KATRIINA MANSIKKA
Graphic designer & illustrator
Designer based in Helsinki with a passion for art, sustainability, usability and international experiences. I want to help people with the skill set that I have to create user-friendly, thoughtful, lasting solutions. I’m a big believer in open communication and collaboration – the best ideas come when different perspectives meet.
People often describe me as cheerful, detail-oriented, and diligent, and I try to bring those qualities into everything I do—whether I’m working with a team or on my own projects. In my free time I enjoy sewing with thrifted materials, catching up over coffee with friends, and spending time in nature.
DESIGN INTERESTS
Brand design,  Package design,  Illustration,  Campaign design,  Service design,  Content creation
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Adobe Creative Cloud,  Procreate,  Wacom, Office 365,  Canva,  Photography
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WORK EXPERIENCE
09/2024 – 12/2024
Graphic Design Intern
Erasmus+, Opetushallitus (Finnish National Agency for Education)
05/2023 – 08/2023
Graphic Design Intern
Advertising Agency Lycka Reklam
RECOMMENDATION LETTER
"Katriina has an excellent visual eye and excellent visual skills, and she has been able to adapt the European Commission's Erasmus+ brand to our na­tional Erasmus+ communication. She has also had a vision of how, for exam­ple, the content of our powerpoint presentations could be developed visu­ally. Katriina has taken on many different task sets under guidance and adapted to quickly changing situations and schedules. Katriina has good presentation skills and as a visual communicator she has been rich in ideas. Based on these experiences during her internship at EDUFI I can warmly rec­ommend Katriina for any similar tasks in the future."
— Anna-Maria Strengell, Senior Communications Specialist, Opetushallitus
REFERENCES
Anna-Maria Strengell
Senior Communications Specialist
Opetushallitus
+358 295 331 798
anna-maria.strengell@oph.fi
Mentor during my Erasmus+ internship
Aino Kivelä
Communications Specialist
Opetushallitus
+358 295 338 596
aino.kivela@oph.fi
Mentor during my Erasmus+ internship
EDUCATION
2020 – 2024
Visual Communication Design
Metropolia UAS, Helsinki, Finland
09/2022 – 02/2023
Exchange semester: Brand Design module
Hogeschool Utrecht UAS, Utrecht, Netherlands
2019 – 2020
Visual Design Studies
Paasikivi Institute, Turku, Finland
2016 – 2019
High school Graduate
Kerttuli High School, Turku, Finland
OTHER NOTIONS
2020 – 2021
Tutor for first year & exchange students
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
2019
High school Art Diploma
Turku, Finland
2016 – 2017
Youth camp leader
Martin Seurakunta, Turku, Finland

EXCHANGE PERIODS
02/2025 – 06/2025
Gap Year / Cesena, Italy
09/2022 – 02/2023
University Exchange / Utrecht, Netherlands
08/2018 – 05/2019
High School Exchange / Ingolstadt, Germany
Short exchanges (2 weeks)
2016 – Cologne, Germany
2015 – Kingston, United Kingdom
2014 – Wilhelmshaven, Germany
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Finnish – mother tongue
English – excellent
German – good
Swedish – basic
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