Curriculum Vitae Miia Suvi Tolmunen
Industrial Designer, Master of Science (Econ)040- 593 2066miialle (at) gmail.com
"Curiosity to do things better leads everything I do."
Industrial designer with extensive marketing and project management experience. Fluent in social media. Used to thinking outside the box and figure out new ways to make things happen. Love being part of a team - with the ability and courage to take overall responsibility or work alone. Equipped with a healthy dose of common sense and not afraid to use it. I enjoy the challenge of creative problem solving and am a quick learner. Great eye and love for all things visual.
Work Experience
Senior Consultant at Vere Oy
May 2017 - present
As visual and content strategist I work with customer companies to develop their brand, digital presence and look. I also ghost write for their social media channels & plan and execute digital marketing and campaigns using various different platforms and tools. Search engine optimization is at the core of all my digital work for customers.
Marketing Manager at Innojok Oy - Brand developer and keeper
January 2014 - May 2017
In charge of how the company presented itself to customers and resellers, I reformed the brand look and feel. In close co-operation with Sales I made sure the yearly cycle of marketing is planned and executed taking into consideration the new products and the market situation. I created, monitored and developed company's advertisements both online and in printed media. I authored content on the company's webpages and was in charge of social media updates and PR. I planned and directed photo shoots, product launches and fair presence + created press releases, newsletters and catalogues. Also served as part of the product development team.
Marketing Specialist at Data-Info Oy
May 2012 - December 2013
I was in charge of all the social media updates made by Data-Info as well as all the marketing material and webpage contents. I make sure everything from the look of corporate headquarters to documentation was in sync with visual guidelines and the brand.
Interior designer's assistant for Tyylivarkaat program and t.i.l.a. at Moskito Television Oy
May 2011 - May 2012
I participated in filming (both still and television), searching and setting up filming locations, searching for products and planning company events. I was also in charge of the budgets, billing the customers and writing on the program's web pages.
Managing HR Consultant, HR Consultant at SAP Finland Oy
September 2004 - March 2012
My team consisted of 5 top SAP consultants in Finland. As leading HCM consultant I bid for projects, distributed work and kept in touch with the regional and other managers and provided advice and implementation services for SAP Human Capital Management tools. In projects my duties included e.g. project management, holding definition workshops, creating SAP specification documents and configuring SAP systems. I was also responsible for planning and being in charge of outsourced developments, even off-shore, and coordinating development and testing.
Lotus Notes Programmer at Descom Oyj
May 2002 - August 2003
I designed, programmed, tested and documented Notes programs.
Project/Research Secretary at University of Jyväskylä - Faculty of Business and Economics
2000-2003
I translated papers from English to Finnish, published scientific texts for online publication platform Metodix.com and planned the illustrations in cooperation with the writer and our graphic designer. I ran the selection process to hire more staff for the project. I helped professor Kyrö to illustrate and publish her research and papers in various media.
Awards and achievements
Luminor STEK design light fitting competition winner 2014 with Markus Sokolnicki.
Finnish champion 1995 in group show dance.
Education
Industrial Designer 2010-2015
Industrial design at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Product design and manufacturing at Turku University of Applied Sciences
Master of Science, (Econ) 1997-2004
University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Information Technology. Major: Digital media. Minors: Management & Leadership, Marketing and Communication.
Exchange student at Institut national des Sciences appliqueés de Lyon, France 2003-2004
Language skills
- Finnish Mother tongue
- English Fluent
written and spoken
- Swedish Good written and spoken
- German Conversational
- French Conversational
Referees, contact information by request
- Laura Timosaari, Art Director at Innojok Oy
- Hanna Sumari, Journalist and media influencer
- Minna Haapakoski, Designer,
owner of Sisustusminna
- Laura Keravuori, Producer at Moskito Television
Oy
- Airi Hyvärinen, Executive assistant at DataInfo Oy
- Kari Kangas, Owner and project manager,
Karleen Oy
- Paula Kyrö, Professor, Helsinki School of Economics
Tools
- HubSpot - Certified Inbound Marketing (2017), Certified HubSpot Marketing Software (2017)
- Google Adwords and Analytics - Certified Google Adwords
- SharpSpring - Marketing campaign management using both webpages and emails
- Webpage creation and maintenance - e.g. WordPress, HubSpot, SharpSpring and Drupal based pages
- Adobe - Fluent
in InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
- Premiere Pro CC 2018 - video creation
- E-mail marketing software - MailChimp and Campaign Monitor
- Microsoft Office - Advanced Word, Excel and Power
Point
- Meltwater - Data use and planning social media content
- Rhinoceros 4.0 - Mediocre skills
- SolidWorks - Mediocre
skills
- AutoCAD 2010 - Basics
- SAP HR: Certified
SAP HR Consultant (2007) in OM, PA, Payroll, Time, Reports and Authorizations. Interfaces,
Portal Self Services, Defense
- Lotus Notes: Certified
programmer/designer (2002)
Hobbies
Fashion and interior arts • Dog • Handicrafts of all sorts • Making silver jewelry • Pop culture • Yoga