Hi, I’m Olivia Arola, a graphic designer and animator with a passion for visual storytelling across branding, packaging, and social media. I freelance, delivering creative design, photo and video production, and cross-platform campaigns for diverse brands. I’m comfortable with Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and modern collaboration tools, and I love turning ideas into clear, memorable visuals. I enjoy collaborating with teams to create engaging visuals for brands and startups.…

Olivia Arola

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Hi, I’m Olivia Arola, a graphic designer and animator with a passion for visual storytelling across branding, packaging, and social media. I freelance, delivering creative design, photo and video production, and cross-platform campaigns for diverse brands. I’m comfortable with Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and modern collaboration tools, and I love turning ideas into clear, memorable visuals. I enjoy collaborating with teams to create engaging visuals for brands and startups.…

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Hi, I’m Olivia Arola, a graphic designer and animator with a passion for visual storytelling across branding, packaging, and social media. I freelance, delivering creative design, photo and video production, and cross-platform campaigns for diverse brands.

I’m comfortable with Adobe Creative Cloud, Figma, and modern collaboration tools, and I love turning ideas into clear, memorable visuals. I enjoy collaborating with teams to create engaging visuals for brands and startups.

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Advanced
Finnish
Fluent
Swedish
Beginner

Work Experience

Digital designer at Heku Oy
April 14, 2021 - Present
HTML5 banners, cross-platform campaings, photo editing
Graphic designer at Naviter Cosmetics
April 4, 2019 - March 13, 2020
Photoshoots, video production, websites, social media posts, blogs, POS materials, packaging design, flyers, photoediting, brand renewal
Freelance graphic designer at self employed
October 1, 2018 - Present
Logo design, social media posts, prints, flyers, posters, business cards, and photoshoots.
Graphic Designer at Naviter Cosmetics
March 13, 2020 - March 13, 2020
Digital agency providing marketing to a wider range of customers. Cross-platform advertising, HTML5 banners, outdoor advertisements, animations, campaign planning & concept design, brand renewals (S-Pankki 2022), social media, website & blog updates.
Graphic Designer at Heku Oy
April 14, 2021 - November 25, 2025
Graphic designer at a digital agency providing marketing to a wide range of customers. Cross-platform advertising, HTML5 banners, outdoor campaigns, animations, campaign planning & concept design, brand renewals, social media, website/blog updates.
Graphic Designer & Multimedia Artist at Freelance (Self-employed)
January 1, 2018 - November 25, 2025
Cross-platform advertising design, HTML5 banners, outdoor campaigns, animations, campaign planning & concept design, branding renewals (notably SPANKKI 2022), social media content & marketing, website & blog updates, photo & video production, packaging design.

Education

Media Service Provider at Omnia
October 1, 2018 - March 13, 2020
Graphic design, coding, photopgraphy, video production
Graphic Design at Omnia, Espoo
October 1, 2018 - May 1, 2020
Graphic Design at Omnia (Espoo, Finland)
October 1, 2018 - May 1, 2020
High School at Kirkkala
October 1, 2015 - May 1, 2018
Accounting & Marketing Communications at Eduhouse
January 1, 2025 - November 25, 2025

Qualifications

Media Service Provider
October 1, 2018 - March 13, 2020
Graphic design, coding, photopgraphy, video production
Marketing Communications
October 19, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Advanced course for communications in marketing
Responsible AI use
June 4, 2024 - June 5, 2024
Course on responsible use of artificial intelligence in marketing and advertising.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Retail, Consumer Goods, Other, Professional Services, Software & Internet
    uniE621 Regal Tiger - prints, photoshoot
    prints print clothingbrand graphicdesigner photo logo illustrator designer branding photoshoot logodesign vector photoediting illustrator modelling…
    uniE621 Logo design for AIJO Koti
    logo vector vectorlogo logodesign graphicdesigner designer…
    uniE621 SOK cross-platform materials
    Cross-platform materials such as emails, outdoor screens, website wallpapers and landing pages, social media images and videos for businesses part of SOK. wallpaper websiteimages websitewallpapers email advertising graphicdesigner designer DOOH outdoorscreens socialmedia landingpage digitalscreen animating animation…
    uniE621 S-Pankki digital cross-platform materials
    Since 2022, I've been part of a team designing and producing digital materials for a Finnish bank, including webinar materials, social media adverts, HTML5 banners and outdoor screens. crossplatform graphicdesigner branding designer bank finance webinar socialmedia thumbnail…
    uniE621 Stockmann HTML5 banners
    Since 2021, I've been part of a team producing animated HTML5 banners for Stockmann. HTML HTML5 display banners animated animation campaing christmas…
    uniE621 ByRaili - Video tutorial for blog post
    ByRaili: Lipstick guide by makeup artist Raili Hulkkonen. Video production from filming to finished video. videoproduction graphicdesigner photography blogposts website designer cosmetics productimages productvideo tutorial tutorialvideo photo…
    uniE621 ByRaili - Video tutorial for blog post
    ByRaili: Lipstick guide by makeup artist Raili Hulkkonen. Video production from filming to finished video. videoproduction graphicdesigner photography blogposts website designer cosmetics productimages productvideo tutorial tutorialvideo photo…
    uniE621 Naviter Cosmetics
    Photography and video production, brand refresh, website updates, blogs and social media posts, and packaging design. Refreshing a haircare line from concept to launch: Creating a new refreshed look for the haircare brand by Ekopharma. I was given fonts and an overall mood to strive towards. I took new pictures of the products for the flyer (top right corner in the picture). Social media posts: Creating clever and enticing images of products for the cosmetic lines' social media. ByRaili: Lipstick guide by makeup artist Raili Hulkkonen. Video production from filming to finished video. videoproduction packaging graphicdesigner flyer rebranding socialmedia brandrefresh photography blogposts website branding designer cosmetics productimages productvideo tutorial tutorialvideo…
    paper Instagrid animations

    Production of multiple cross-platform videos for Instagrid combining 3D animations, still images and text animation.

    paper Regal Tiger

    Turning the artist’s designs into printable versions with Adobe Illustrator, managing photoshoots and website.

    paper Naviter Cosmetic

    Refreshing a haircare line from concept to launch. Photography and video production, website updates, blogs and social media posts, and packaging design.