Jenniina Laine
About Me
Hello! My name is Jenniina Laine. I am a bilingual freelance visual designer with a Bachelor’s degree in graphic design, who recently graduated from Metropolia UAS. My specialization was in web design, with a final project focused on accessibility in WordPress. My goal is to gain well-rounded proficiency in all aspects of digital design, with an emphasis on accessible and responsive design.
You may commission me for website design, small animations and print materials such as posters for small businesses and organizations. I’m based in Helsinki, Finland, but feel comfortable working remotely. I currently have room for more freelance work, so see what I can do for you and contact me to have your design needs met.
See also my store.
You may also have a chat with my Chat-GPT assistant:
Note! Unfortunately they do not remember question history at all.
Education
2022
Bachelor of Culture and Arts, Degree Programme in Media
Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Besides graphic design, I learned a lot about UI/UX development, service design and marketing, as well as about animation and editing video with After Effects. Even though I officially studied graphic design, it was so much more than the title suggests!
2016
Further Qualification in Audiovisual Communication, Specialist Qualification in Audiovisual Web Communication
Jyväskylä Institute of Adult Education
Here I got to dive into web development a little more, but it wasn’t quite enough to satisfy my curiosity!
2008
Vocational Upper Secondary Qualification in Audiovisual Communication
Jyväskylä Vocational Institute
Where it all started!
Recent Courses
Introduction to Java Programming (3 cr) 21.5.2024 (Metropolia UAS)
Software Design and Software Development Project Management (40 cr) 23.2.2024 (partial of the vocational qualification in information and communications technology degree in Omnia)
Artificial intelligence with Python (3 cr) 11.08.2023 (Metropolia UAS)
PHP-programming (Finnish, 3 cr) 07.08.2023 (Laurea UAS)
Python-programming (Finnish, 3 cr) 07.08.2023 (Laurea UAS)
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (3 cr) 04.08.2023 (Metropolia UAS)
React.JS Fundamentals (3 cr) 26.07.2023 (Metropolia UAS)
Javascript (5 cr) 23.07.2023 (Metropolia UAS)
NodeJS (3 cr) H 22.07.2023 (Metropolia UAS)
SQL and Relation Databases (3 cr) 20.07.2023 (Metropolia UAS)
Unofficial course completions
Fullstack Open, parts 1-11 (11 cr) Spring 2023 (Helsinki Open University)
Programs
I use most often
VS Code
Comfortable
Illustrator
Comfortable
Photoshop
Comfortable
Adobe XD & Figma
Basic
After Effects
Intermediate
InDesign
Basic
Acrobat
Basic
Web Tech
I’ve worked with
HTML
Comfortable
CSS
Comfortable
JavaScript
Intermediate
React
Basic+
Typescript
Basic
PHP
Basic
SQL
&
NoSQL
Basic
Python
Beginner+
This Site
This site is my portfolio, a work in progress and an experiment on how malleable the WordPress theme Michelle is. At the moment, I’ve mostly displayed only client work, but I might add some personal projects later on. Let me know if you find any bugs!
You may switch between light and dark themes or change the language to Finnish at the top of the page. The plugin that I used occasionally drops translations, so if you happen to be reading the Finnish version, let me know if some parts are missing translations! In order to get to the top of the page easily, there are intermittent Back to top of the page-buttons to get you back to the top of the page when needed. Besides the individual pages for my web page projects and the cookie policy, everything on this site is situated on this one page. Likewise, any external links are appended by an arrow.
Latest Edits
- 13 November 2024 # Added two images to portfolio section, of the Ruusut ja Ritarit choir’s autumn concert program
- 10 November 2024 # Published a website for the composer/conductor Olli Santa
- 7 November 2024 # Added a store to my React app. Check out the dirt cheap services!
- 22 October 2024 # Moved my portfolio section to its own page due to heavy page load time
- 15 September 2024 # Added another instance of my React JS Blob Art App
- 6 September 2024 # Updated my React JS Blob Art App, adding a screenshot feature. In addition, transformed my React backend to a Azure container app, in order to get puppeteer to work.
- 2 September 2024 # Updated my React JS Drag and Drop App, adding new features like adding new colors, changing the category names and resetting the app.
- 1 September 2024 # Updated my React JS Blob Art App, adding new features like layers and a saving function for those logged in.
- 12 August 2024 # Migrated my Chat-GPT assistant to a new address, hosted on Azure as a container app.
- 10 February 2024 # Added a new Hero section elements’ style to the React.js front page and quiz page
- 2 February 2024 # Generalized my React.JS drag-and-drop app
- 2 February 2024 # Fixed non-loading jokes issue at React.JS jokes app
- 1 February, 2024 # Made a portfolio page for Hannastiina hair salon.
- January 2024 # Made a preliminary site for Hannastiina hair salon. Github repository
More...
- December 2023 # Made a Jokes app for my React.JS site, translated the entire site to Finnish as well, and edited user login
- October 2023 # Made a Quiz app for my React.JS site.
- 21 August 2023 # Added a Chat-GPT assistant using my data, hosted on Azure as a web app.
- 3 August 2023 # Also re-deployed the Node.js Book List App through Azure as a static app, using a custom domain, as Render.com was too slow for my liking.
- 2 August 2023 # Re-deployed the React.JS app through Azure as a static app, using a custom domain.
- 25 May 2023 # Originally made for the Helsinki Open University course “Fullstack Open”, a mongoDB & GraphQL showcase site
- 27 March 2023 # Made a showcase for a few Interactive JavaScrit Snippets
- 21 March 2023 # Added three new colors to the Blob app at the React apps’ section.
- 4 March 2023 # Added website of an amateur orchestra Jyväskylän Salonkiorkesteri
- 17 January 2023 # Title screen used at the Metal 2022 Conference live stream at motion graphics
- 4 January 2023 # React apps’ section. See also its Github Repository.
- 28 December 2022 # Added interactive bubbles and alien eyes to the page.
- 20 November 2022 # Refactored the code to allow for two instances of the draggable blobs app on the same page, and added a more polished version of the app.
- 17 November 2022 # Made a game with TypeScript, a Pong clone
- 16 November 2022 # Used localStorage in the draggable blobs app to retain blob positions etc. on page refresh, additionally added a reset option
- 13 November 2022 # Added a deletion feature and enabled adding extra blobs in the draggable blobs app
- 9 November 2022 # Implemented resize feature in the draggable blobs app
- 9 November 2022 # Added a small hover animation to my profile picture
- 3 November 2022 # Added sub-breeds to the list in the random dog generator
- 31 October 2022 # Converted the random dog generator to typescript
- 30 October 2022 # Added keyboard support and color changing to the draggable blobs
- 28 October 2022 # Draggable blobs project to web design
- A random dog generator (API, JavaScript)
- Sirkku Niemelä’s website to web design
- Code snippets to the Metal 2022 page and This Site page
- Christmas concert 2021 program to graphic design
- New video (Total Recall) to motion graphics
- Metal 2022 poster and rollup to graphic design
Services
Hire me for visual design work, whether it be for a website, poster or small animation:
Web Design
Websites from start to finish
Tools
- Adobe XD
- Figma
- WordPress
- VS Code
- Browsersync
- Local by Flywheel
- MAMP
- WAVE
- NVDA screen reader
- Screaming Frog SEO Spider
- Autoprefixer CSS
- Vanilla JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React.JS
- Vite
- Python
Graphic Design
Posters, flyers, logo design, and more
Tools
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Pen and paper
Motion Graphics
Video editing and animations
Tools
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Animate
Got a job for me?