👋 Mikael Korpela
I’ve
Worked for…
- AutomatticDeveloper
1/2018—We are the people behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Simplenote, Longreads, Akismet, Gravatar, and more. - FreelancerDeveloper & Designer
2006—2018I worked as a freelance developer and designer for over a decade with some of the biggest agencies in Finland, companies from different industries and startups. Some of my agency clients were SEK, Into-Digital, Crasman, Ad Kiivi and many more. - Trustroots FoundationCo-founder2014—Trustroots Foundation is a non-profit running free-economy travel community at Trustroots.org. We have 27K members around the world.
- Byroo LtdDeveloper
4/2012—04/2014Byroo was a digital advertising agency based in Helsinki (now part of Creuna). Clients included many of the biggest advertising agencies in Finland and notable brands. - Into-Digital LtdArt Director
10/2010—05/2011Again I worked on the cutting edge of the Finnish digital media. Customers included many of the largest companies and brands in Finland and Europe. - Gemilo LtdGraphic designer
3/2010—8/2010Gemilo is a social media solution agency and was listed as one of the most interesting startups in Finland. My work included website designs and GUI-design for their products. - Into-Digital LtdArt Director
5/2008—3/2009Customers included many of the largest companies and brands in Finland and Europe. - Älypää Ltd,
Sanoma Digital FinlandGraphic designer
11/2006—7/2008Graphic design for Flash/mobile games for Alypaa.com and their customers. Älypää is the largest online quiz community in Finland with over half a million unique visitors a month. Customers included some of the largest companies and brands in Finland, including Alko, Viking Line, Nintendo, SAK, S-ryhmä, and Itella. - Raymond,
Culture Production -cooperative6/2007—4/2008Freelancing for culture productions - Culture magazine KulkuriEditor
8/2007—11/2007Kulkuri was a biweekly culture magazine and event calendar based in Jyväskylä Finland, with a distribution of around 5000 copies.
Also
Plenty of projects as a freelancer for large and small clients. I’ve worked around the world — in Finland, Lithuania, Spain, Portugal, France, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, USA and Singapore. I’ve also worked with exhibitions, several small magazines, and have been an instructor and lecturer.
I’m a very active open source contributor, e.g. MeanJS, AgendaJS and more.
I’ve co-organised VilniusJS meetups and a dozen small and big hackathons over the years.
Since 2008 co-running some big free-economy travel sites such as Hitchwiki, Nomadwiki and more. We get over 150K unique visitors a month.
2006—2008 I was involved with Live Herring workgroup, increasing the exposure of Nordic media-art in workshops, lectures and exhibitions. In 2008—2010 I contributed to the consumer and climate activism collective Carrotmob.