Experience

"I've been a part of software-related hijinxes professionally for about 10+ years now."

Full-time

⭐ ollisuoranta.com

Prospectum

  • UX Designer (50%) (6-2024-present)
    • "Building the user experience—whatever it entails."

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  • (Laid off) (8-2023-12/2023)
    • "Patching gaps in skillset, finishing incomplete graphic design courses, evaluating entrepreneurship ideas, improving writing skills, practicing music production, implementing a new site, studying 3D modeling and animation, trying out new UX/UI tools, coding game prototypes, improving health, travel, journaling, reading books, gathering thoughts, re-inventing myself after 10 years of work."

Aiwo

Solteq

Paytrail

Fixed-term

Metso (Valmet)

Jyväskylän Sähkö ja Tele

Internship

Star Arcade

JAMK University of Applied Sciences

Metso (Valmet)

Insta Automation

Jyväskylän Sähkö ja Tele

Freelance (pre-2023)

"I did freelance work without a company for some clients in the past, Aiwo, Paytrail, Mega Cat Studios, Nuan, Rot, metsapihahokkanen.fi and Blue Ice Jewellery to name a few. Work included video-game music, sounds, logo design, wall paintings, podcast jingles, etc.."

Groups

"During my formative years, as a member of a musician association called REMU, I played with about half a dozen odd jobs and party bands, ranging from blues to jazz and country to pop. I also played drums in an atmospheric folk band called Eetla in 2014, which had one gig at Lounaispuisto. Then I've done some fill-in gigs, such as playing bass for a band called Nordic Summer and drums/bass for a couple of corporate bands."

"In 2013, I was a member of Pandatom, we did a 3D shooter video game in Unity with my friend. Then in 2016, I re-made the game in 2D with another friend as a unit called Basic Horse, that game ended up being a new game called Ghost Defense. In both projects, I worked on game design, code, music, sound, and 2D/3D assets."

Education

JAMK University of Applied Sciences

Jyväskylän Ammattiopisto

Muuratsalon-, Lehtisaaren Koulu

Certifications

Google

California Institute of the Arts

Recommendations

Olli has been fantastic to work with. He is incredibly talented, communicative, and has consistently delivered against any plan with a level of thoughtfulness that any team will be happy to have. I highly recommend Olli as an extension of anyone's team from start-up to enterprise initiatives.  –James Deighan (Mega Cat Studios)

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Sen lisäksi, että Olli on mainio ihminen, jonka seurassa viihdyn, on hän vielä erityisen kova tekijä ammatissaan! Ollin meille tilaustyönä tehtyjen UX auditin sekä wirefreimauksen ansiosta pystyttiin avaamaan meidän tuotekehityksen solmuja uusin silmin ja ideoin. –Arttu Helke (Trustmary)

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Tein Ollin kanssa yhteistyötä liittyen erilaisiin musaklippeihin ja mainosjingleihin. Ollin kanssa oli helppo työskennellä ja lopputuloksen laatuun pystyi aina luottamaan. Pienelläkin speksillä päästiin liikenteeseen ja lopputulos oli luovien ratkaisujen ja tuotannon osalta huippuluokkaa. Soitin Ollin kanssa myös samassa bändissä ja työpaikan kahvitauoilla harva se päivä. Muusikkona Olli on suvereeni osaaja ja monilahjakkuus. Oli edessä basso, syna tai rummut, homma hoituu ja taso on kova. –Pekka Majaniemi (Paytrail)

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Olli's development as a UX-designer and visual problem solver has been immense. He has an innate knack for creating beautiful and functional visualizations – building them from wireframes to full-fletched visual designs. Olli actively hones these skills through eager experimentation, iteration, and studies – continuously growing as a holistic designer. Olli is an endearing part of the workforce with his Finnish quality of humor resonating with all the people around him. –Aate Autio (Aiwo)

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Steering technical product development I was working with Olli in converting customer and business requirements to product UX, user interfaces and implementation. Olli takes responsibility in digging deep into requirements and communicating them and related aspects within the team. Where Olli shines is creating incredible end-user experiences that look graphically amazing. Also, there is never dull moment working with Olli especially if you have Finnish sense of dark humour. –Hannu Klemetti (Aiwo)

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“I was the one hiring Olli. Never had doubts on him. Always was proud of him. Often was jealous about his height. We had many seasons together on product development adventures. Olli is an active, honest and open colleague. He is willing to give and receive help. He didn’t always agree and there were times when assignments did not tickle all his ambitions and desires - yet he played for the logo in his shirt. Olli is a multi-talent person and together with his personal characteristics and attitude towards work, he is really something. Man, I miss him.” –Vesa Kortteinen (Paytrail)

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“Working with Olli is a real privilege. He is a creative thinker who always works hard and smart to get job done. You can always count on his help, vision and on his honest opinion. One might call him a UX designer, but really he is an artist. He is the kind of player you definitely want to have in your team. I would work with him again at any time and with great pleasure.” Saana Borgström (Paytrail, Aiwo)