Looking to join a thriving design community in Berlin! Brand & UI/UX.
About
Hi 👋 I'm Janna, strategic designer specialised in branding, UI/UX and storytelling. I feel passionate working with startups and early-stage ideas, creating solutions for tomorrow💡
From Norway, lived in Berlin 1,5 years while studying for my MA in Design Management. Now looking to join a design agency full-time in Berlin, from March 2024 onwards.
English | Norwegian | A1 German
Projects
Awards
Bronze in the category "web and interactive" at Gullkalven, with BA-project "Shrifty": behance.net/gallery/144969…
Gullkalven ("the Golden Calf") is Norway's largest student competition in creative communication. Read more about this year's winners here: kreativtforum.no/artikler/nyhet…
Diploma in "åpen klasse håndverk" og bronze in category "Video" at Gullkalven with "Anyverse": behance.net/gallery/165432…
Gold in category Packaging Design with the project "Dalastokken"
Gold in category Illustration with the project "Dalastokken"
Gold in category Identity with project «Tutti», with Lila Hoff Ulland.
Jurybegrunnelse: kom24.no/gullkalven-stu…
Work Experience
Managing my own business since 2018 taking upon design commissions for ambitious individuals and small businesses.
Clients: JVH Ventures, Ringsaker Kommune, Hedmark Fylkeskommune, Seniordans Norge, Eleanor Flowers
As an intern at the fintech startup Strise, I worked independently on a given design brief as well as collaborating with UX-designers and software engineers on updating UI-features of the digital product & their website.
Part of internship program during BA studies at Westerdals.
👉 Leading client meetings & workshops
👉 Writing sales quotes to potential clients
👉 Full branding strategy and -design work for B2B client
Clients: Sunshine Valley, Toma, Oskar Sylte, Kaffe&Co
Apprentice at print house, full time employment unpaid.
👉 Learned best design practices for typesetting and layout, as well as export and implementation of design files
👉 Magazine design & production of advertisements
Outcome: Journeyman’s paper in Graphics
Lead a graphic design company with 3 other students through Entrepreneurship class:
👉Delegating tasks, following up and giving feedback
👉Communicating with clients
👉Legal fees and paperwork
Education
Skills: Business Model Development, Leadership, Interdisciplinary, Presentation Pitching, Startups, Design Thinking
Skills: Concept Development, Storytelling, Branding & Identity, UI & UX Design, User Research, Case Studies, Exhibitions