Freelance Game Designer, Art Director, Film-Maker and Visual Artist
Finland
- Current
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- Freelance Game Designer & Art Director (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Lead Game Designer at Ironstar Helsinki Oy
- Game Artist at Digital Chocolate Ltd.
- Art Director at IntStream Oy
- Art Director at Student Union of Helsinki University of Technology
- Technical Assistant at Done Communications Oy
- Education
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- Academia Buenos Aires
- Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu
- Taideteollinen korkeakoulu - Konstindustriella högskolan
- Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Games
- Websites
Teemu Kivikangas’s Summary
I am an experienced game designer, art director, illustrator and film-maker working on cutting-edge media design. I hold an MA (New Media) for University of Art and Design Helsinki. A decade of work experience in the new media industry - with wide range of different positions and responsibilities - has given me a broad view of the possibilities of the digital media and a strong skillset to utilize in my work.
My design clients include prestigious brands like Nokia, Williams and Pernod-Ricard, fashion houses (e.g. Marja Kurki), media companies (e.g. SanomaWSOY), advertising agencies and a number of the most innovative players in the Finnish game industry (e.g. Digital Chocolate and Mr.Goodliving).
As a freelancer, I most enjoy projects where I can work in a team, in a highly collaborative fashion with my clients.
Teemu Kivikangas’s Specialties:
Game design specialties: massively multi-player games, adverticing and games, character design, script-writing and dramaturgy, storytelling in games.
Game graphics specialties: art direction, concept graphics, character design, 2D-game graphics, mobile games, visual identities.
Film-making specialties: Motion graphics, script-writing and dramaturgy, documentary film.
Other specialties: Language skills (Finnish, English, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese and basic Japanese and German)
Teemu Kivikangas’s Experience
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Freelance Game Designer & Art Director
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Games industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
Participated in lead-roles in designing and creating graphics for a number of award-winning mobile game titles and Internet-games. Created motion graphics, illustrations and visual identities for number of clients. Worked as a director on independent documentary film projects.
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Lead Game Designer
Ironstar Helsinki Oy
(Public Company; Computer Games industry)
April 2006 — November 2006 (8 months)
Led game design work on a massively multi-player mobile game. Took responsibility on developing game mechanisms and game world.
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Game Artist
Digital Chocolate Ltd.
(Computer Games industry)
March 2004 — March 2006 (2 years 1 month)
Created visual identities and branding, graphics and marketing material for mobile games and took part in game design.
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Art Director
IntStream Oy
(Computer Software industry)
March 2001 — February 2004 (3 years )
Responsible for the creative design work related to web productions and software tools for financial markets. Created and maintained the visual identity for the company and number of clients.
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Art Director
Student Union of Helsinki University of Technology
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 1 month)
Maintained and developed the visual identity for the organization, created advertisement material for the student union and designed three major publications. A civil service job.
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Technical Assistant
Done Communications Oy
(Computer Software industry)
February 1999 — October 2000 (1 year 9 months)
Programmed web sites for various clients.
Teemu Kivikangas’s Education
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Academia Buenos Aires
Spanish language studies 2007 — 2008
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Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu
Information System Science, International Design Business Management, Marketing 1998 — 2008
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Taideteollinen korkeakoulu - Konstindustriella högskolan
2003 — 2007
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Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan
Interactive Digital Media 1999 — 2001
Additional Information
Teemu Kivikangas’s Websites:
Teemu Kivikangas’s Interests:
Music, visual arts and design, architecture, cinema, travelling, foreign cultures and languages. And of course computer, video and role-playing games.
Teemu Kivikangas’s Groups:
IGDA Finland, Katastro.fi, Amfibio.org
Teemu Kivikangas’s Honors:
Numerous grants for art & film projects (2003-2008)
Speaker at Game Designers Conference Mobile (2006, San Jose, USA)
Special Prize of Jury at Tampere Film Festival (2003, Tampere, Finland)
Participated wide variety of prestigious exhibitions, in Finland and Abroad, e.g. Masters of Arts (UIAH, 2007), Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria, 2006) and ISEA 2004 (2004, Helsinki & Tallinn)
Teemu Kivikangas’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
