Hi, I'm Nicklas Havaas, a seasoned Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer with over 20 years of experience delivering visually stunning design solutions across print and digital, brand development, and creative direction. I'm known for my creativity, technical proficiency, and strategic mindset. I thrive in collaborative teams, translating complex concepts into clear, compelling visuals that support business goals and memorable brand experiences.…

Nicklas Havaas

Hi, I'm Nicklas Havaas, a seasoned Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer with over 20 years of experience delivering visually stunning design solutions across print and digital, brand development, and creative direction. I'm known for my creativity, technical proficiency, and strategic mindset. I thrive in collaborative teams, translating complex concepts into clear, compelling visuals that support business goals and memorable brand experiences.…

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Hi, I’m Nicklas Havaas, a seasoned Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer with over 20 years of experience delivering visually stunning design solutions across print and digital, brand development, and creative direction.

I’m known for my creativity, technical proficiency, and strategic mindset. I thrive in collaborative teams, translating complex concepts into clear, compelling visuals that support business goals and memorable brand experiences.

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English
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Swedish
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Work Experience

Graphic Designer at Brothers
January 30, 2024 - November 30, 2025
Senior Graphic Designer, UX/UI Designer at Brothers
January 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025
The role focuses on producing final art files for print materials—including in-store displays, direct marketing, brochures, out-of-home campaigns, and in-house assets. Responsibilities also include image retouching, original artwork creation, and packaging design. Additionally, the position involves tasks such as brand development, maintaining and creating graphic guidelines, and designing label artwork for clothing.
Senior Graphic Designer at Trustly
June 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023
Ensured and developed the brand identity. Produced a wide range of design assets, brochures, pitch documents, presentations, social media graphics, and more. Worked closely with the agency to develop creative campaigns.
Senior Graphic Designer at Daniel Wellington
October 1, 2017 - June 1, 2022
Responsible for daily production, and ensured that the graphic profile is followed. Developed 500+ global campaign material for print, retail, web, socials. Implemented new and more efficient ways of working, saving time and costs. Production of internal material for the various departments; brochures, catalogs, presentations, web content, PR material.
Art Director / Graphic Designer at BrandEcho AB
January 1, 2014 - June 1, 2014
Responsible for daily production, ensuring that clients graphic profile is followed. Production of event material, store concept, store material, and marketing material.
Art Director at Profoto AB
January 1, 2006 - May 1, 2010
Responsible for the creative ideas in advertising with design and images as well as product photography, both for print and web. Developed multiple concepts for assigned products in partnership with copywriter, and photographer. Responsible for daily production, and ensure that the graphic profile is followed. Authored superior graphic design, print productions, ads, marketing collateral, manuals, logo design, catalogs, leaflets, advertisements, packaging design, product graphics, DR, design of stands, office materials such as stationery. Commission artwork; negotiate costs and usage, oversee completion of artwork, supervises photo-shoots. Redesigned the company logo.
Art Director / Production Manager at More Reklambyrå AB
September 1, 2004 - December 1, 2005
Developed multiple concepts for assigned products in partnership with copywriter and the account team. Responsible for daily production. Led the team of three designers to develop graphic and production material. Responsible for product photos in-house; brochures, catalogs, advertising. Responsible for the production of all packagings for a client.
Art Director / Web Designer at Nkel Kommunikation
February 1, 2003 - January 1, 2004
Developed multiple concepts for assigned products in partnership with copywriter and project manager, for print, retail, web. Responsible for daily production. Development of creative ideas to support Senior Art Director.
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer at Valtech RADON
October 1, 2023 - November 1, 2023
Assisting with graphic design in various projects.
Freelance Senior Graphic Designer at Daniel Wellington
February 1, 2017 - September 1, 2017
Responsible for daily production, and ensure that the graphic profile is followed. Developed global campaign material for print, retail, web, socials. Responsible for shooting smaller product campaign images in-house.
Freelance Graphic Designer at JLL Sweden
October 1, 2016 - December 1, 2016
Responsible for daily production, and ensure that the graphic profile is followed. Production of internal material; folders, catalogs, presentations, quarterly reports, PR material, graphic templates, digital and print.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Retail House
May 1, 2016 - October 1, 2016
Responsible for daily production, and ensure that the clients graphic profile is followed. Production of 3D sketches for concepts in retail stores.
Freelance Graphic Designer at JLL Sweden
August 1, 2015 - April 1, 2016
Responsible for daily production, and ensure that the graphic profile is followed. Production of internal material; folders, catalogs, presentations, quarterly reports, PR material, graphic templates, digital and print.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Hothouse Studios
May 1, 2015 - June 1, 2015
Responsible for daily production, print and web. Design of packagings, web design, logotypes, illustrations, and presentation material. Assisted campaign for close up photography of food.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Hothouse Studios
August 1, 2015 - April 1, 2016
Responsible for daily production, and ensure that the clients graphic profile is followed.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Catella Fondförvaltning
November 1, 2014 - March 1, 2015
Responsible for daily production. Design of presentation material, brochures, data sheet, and marketing material.
Freelance Graphic Designer at KST Infoservice – Posten / Xylem
October 1, 2014 - June 1, 2015
Posten – Brochures data sheets. Xylem – Product data sheets in multiple languages, leaflets, brochures, image retouching, updating media bank.
Freelance Graphic Designer at Nkel Kommunikation
September 1, 2014 - October 1, 2014
Daily production, POS-material, image retouching.
Freelance Graphic Designer / Digital designer at SvD
January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2013
Daily production, advertisement, campaign material, banners, web design, iPad- material, HTML e-mail.
Freelance Graphic Designer / Digital designer at Aftonbladet
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012
Responsible for daily production. Magazine, event material, store campaign material, campaign material, POS-material, billboards, ads, banners, web design, HTML-email. Responsible for production of graphics for Melodifestivalen 2011, at the event and in stores.

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