Jury member 9 – Versatile Designer: Crafting intuitive human-centric digital experiences
For me, the most enjoyable aspect of being a designer is the opportunity to unleash creativity in solving design challenges, seeing ideas come to life, and creating positive user experiences. I really like if a client has a clear view of the the brand and how they want it to evolve.
Five Short Questions
When did you create your first website?
First one 2002 for a client, involved the design and also coding in HTML
PC or Mac?
I use both
Favorite tool?
Figma for wire framing, and high fidelity mockups. Miro for brainstorming, idea gathering. Figjam for user flows and user interviews
Favorite drink while working?
Coffee
Favorite font right now?
Satoshi
Tell us a bit more about yourself
User needs in focus
It was a natural extension for graphic designer career and I also started to get more and more requests from clients about websites. Nowadays my career is pointing towards UI/UX Design with online portals and websites and the user needs are even more in focus, and also accessibility.
Unleash creativity
For me, the most enjoyable aspect of being a designer is the opportunity to unleash creativity in solving design challenges, seeing ideas come to life, and creating positive user experiences. I really love working with Design Systems and help develop consistent components to use with various services that are aligned with the brand.
Clear view of the the brand
One of the fun projects recently, was to design and build a website for network of local entrepreneurs in Snowfire that was really easy for them to update and maintain. There were few customised solutions involved but the client has been really happy with the result.
It was really inspiring to work with the client as they had a clear vision and high hopes with the website, and they are also really fun to work with, so much laughter and close communication.
Hanna Oksanen
See all nominated websites for 2023
A big thank you to everyone who has nominated their websites and submitted comments. At the end of February, it's time for the jury to judge all the entries based on four criteria: Design Experience, User-Friendliness, Copywriting and Audience Adaptation.
The Snowfire Design Awards 2023 celebrates what designers, developers, marketers create together. It is a mark of quality for our work in creating secure business hubs for entrepreneurs who want to attract more customers through their websites.