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CV
| Personal information | |
| Name | Heidi Valtonen |
| Date & place of birth |
31st of May 1981 (Pori, Finland) |
| heidi [dot] valtonen [at] gmail [dot] com | |
| Skype | hey-dee |
| MSN Messenger | velsky [at] hotmail [dot] com |
| Education | |
| 2003 - 2007 |
Degree Programme in Media and Communication at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences. Graduated with 255 ECTS. |
| 1999 - 2003 | Porin Palveluopisto (financial administration) and Porin aikuislukio. |
| 1997 - 1998 | Satakunnan käsi- ja taideteollisuusoppilaitos. |
| 1997 | Graduated from comprehensive school (Itä-Porin yläaste). |
| Job experience | |
| 2.1.2007 -> | Vida Design - Managing my own business with photography, graphics design and web sites. |
| 9.1.-9.4.2006 | Satakunnan taidetoimikunta / Arts Council of Satakunta - Graphics and web design in Fusion/Fission art project. |
| January/2006 | Porin koulutusvirasto - Designing an annual report for the year 2005. |
| 6.4.2005-31.12.2006 | Superkuva Foto-Pori - Working in a local photo store (sales, studio photography, image editing..) |
| 1.5.2005 - 31.12.2006 | Legenda Safari Oy - Web & graphics design, photography. |
| January/2005 | Porin koulutusvirasto - Designing an annual report for the year 2004. |
| June/2004 and October/2004 | Porin keskusvaalilautakunta - electoral official for European Parliament election in June and Municipal election in October (2 x 7 days) |
| May/2004 | Porin opetusteknologiakeskus - Teaching Dreamweaver 2004 MX and creating study material for the course. - 4 x 3 hours. |
| October/2003 - January/2004 | Porin koulutusvirasto - Designing an annual report for the year 2003. |
| September/2003 - 30.4.2005 | Trevion Oy - Designing web sites, graphics, brochures etc. (Full time during summer 2004) |
| 2.5.-5.5 and 1.8-28.8.2003 |
Porin opetusteknologiakeskus - Working as ADP/Computer assistant. - Creating web sites, graphics and a video manual for Pinnacle Studio 8. |
| February/2003 - April/2004 | Uranus Consulting Ltd - A part-time job as a writer of business idea articles which are published on their web site. |
| November/2002 - January/2003 | Porin opetusteknologiakeskus / University of Turku - Teaching high school teachers how to turn their school's IT strategies into a web site. - Created the layout used in all schools and the teaching material for the courses. |
| May/2002 - August/2002 | Rautell Group Oy - Designing web sites, brochures and Power Point -slide shows. |
| 1998 - continues | The multicultural association of Satakunta - Web and graphics design. I still update the association's web site. |
| October/1999 - December/2002 | The students' union of Porin Palveluopisto - Designing party commercials |
| December/2001 - January/2002 | Satakunnan Kansa - Modifying and updating news to the online version of the newspaper. - Also designed banners, e-cards and other graphics. (Internship) |
| June/2001 | Porin opetusteknologiakeskus - Web and graphics designing. |
| March-April/2001 | Porin opetusteknologiakeskus (Internship + part-time work) - Working as an assistant teacher in WebCT and Photoshop courses. - Created the teaching material about WebCT for the students. |
| Other work | Mystery shopping, sales, Selling May Day balloons, giving out flyers, inventories, ticket sales and customer service (Pori Jazz). |
| Positions of trust/other projects: | |
| 2007-2008 | Project manager for NOISE (creating photography happenings, courses etc for 14-30-year-olds in Satakunta) |
| 2007 - | Junior Chamber Pori, applying for membership |
| 2007-2008 | Satakunta Multicultural association: member of the board. |
| 2006-2007 | Porin kameraseura ry: member of the board for 2006 and 2007. |
| 19.3.2005 | Photography and image editing (for SAMK's department) in Rakennus- ja vapaa-aikamessut (exhibition). I took pictures of visitors and manipulated the images based on their wishes. |
| 11/2004-03/2005 | Photographer/graphics designer for Siivu - small newspaper for students and youngsters attached to local newspaper Satakunnan Kansa. I took 38 photos and created 6 images (with Freehand). |
| 2001-2003 | Contact person and the organizer for the Finnish group called Culture Shock in EU's youth exchange project "Youth and European Culture". |
| 2002 | Accountant for the student's union of Porin Palveluopisto. |
| 2000-2001 | (Vice) accountant for the student's union of Porin Palveluopisto. |
| Language skills | |
| Finnish | Native language |
| English | Excellent |
| Swedish | Average |
| Computing skills | |
| Word processing | MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel). |
| Graphics | Adobe Creative Suite 3 (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), basics of Flash. |
| Web design | XHTML, CSS, SSI, Macromedia Dreamweaver, MS Frontpage, basics of Javascript & PHP. |
| Internet | Used Internet since 1996 (e-mail, browsers, etc. are very familiar). |
| Interests | |
| Photography (digital and also film nowadays), home decorating, music and movies. | |
| Exhibitions | |
| summer 2007 | Swan origamis at Surprise, surprise! environment exhibition in Porin Kirjurinluoto, Pori Finland |
| 19.-26.5.2007 | Polaroid photo exhibition in One For The Road, Pori Finland |
| 16-19.5.2007 | Retro photo exhibition (5 photos), in Amarillo, Pori Finland |
| 27.11–9.12.2006 | "Valoa kuvista" Exhibition in the Pori Public Library, Pori Finland One of my photos was in the exhibition arranged by Porin kameraseura during 27.11.-9.12.2006. |
| 31.7–18.8.2006 | "Memories" (Helmiä/Pearls) at the library of Eura, Finland |
| june-july 2006 | "Images" (Fusion/Fission) at Aulagalleria, Satakunta arts council, Pori , Finland |
| 20.4-19.5.2006 | "Images" (Fusion/Fission) at Galleria Gylich, Vuojoen kartano, Eurajoki, Finland |
| 2.-18.12.2005 | "Haluaisin.." at Galleria 3h+k, Pori Finland. |
| 29.10-13.11.2005 | Suomen Kameraseurojen Liiton teemanäyttely 2005, Hämeenkyrö Finland (Theme: "Water") |
| April 2005 | Photo exhibition in Satakunta Polytechnic, Pori Finland The jury accepted 6 photos to the exhibition and gave honorable mentioning to my "Fantasy" series. |
| 12.10.-5.11.2004. | Exhibition in the Pori Public Library, Pori Finland One of my photos was in the exhibition arranged by Porin kameraseura during 12.10.-5.11.2004. |
| Other achievements | |
| "Picture of the month" competition in Porin kameraseura: #2 position in March 2007 #3 position in the year 2006 #1 position in January 2006. #3 position in the year 2005. #1 position in September 2005. Shared #1 position in November 2004 with another member of the club. Article in Pikseli: Heikki Valtavaara from Pikseli (a magazine focusing on digital photography) interviewed me for the 9/2004 magazine (pages 58-61). Pori Jazz JazzClub Digital Photography contest: I won the 1st and 3rd position in the contest. (20.7.2003) Art Diploma: I received an art diploma from Porin Lyseon Lukio (grade 5/5). Europe at School: 5th place in the art competition. Received a youth gathering trip to Lithuania as my prize. (9.5.2003) MTV Europe: - Victory in web design competition. Received a web cam as a prize. (2000) - Two 3D images of mine were shown on Music Television's Top Selection show. One of them ended up being in the program's commercial for the next year (1999). |
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