Curriculum Vitae

Personal Info

Fredrik Jönsson
+46 709 384112
fredrik.jonsson@hyperisland.se

Education

Hyper Island, August 1998 – May 2000
One of the top rated educations for digital media in the world. Every student used to learn about project management, design, technology and business in the digital world. Close contact with the industry during the whole education, including live projects and internships.
Specialisation: Graphic & Interactive Design

Master of Science in Business Administration, August 1992 – June 1996, Uppsala University, Sweden
Economics, Business Administration, Statistics, Business Law, English, German. Exchange student at Universität Bayreuth, Germany for 5 months.
Specialisation: Marketing.

The Science Program, August 1988 – June 1991 (High School)
Program with a focus on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.

Work Experience

Freelance Designer, Stockholm, 2016 –
Clients include Hasselblad Foundation, Shanghai American School and Alessandro Ripellino Arkitekter.

Freelance Designer, Shanghai, 2006 – 2016
Clients include Heineken, TNT and Dior. Graphic Design, Interactive Design and Front-end Development. Also co-founded Studio Stare, a video production company, which has produced the documentary Building 173 and a number of corporate videos. From 2011 to 2016, I worked on several projects for Shanghai American School on a contract basis.

Lecturer, LaSalle-DHU, Shanghai, March 2004 – December 2007
Lecturer in the Visual Communication department of LaSalle-DHU. While at the school, I designed a crystal pattern used on the garment worn by the Chinese gold medalist in the pommel horse event at the Athens Olympics. Also redesigned the school web site and co-designed their year book.

Freelance Designer, London and Stockholm, June 2001 – March 2004
Together with Bronson ID: the Nordic site for Sony Events, a product site for Carlsberg, the site for graphic designers BankerWessel, the portfolio of photographer Louise Billgert and the site for the Swedish artist Miss Universum. Graphic and Interactive Design, Flash ActionScript, XML and DHTML.

At Channel 4: worked on a number of projects, including a mini site for a show called 100 Greatest Film Stars and interactive TV games for The Osbournes. Interactive Design.

Senior Designer at <kpe> London/New York, February 2000 – June 2001
Responsibilities: Apart from interactive designs for websites, I worked on concepts/ideas for online games, branding, online advertising, viral marketing, motion graphics, etc. Involved early on in every project, including strategy work.

Clients include: Hasbro, Polo Ralph Lauren, Channel 4 and Comedy Central.

Design Intern at Sapient San Francisco, August 1999 – December 1999
The main project during my internship was for Sunglass Hut/Watchstation, where I was one of three designers in the design team. Other clients include Adobe, Nordstrom and Williams-Sonoma.

Skills

Language Skills
Swedish, fluent, native English, fluent, University studies at Uppsala University. German, very good, University studies at Uppsala University + one semester at Universität Bayreuth, Germany.

Software and Programming Skills
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Flash, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe After Effects and Final Cut. Very good knowledge of HTML and CSS and good knowledge of Javascript, ActionScript and PHP/MySQL.