# Merovad (@merovad.bsky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/merovad.bsky.social
Headline: Visual problem solver

## Career

- **Freelance web and graphic designer at Own** (Oct 2021 - Present)
- **Graphic Designer at hufvudstadsbladet AB** (Mar 2023 - Sep 2023)
  Worked with the journalists to create infographics, maps and graphs for the newspaper and digital media. I adapted more native web design introducing SVG files and embedded adaptable graphs.
- **Graphic Designer at föreningen luckan r.f.** (Apr 2018 - Sep 2021)
  Worked as a multidisciplinary designer in close contact with different teams and projects.
  \- design system to unify the widely different projects we worked on using Figma
  \- Graphic design and templates to enable people to do their own design on a fast turnaround
  \- Wordpress site creation using Gutenberg.
- **Designer and cofunder at Pplats** (Sep 2017 - Dec 2019)
  PPLATS is an online-publication about places created by curator Nayab Ikram (AX) and graphic designer Fredrik Enges (AX). The publication collects material from individuals and collectives from artistic, academic and historical perspectives to create an alternative encyclopedia of places.
- **Graphic designer and coordinator at Moment Art Festival** (Jan 2017 - Oct 2018)
- **Project Assistant at föreningen luckan r.f.** (Sep 2017 - May 2018)
  Assisted on the web project "kulturforum.fi". Did research on Finnish–Swedish nonprofits and their needs relating to event advertising. Created the UI/UX mockups using Figma and other tools.
- **Project Assistant at föreningen luckan r.f.** (May 2017 - Aug 2017)
  Assistant to the web project "kulturforum.fi". Did research on Finnish-swedish non profits and their needs relating to event advertising.
- **Education Assistant at yrkesakademin i österbotten** (Sep 2013 - Aug 2014)
  (note this was for the Finnish civil service )

## Skills

### Technical
- Figma
- HTML
### Business
- Social Media
### Creative
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Branding & Identity
- Graphic Design
- InDesign
- Photography
### Other
- Art
- Designtänkande
- Digitala medier
- Editing
- Fine Art
- Grafik
- Image Editing
- Interaktionsdesign
- Konstutbildning
- Typografi
- Visual Arts
- Visuell design

## Publications

- The Collected Work of H.C. — mousse publishing (Jan 2012) https://www.moussepublishing.com/products-page/product/the-collected-work-of-h-c-2/

## Education

- **University of the Arts Helsinki** — Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Fine arts (Aug 2014 - Feb 2016)
- **Novia University of Applied Sciences** — Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Fine arts (Jan 2009 - Jan 2013)
  Activities & Societies: 2011 Chairman of the student union Skruv (now renamed skruvster)

## Languages

- Swedish (native)
- English (professional working)

## Links

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/merovad/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E2%9C%B6-fredrik-enges-8656a033/