style
Availability
- Keynote
- Panelist
- Workshop Leader
- Corporate Training
