Need a web designer or someone who's passionate about user experience?

My name is Pirkka Rannikko and I work as a web designer in Finland.
I do some freelance work although I am currently employed and also continuing my studies.

Web design

I design websites that not only meet their business objectives but are also usable, accessible and search engine optimized. Besides web standards like HTML, CSS and JavaScript I use progressive enhancement, unobtrusive coding and other web design best practices to build your web site. This ensures that everyone can access your website, it's easily found by being search engine friendly and further development and updates are effortless as possible.

My freelance web design services include:

  • Website and web application concept and information architecture design (sitemaps, workflows and wireframes)
  • Graphical user interface design (mock-up/layout images)
  • Front-end development/sitebuilding (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery templates)
  • CMS setup and integration (Wordpress, CMS Made Simple, Typo3, Radiant CMS)
  • Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 & 2010 user interface customization
  • SEO and web analytics with Google Analytics (IQ certified)
  • Website front-end performance optimization

User experience consultancy (with Agile twist)

In addition to designing and building websites, delivering a great user experience is my passion. I have experience in user-centered design and usability engineering and can offer following services:

  • User research
  • Requirements engineering
  • User interface design
  • Expert/heuristic usability evaluation
  • Usability testing

Agile software development and project management

Despite my passion in user-centered design and usability I don't see myself as "just another one of those UX people". Although I am a designer (and not a programmer) I am also an Agile software development enthusiast and have picked up some Agile know-how and project management experience along the way. This hopefully reflects back to my work as a designer. My master's thesis in progress discusses how to integrate User-Centered Design in Agile Software Development.

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • University of Tampere, Master of Science in Interactive Technology 2008 -
  • Häme University of Applied Sciences, Bachelor of Engineering in Media Technology (thesis about design and project management in digital media) 2003 - 2007
  • Kaleva Senior Secondary School, Graduate 1998 - 2001

Work experience

  • Freelance web designer 2005 -
  • Trainers' House (Satama), Web interface programmer & team leader 01.08.2009 -
  • Satama Interactive, Web interface programmer 02.05.2007 - 31.07.2009
  • Satama Interactive, Web content feeder 02.04.2007 - 30.4.2007
  • Häme University of Applied Sciences, Trainee & Media assistant. Working as a designer and a project manager in different projects. Assistant on a course about video production. 2005 - 2007
  • Tampere Parking Houses Ltd, Trainee. Working on the Mediatunneli digital media project. 17.05.2004 - 27.08.2004

Languages

  • Finnish: Native
  • English: Good
  • Swedish: Basics

Hobbies & interests

  • Fishing
  • History
  • Photography
  • Role Playing Games
  • Sailing