About

I am a designer working with Smartly.io as a Design Operations Manager. For the past 18 years, I have been working with product/service companies and startups, both in early and high-growth stages. I am a co-founder at Joint Frontiers, and a co-host of ‘Human, the designer’. Additionally, I am a community organizer at DesignOps Helsinki & IxDA Helsinki, as well as an alumnus organizer of Joint Futures, UXHel, DSCONF, & Junction Hackathon. In my free time, I enjoy making music, taking long walks, and playing computer games.

If you are interested about my consulting work head to https://mesa.fi

Design Skills

Design Leadership
Strategic Design
Service Design
DesignOps
Design Systems
Facilitation
Coaching
Research
Product Design
Visual Design

Experience

Smartly.io
Design Operations Manager, Nov 2022 - Today

Mesa
Independent Strategic Designer, Oct 2021 - Today

Joint Frontiers
Co-founder & Editor, May 2020 - Today

Flowhaven
Design Lead, May 2022 - Oct 2022

Posti Group
Design System & Ops Lead, Mar 2020 - Apr 2022

Freelancer
Product Designer, Apr 2007 - Dec 2020

Joint Futures Conference
Main organizer, Jan 2019 - Mar 2020

Elisa

Service Designer, Oct 2017 - Mar 2020

Yousician
Product Designer, May 2017 - Aug 2017

Hubchat
Senior Product Designer, Nov 2016 - Apr 2017

Junction Hackathon
Product Owner - Website, May 2016 - Dec 2017

Aalto University
Customer Experience, Oct 2015 - Oct 2016

Musicinfo
UX Designer & Marketing, Sep 2012 - Jan 2015

Copy City
Graphic Designer, May 2005 - Mar 2007

Contact

angelos {at} arn.is
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