Curriculum vitae
Maija Katarina Koivula
britterly@gmail.com
I'm 26 years old. I reside in Helsinki, Finland.
Education
Bachelor of Arts and Culture, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. May 2009.
Stadia University of Applied Sciences, where I studied engineering and information technology between January 2002 and July 2003.
Herttoniemen yhteiskoulu. Upper secondary school. Baccalaureate exam in 2001.
Work Experience
Juonifilmi Oy. Traffic control on film sets across Helsinki. June - July 2009.
Kodin Ykkönen. Customer service. 24.11.2008 - 24.12.2008.
Autobar Finland Oy. Office work, system usability testing and technical translating. 1.9.2007 - 27.6.2008.
Degree Programme for Cultural Management, Stadia. Webdesigner. 1.6.2006 - 31.12.2007.
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology. Multimedia designer, technical writer. 31.5.2005 - 12.8.2005.
Autobar Finland Oy. Technical translation projects in 2003 and 2005.
Taloustutkimus Oy. April 2003 - May 2003.
Herttoniemen taide- ja mediapaja. Art and design workshop. August 2001 - January 2002.
Nokia Networks. Webdesign and generic office work. June and July 2000.
Freelance Design 2004 - 2008
Please refer to my portfolio.
Computer Skills
Operating Systems: Windows. MacOS. Unix.
Office tools: Microsoft Office, Open Office.
Other programs: Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Borland JavaBuilder, Corel Draw, Corel Photopaint, GIMP, Flash, Dreamweaver.
Web: XHTML, HTML, CSS, XML, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript.
I use Nano, Notepad and Crimson Editor.
Language Skills
I speak Finnish as my first language. I study writing and also write as a hobby.
I have studied English for thirteen years, three of them in an English-speaking class in an international lower secondary school. My spoken English is fluent, and my written English is much above average non-native speaker.
I studied Japanese for four years between 1999 and 2003. I retain some conversational skills.
My writing and reading comprehensio skills in Swedish are average. My spoken Swedish skills are satisfactory.
I've studied French for five years, and retain some conversational skills.
Hobbies
Writing, knitting, crafts and nature photography.
