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Joonas Sandell

UI/UX Designer, Front-end Developer ✳︎ CV

A designer and creative developer with a keen eye for good design. With more than 15 years of design engineering experience, I have the skills to build high-quality websites and products.

A designer and creative developer with a keen eye for good design and attention to detail. With more than 15 years of design engineering experience, I have the skills to build high-quality websites and products, and assist clients in addressing practical business challenges.

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Experience

Senior Product Designer — Freepress

Jan 2025 – Now

  • Enhancing the overall direction of the product

Senior Product Designer, Front-end Developer —
Biocode logomark
Biocode

Nov 2020 – Dec 2024

  • Played an active role in enhancing the overall direction of the product
  • Designed the application and its features including prototypes and user flows with focus on detailed UX/UI, accessibility and ease-of-use
  • Conducted user research and usability testing to validate designs and make data-driven decisions
  • Built and maintained Biocode Design System including brand assets such as logomarks and icons to ensure consistency across products
  • Built the software front-end together with the team including various features such as real time carbon footprint calculation
  • Developed and designed Biocode’s end-to-end website including features such as dark/light modes, CMS and Hubspot integration
  • Designed and developed headless Biocode for reporting Next.js web service to market the impact of Biocode for the public audience
  • Aided other engineers to ensure quality UI/UX and implementation
Case Study

UI/UX Designer, Front-end Developer —
Mediasignal logomark
Mediasignal

Sep 2014 – Nov 2020

  • Arranged workshops and planned interviews to ensure products meet user needs and business objectives
  • Developed and designed hundreds of applications and websites for clients such as Oras, Bonnier Books, Finnpark, Kia, Fair Trade, Kesla, Caverion, Luke, TAKK and Hankkija
  • Refreshed Mediasignal’s brand twice including logomark, brand book, business cards and website renewal
  • Developed and designed internal tools and products such as Rubik that were sold to variety of customers
  • Managed to acquire new clients based on past experience, outside connections and word-to-mouth reputation
  • Led and aided cross-functional teams and communicated with the customers occasionally utilizing agile Scrum sprints
Case Study

UI/UX Designer, Front-end Developer — City of Tampere

Apr 2007 – Sep 2014

  • Designed and developed user interfaces, wireframes, graphic assets, and prototypes for Museum Centre Vapriikki, Moominvalley, Tampere Music Festivals and other city sectors
  • Built and curated Exhibition Guide mobile app to help visitors gain an enjoyable and insightful museum experiences
  • Built Museum Guide screen which featured inteactive maps and other features integrated to the website CMS
  • Built Twitter Social Wall screen to engage museum visitors sharing their museum experiences

About me 👋

I enjoy crafting interfaces, design systems, and products while connecting with new people online and dedicating some of my free time to various projects. Contact me or learn more about me from the links below.

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Joonas is exceptionally talented individual with a rare combination of talent: designer and frontend developer who can do well crafted designs and also implement them with high quality. He is focused and hard working, yet as a person warm and approachable with good communication skills. My highest recommendation.

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Joni Rajanen

CEO, Neurali

I have had the pleasure of working with Joonas over the years. Together we have been involved in projects that have required not only strategic perspective but also extensive knowledge of digital technology, solid creative insight and a modern visual approach.

Joonas is a very versatile, creative and also technically talented individual. He is a skilled discussionist with clients, and also good and attentive listener. He has a great ability to combine different implementation models and build business services from them to meet clients’ needs.

I would warmly recommend Joonas when looking for a versatile and professional expert for demanding visual implementations and technology-oriented design and development projects.

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Sami Hakimsan

Business Designer, Mediasignal

Having worked with Joonas as a colleague and then as a customer, I can really recommend his web design and development work. Omoroi’s website, designed and developed by Joonas, helped our company to stand out and tell our story in a unique way.

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Jussi Salovaara

Sales Director, Omoroi