About Me

Hey there! My name is Katarina Lilius, a 24-year-old
girl born and raised in Helsinki, now based
in Copenhagen & London.

I am a graphic and interactive designer with focus on motion graphics, UI/UX, videography and photography, with a goal of bringing that extra spark to every project. A strong team player, open-minded and always curious for tackling new challenges.

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EDUCATION

University of Arts London
Interaction Design Arts
London College of Communication
Semester Exchange Spring/Summer 2021

Danish School of Media and Journalism
BA in Interactive Design
2019-2021

Copenhagen School of Design and Technology
BA Design, Technology & Business
Marketing and Communication Design
2017-2019

WORK 

Signify 
Digital Marketing & Communications Assistant 
3/2018-

Signify, Formerly known as Philips Lighting. Focus on improving and optimizing SEO & UX/UI online for the Finnish and Nordic market, as well as planning campaign strategies across the Nordics. My main tasks include trend analysis across various Social Media platforms, planning and creating content for upcoming campaigns, as well as AD Hoc tasks such as translation, UI & UX optimisation and SEO analysis. 

Studio Exakt
Freelance Graphic Designer
2020 - 
Freelance Graphic Designer for the multidiciplinary studio exakt. 

The Next Episode / Katarina Lilius
Blogger
2011 - 2020

Trade Name for my award-winning Fashion and Lifestyle blog. 
Main collaborations:
Adidas StellaSport Ambassadorship in Finland, 2015
Lóreal Collaboration, 2015

Zalando Nordic Blogger Awards - Best Finnish Newcomer 2015
Indiedays Blog Awards - Fashion Category, 3rd place 2014

MANGO
10/16-8/17
Sales Assistant / Visual Merchandiser
Customer service, Stock refill, Visual Merchandising

Yleisradio
Web Assistant
6/2014-7/2014

Web assistant at the radio channel YLE Puhe at Yleisradio (The Finnish National Broadcasting Company). Optimising the website, managing the Social Media channels as well as creating content for online campaigns.



TOOLS                             

Photoshop

After Effects

Adobe XD

HTML 

CSS

p5.js

Illustrator

Cinema 4d

Unity

RunwayML 

Max MSP 

Processing