Resumé

WORK EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2010-Current Position
Avery Dennison
Malmö, Sweden | Fulltime work
Senior Graphic Designer involved in the daily production with branding projects for clients such as Helly Hansen, Lindex, H & M, Roskilde Festival etc and as well responsible for the creative department.

2009
DDB Worldwide
Riga, Latvia | Fulltime work
Graphic Designer/Art Director involved in the daily production with projects for LMT (the biggest mobile network operator in Latvia), other local companies, branding projects, pitches, web design ideas etc.

2007-2009
BBDO
Riga, Latvia | Fulltime work
Graphic Designer/Art Director involved in the daily production as a part of the MARS team working with brands such as Snickers, M&Ms, Whiskas, Sheba, other local companies, pitches etc.

2007
Injectum B2B Marketing
Helsingborg, Sweden | Fulltime work
Graphic Designer involved in the daily print production with B2B clients such as Perstorp and Tetra Pak.

2004
JSA Design
Brisbane, Australia | Fulltime work - Industry Practice
Graphic Designer involved in the daily graphic production, with
an opportunity to present own ideas for different projects.

2004
Liveworm Studio
Brisbane, Australia | Fulltime work
Graphic Designer and part of the design team at the inhouse design
studio Liveworm at Queensland College of Art, working with mixed
clients and projects.

1996-2003
Carisma Skyltdesign
Malmö, Sweden | Fulltime work
Graphic designer with full responsibility of the graphic production for
all sorts of clients and companies.

WORK EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE/OTHER

2009-Current Position
Le Retour Aux Sources
Paris, France | Freelance work (On a distance)
Graphic Designer involved in the graphic production of various book covers for the french publishing house Le Retour Aux Sources, who distributes books via the web and network booksellers.

EDUCATION
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

2005
Queensland College Of Art/Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia | Master Of Design
A Master structure based on individual research projects with guidance from a supervisor, to develop skills to be able to present solutions at both practical, creative and strategic high levels.

Semester one: The comparative study ”Branding - A System Of Belief?”. A thesis asking the question ”Have the modern phenomenon of branding assimilated the iconography and coding used in religious systems, in order to promote itself as an alternative religion in our society?”.

Semester two: The design research project
“Pictograms - A Visual Language”. Based on my research of the public transport company Translink in Brisbane, with a creative outcome of
how Translink’s pictogram system can be improved graphically, to communicate better.

2003-2004
Queensland College Of Art/Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia | Bachelor Of Design
An academic structure, with a crossmix of creative studio assignments and art theory subjects, with a Design Graduate show as the finale.

2001-2002
Forsbergs Graphic Design School
Malmö, Sweden | Diploma Of Graphic Design
Creative studio assignments and workshops with short deadlines throughout the year, with a Graduate show as the finale.

1994-1995
Berghs School Of Communication (previous RMI-Berghs School)
Malmö, Sweden | Diploma Of Communication in Advertising
A crossmix of art direction and copywriting, in the shape of creative studio assignments, with marketing theory as a complementary subject, with a Graduate show as the finale.

SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE/SYSTEM
Illustrator - Good level
Photoshop - Good level
InDesign - Good level
Acrobat - Good level
Flash - Basic level
Dreamweaver - Basic level

Apple Macintosh/Windows PC

PERSON
Conceptual
Creative
Organized
Passionate
Global
Swedish

OTHER
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NAME: Ola Gillfelt
MOBILE: +46 732 045 740
E-MAIL: olagillfelt@hotmail.com

Projects by Ola Gillfelt