KOPONEN

Pengerkatu 9 A 16, 00530 Helsinki, Finland tel. +358 45 114 5979, koponen@me.com, www.villekoponen.com

Ville

Career objeCtive
To find a position in publishing, advertising or other design-related field where I can utilize my strong typographic skills, ability to redesign publications, collaborate with illustrators and art direct photo shoots on location in order to create stylish and dynamic designs, which serve the communication needs of that company.

Summary of QualifiCationS
More than 14 years of experience in Art Direction. Highly creative, talented and independent. Excellent graphic design, typography and magazine redesign skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Self-starter, highly-motivated. Excellent team player, but also independent worker. Able to multi-task and work efficiently under demanding deadlines. Able to supervise outside suppliers of designs, photography and illustrations on a given project to assure budgets are met. Profound knowledge of office practices, procedures and documentation requirements. Excellent knowledge of print production processes and their technical requirements. Excellent graphic software skills with proficiency in InDesign, QuarkXpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, Windows and Mac OS X platforms. Eager to learn more of this field that I really love and have already worked for so long.

art DireCtor/GraphiC DeSiGner work experienCe

(mm/yy) 02/11present freelance art Director helsinki, finland Clients and responsibilities: Sanoma magazines finland ltd Crisis Management Initiative 10th anniversary publication The Chairman of the Board is Martti Ahtisaari, Former President of the Republic of Finland. Responsible for whole design and layout Commissioning photographers, illustrators. image publishing plc Responsible for whole design and layout of monthly travel magazine Mondo. Also freelance Art Director for Image magazine Commissioning photographers, illustrators and other freelancers.
Ville Koponen Pengerkatu 9 A 16, 00530 Helsinki, Finland tel. +358 45 114 5979 koponen@me.com www.villekoponen.com

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happi mindshare ltd. helsinki, finland Art Director for a quarterly Happi magazine for Happi Mindshare Creative Media Agency. In charge of whole design and layout of the magazine. Worked with photographers, illustrators and other suppliers to produce excellent work. a-lehdet plc Eeva (Monthly womens lifestyle magazine) Tuulilasi (Biweekly car magazine) Apu (Weekly lifestyle magazine) Urheilulehti (Weekly sports magazine) Responsible for whole design and layout of these monthly or weekly lifestyle magazines. photo raw magazine Photo Raw is a quarterly magazine that features only documentary photography. Responsible for whole design and layout. 02/0801/11 art Director image publishing plc. helsinki, finland responsibilities: Responsible for whole design and layout of monthly travel magazine Mondo. Worked with photographers, illustrators and other suppliers to produce high-quality work. Created layouts for all all print i.e. marketing products, brochures, packaging and other print pieces. Mondo is the main partner with the biggest travel fair in Northern Europe. To oversee the travel fair graphics and products that they are in line of Mondos graphic guidelines. Created and designed the concepts for style guides. Also an Art Director for Happi Mindshare Creative Media Agencys Happi magazine. (See above) 03/0601/08 freelance art Director helsinki, finland Clients and responsibilities: image publishing plc Responsible for whole design and layout of monthly fashion magazine Uusi Muoto. Also responsible for all visual aspects of magazines for Helsinki Design Week, TeliaSonera telecommunications and Fazer Group. Commissioning photographers, illustrators and other freelancers. Sanoma magazines finland Custom publishing Responsible for all visual aspects of magazines for Nokia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Welho Entertainment Group. Also part of the magazine redesign teams. forma publishing Group Art Director for Stadium Sport Store custom magazine. In charge of whole design and layout. Co-operation with Swedish Stadium magazine. Worked with photographers, illustrators and other suppliers.

Ville Koponen Pengerkatu 9 A 16, 00530 Helsinki, Finland tel. +358 45 114 5979 koponen@me.com www.villekoponen.com

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06/0502/06 art Director Citypress plc. helsinki, finland responsibilities: Responsible for whole design and layout of mens lifestyle and fashion magazine Tools. Part of the magazine concept development team. Worked with photographers, illustrators and other suppliers to produce high-quality work. Freelance designer for a weekly City magazine and part of the City Style Guide magazine concept development team. 04/0205/05 freelance art Director helsinki, finland Clients and responsibilities: helsinki City tourist and Convention bureau Created layouts for all all print i.e. marketing products, brochures, newsletters and other print pieces. tammi publishers Created layouts design on cookbooks and book catalogues. advertising agency mainospisa Responsible for catalogues, advertisements and other print based products for Philips, AEG Electrolux and Fujitsu Siemens. the City of helsinki Cultural office Responsible for design of their annual reports. 11/0003/02 freelance art Director the builder Group plc, john brown ltd. london, united kingdom responsibilities: Designed and produced the following monthly and weekly magazines: Construction Manager/Computing Magazine Building homes RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Journal RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) Interiors Security Management Today Building (also redesign) Property Week W.H. Smith - Total guide magazine Also part of redesign team for Construction Manager and Building magazines. Worked with photographers, illustrators and other suppliers. 05/9910/00 art Director watch magazine. london, united kingdom Art Director for mens monthly lifestyle and fashion magazine Watch. Including commissioning photographers, illustrators and stylists.
Ville Koponen Pengerkatu 9 A 16, 00530 Helsinki, Finland tel. +358 45 114 5979 koponen@me.com www.villekoponen.com

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eDuCation
1996 Kallio Secondary Senior School of Performing Arts. Helsinki, Finland. Matriculation Examination. 1997 Helsinki Institute of Communications. Helsinki, Finland Multimedia Scriptwriter. 19981999 London Guildhall University, London, United Kingdom. Communication and Audio Visual Production studies. 2006 La Boxe Franaise (French kickboxing) trainer.

Ville Koponen Pengerkatu 9 A 16, 00530 Helsinki, Finland tel. +358 45 114 5979 koponen@me.com www.villekoponen.com

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