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1 CV. Klas Benjaminsson Introduction & Address Address Klas Benjaminsson Aschebergsgatan Göteborg Sweden Mail Web LinkedIn Phone klas@bomb.se (0) I m a positive and dedicated graphic designer with years of experience both as consultant and in-house AD. I find challenges in projects stimulating and see them as possibilities for improvements, as well as exceeding the customers expectations. I take great pride in my work to deliver high quality products with clean design. My background with a technical education gives me chance to overbuild the gap between engineers and users. Skills & Tools Skills Methods & Tools Graphic design, Web design, Web publishing, printed matters, UI design and usability. Also: Photography, Movie editing, HUD-design, App design, Image editing and re-touch, Typography, Pixel-art, HTML 5, CSS 3, Flash/ActionScript, User adapted design development, Perception and cognitive evaluation, Risk analysis. Adobe Creative Suite, FrameMaker, Encore, Vegas, Graf X2, Painter, ProMotion, Project One, Chronolapse, RoboHelp, OpenCart, EPIserver, SVN, Notepad++, Scrum, Agile. Working Experience Mar 2016 present Aug 1997 present Nicepixel AB Publisher of graphic art books and additional products. Bomb mediaproduction Design firm started in the summer of Business includes graphical design and profiles, web design, advertisement, printing matters, photo, illustrations and education. references (selection): 1 (5)

2 May 2012 Dec 2012 Nov 2011 April 2012 Oct 2003 Oct 2011 May 1997 Aug 1997 Mars 1996 Aug 1996 HiQ AB visual designer, art director, web design, ipad game design, iphone graphics, Flash design, e-learning. Tific AB usability designer & graphical director at engineering. Content developer and programming in the internal programming environment. Breas Medical AB responsible for informatics department: manuals, usability and UI-design, web, educational material and printing matters. IGS (Interactive Gaming System) graphic artist (TV-shows & web design). Scavenger Aps (Aarhus/Denmark) graphic artist (2D and 3D), game studio. Education Aug 1996 May 2001 Jan 2000 May 2001 Sep 2002 Jan 2003 Aug 2000 Dec 2001 Jun 1995 Mars 1996 Aug 1992 May 1995 Master of Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. Study orientation: Technical communication - course contents: Technical information and communication Shape, design and system design Professional writing and oral presentation Digital shape Project leadership Knowledge, communication and multimedia. Thesis work: Applied Instruction Design developing a user oriented operating instruction (ISBN ), department of Human-Machine systems. A study of information design with applied cognition theories, including design development work and reality application. University level Japanese at University of Göteborg. Military service Group commander at Norrlands Signalkår S3. High school Nature and Science at Hvitfeldtska high school, Göteborg. Project Leadership Art book The Masters of Pixel Art (Nicepixel AB). Description: Complete project involving coordinating artists, writers, printing house, packaging and shipping companies, web shop, etc. ipad app EmoXpress (Empaticus). Description: An app to help children and young people to understand, express and identify emotional expressions. Group with designers and programmers. GUI-simulator for the clinical ventilator Vivo 50 (BREAS medical). Description: Simulator development to visualise usage of future hospital care ventilators. The project group consisted of market representatives, clinical personnel and R&D engineers. Graphical profile (Issi AB). Description: Development of a complete graphical profile, including logotype, printing matters, web and template documents. The project group consisted of graphical designers, programmers and market representatives. Graphic design an interactive CD for travel arranger (Timelinx). Description: A project group of several consultants hired by the customer. 2 (5)

Languages Swedish, Danish English Japanese, German Mother tongue, fluently speaking, reading and writing. Have lived and worked in Denmark during earlier years.

3 Languages Swedish, Danish English Japanese, German Mother tongue, fluently speaking, reading and writing. Have lived and worked in Denmark during earlier years. Very good, 9 years of studies in elementary school and high school. Additional courses: Technical English and Professional writing and oral presentation (CTH). Uses English on an every day basis. Basic understanding. Project References (selection) Nicepixel AB Publications Founder / Project manager / AD Year 2016 The Masters of Pixel Art is a high quality art book, presenting a selection of the very best pixel artwork. Kickstarter funded - the production of this book was backed by supporters. More info at: Year 2015 Tingstad Papper AB Art Director / Web Design / Photo Tingstad is an established consumables and office supplier for most stores and offices in Sweden. The business had outgrown the old site, a new content design was needed as well as a new graphic design. My task was to update and renew the design of the existing website, implement a new content design for the categories and the on-line purchase procedure. As the project proceeded, my task shifted to creating the graphical assets and photos needed. 3 (5)

Year 2016 Pricerunner UI designer Complete set of 47 icons for the online price comparing tool Pricerunner.

connect and share a project on the internet.

4 Year 2016 Pricerunner UI designer Complete set of 47 icons for the online price comparing tool Pricerunner. Pricerunner requested a set of clear, neutral and monochrome icons which could work well in any other graphic template or environment. Year 2014 Dreamler AB Graphics / UX design / Web Design Dreamler is currently developing a tool for helping people connect and share a project on the internet. I developed graphics and UX design, as well as additional iphone graphic and web design. Göteborg & Co / HiQ Art Director In 2013 Göteborg hosted the European Athletics Indoor Championships. I developed graphics and visual concept for the official website, as well as additional iphone graphic assets. 4 (5)

PlumChoice Interaction Designer Virtual Support Agent (VSA) is one tool within a program suite by Tific, designed to support

Volvo IT / HiQ Web design, HTML Volvo CAD 2.0 is a web-based database with reference documents for internal use at Volvo.

My role was to improve the design as much as possible within RoboHelp s limits, as well as clarifying the navigation control.

5 PlumChoice Interaction Designer Virtual Support Agent (VSA) is one tool within a program suite by Tific, designed to support automation solution for enterprise help desks. My main task was to create a fully adaptable user interface for the entire suite. Volvo IT / HiQ Web design, HTML Volvo CAD 2.0 is a web-based database with reference documents for internal use at Volvo. The site is built in RoboHelp with some additional custom html-pages and CSS. My role was to improve the design as much as possible within RoboHelp s limits, as well as clarifying the navigation control. HiQ Art Director, Web design HiQ blog site for Digital Trends. My work was to develop a new web design, consistent with the existing graphical profile, responsive and breathing a modern design. 5 (5)

I have attended courses covering basic training in Adobe s Master Design Collection suite as well as in HTML and CSS coding.

I have attended courses covering basic training in Adobe s Master Design Collection suite as well as in HTML and CSS coding. Michał Stopa SENIOR VISUAL DESIGNER WITH STRONG FOCUS ON USER CENTERED AND USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN Former Head of Design International at Ringier One Africa Media. Born and raised in Warsaw, Poland. Contact