Lewi Hirvela

Motion, Interactive, Print and Photography

LewiHirvela

Brisbane, Australia

I am a creative professional with over 10 years industry experience, having worked in Hong Kong and Australia with global brands such as Disneyland, The Boeing Company, Lionsgate Films owned Tigergate Entertainment, Mercedes Benz, and Time Warner.

Details


  • Date of birth: January 22, 1982
    Current residency: Brisbane, Australia
    Citizenship: Australia, Finland
    Languages: English (fluent), Finnish (conversational)
    Online portfolio: http://portfolio.lewihirvela.com





Experience

  • Senior Designer
    Brisbane, Australia
    Apr 2011 - Present
    Rowland

    I am currently working on projects such as annual reports, branding, advertising campaigns, websites from design, development and publication, titles and animations for corporate videos and TVCs. This is to be updated

  • Senior Finished Artist / Digital Developer
    Brisbane, Australia
    Jul 2009 - Apr 2011
    Freelance

    I freelanced for agencies George Patterson Y&R and BCM Partnership working on TVCs, billboards, press ads, photo retouching for advertising campaigns, eDMs, etc, for brands including Brisbane Times, Wotif.com, Suncorp Bank, V8 Supercars, SP Breweries, Parmalat, Queensland Government, Brisbane City Council, QUT and more.

  • Partner / Art Director
    Hong Kong
    Feb 2008 - Jun 2009
    Laundromatte / CML Media

    • Art direction, concepts, compositing and animation
    • Print design, stationary, posters, advertising
    • Web design & development

  • Multimedia Editor / Designer
    Hong Kong
    Mar 2006 - Jan 2008
    ICA

    • Video production, filming and editing of weekly news program
    • Live concert and event video producer
    • Graphic design, print design and layout
    • Development and production of other specialised multimedia presentations, animated logo loops for conferences and events

  • Graphics Coordinator
    Brisbane, Australia
    Oct 2004 - Feb 2006
    Boeing

    • Provide graphic design to business units of Boeing Australia including external advertising concepts and artwork, posters, trade show banners, recruitment ads and the Boeing Australian Frontiers national newsletter
    • Support to Web Coordinator and Multimedia/Video Coordinator: including assistance withASP / HTML programming, front end design, filming for corporate videos, photography, ranging from taking photos of staff in office working situations to photographs of commercial and military aircraft, weapons systems and hangars

  • Web Designer / Graphic Designer
    Brisbane, Australia
    Mar 2001 - Jun 2003
    Rover Street Media Group

    • Website projects from the conceptual design stage to final publishing
    • Various print media from the conceptual stage, to final art
    • Filming and editing of a weekly news program

Education

  • Primary / Secondary
    Brisbane, Australia
    1988 - 1998
    Christian Outreach College

Key Skills


  • • TVC and video animation/production and filming
    • User interface principles and standards
    • W3C compliant web design (HTML5, CSS, JQuery)
    • Web application development (MySQL, PHP)
    • Print design, finished art and press (QuickCut)
    • Identity and branding
    • High-level computer literacy including: Windows, Mac OSX and Unix
    • Photography (Canon pro range)
    • Team work and project management within a global company
    • Volunteer coordination
    • Some understanding of bi-lingual implementation.

Interests


  • Golf, basketball, cooking, photography, aviation, technology, traveling, hiking, sailing/boating, music writing.


    Reference letters are available on request