What I've Picked Up Along the Years
A.K.A. My Skillset
Project management
3–4 Years Experience,
Skilled in both agile and traditional practices, methodologies and tools of project management from planning to completion. Experienced in maintaining a clear focus on project goals, objectives and constraints.
UX, UI, concept & service design
5–6 Years Experience,
Respectable knowledge of usability and accessibility. Versatile skillset in service design, information architecture, user interface design, prototyping, concept design, user experience design and usability testing.
Front-end development
7–9 Years Experience,
Wide-ranging experience in user interface development. Mastery of HTML (XHTML+HTML5), CSS and JavaScript (including jQuery and other libraries). Adept in Ajax, content management / template systems, version control, SEO, standards based design and cross-browser testing with all of its quirks. Also some knowledge of TDD and Flash/ActionScript/Flex.
Graphic design
7–9 Years Experience,
Fluent in the principles of graphic design and in use of the related skills and applications (namely Adobe Creative Suite). Able to sketch and visualize ideas quickly.
Writing, editing and journalistic skills
10+ Years Experience,
Experienced in content providing, copywriting, creative writing and editing, both in Finnish and in English. Good journalistic / editorial skills, intermediate AV skills. Near-perfect and deep understanding of the written language.
Communication and coöperation skills
10+ Years Experience,
I write, speak, coöperate and communicate well. I'm fluent in Finnish and in English with intermediate and basic language skills in Swedish and in German, respectively.
IT Geekery
10+ Years Experience,
Windows/PC guru, some knowledge of MacOSX, versed in *nix. Intermediate programming skills (LAMP). Currently studying Ruby on Rails.
The One Skill
10+ Years of Experience,
–to rule them all: The ability and the will to learn new skills and internalize new information quickly.