Experience

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  Äijälän rusti

  Apr 2006 - May 2008

  Marketing coordinator

  Wide range of b2b-sales and marketing tasks.

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  Sunborn group

  May 2008 - Aug 2009

  Sales executive

  Sales and reservations of Naantali and Ruissalo Spas.

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  Tähdenlennot oy/flying stars ltd.

  Oct 2009 - Dec 2013

  Marketing manager, partner

  Tähdenlennot was a travel agency specialized in custom-made honeymoons and weddings abroad. In addition to travel arrangements my job consisted of sales, marketing, productization, customer service, contract management and contracting international affiliates as well as relationship management. I was in charge of operating an event venue from 2011 to 2013. Tasks included organizing weddings, public events, meetings and other business events.

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  Turku and naantali

  Jun 2010 - Jun 2021

  Tourist guide

  Working as a tourist guide in Turku and Naantali is extremely interesting. Besides guiding domestic and international groups I have been developing new guided tours such as First in Turku and tours based on Risto Räppääjä childrens movies.

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  Turku vocational institute

  Sept 2011 - Jul 2014

  Teacher, tourism

  Vocational teacher's job included e.g. teaching tourism and accommodation services, sales and marketing, communication skills, tourism legislation and entrepreneurship. In addition I acted as form master and instructional teacher in on-the-job-learning periods. I was also responsible for development of study programme in tourism services with my colleagues.

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  Turun aikuiskoulutuskeskus / turku adult education centre

  Nov 2014 - Dec 2017

  Teacher, tourism

  Teacher in preparatory training for adults competence-based further qualification for tourist guides. Teaching also productization & tourism marketing, pricing and cost accounting and entrepreneurship.

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  Suomen city-opas

  Sept 2017 - Feb 2018

  Product manager

  Suomen City-Opas is a market leader in tourist map producing in Finland. I was responsible for selling & development of custom-made products. My job included b2b-sales, marketing and product development as well as coordinating processes of producing.

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  Visit pyhäjärviseutu/leader pyhäjärviseutu

  Feb 2018 - Aug 2018

  Tourism developer

  My role as a tourism developer in the Lake Pyhäjärvi Region was to coordinate and develop tourism industry and international affairs. Most of my workdays included marketing, communications, meetings with interest groups, networking and development work. The project I was in charge of aims to develop tourism industry in the area, increase the amount of arriving travellers and make strategic plan of how to develop the industry in the future. International affairs walk hand in hand with tourism so it is a logical combination to work with. Goal is to increase international cooperation in tourism industry and to find new international partners for local actors for them to develop their network, products or services. Show less

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  Pargas stad - paraisten kaupunki

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2021

  Tourism manager

  My job as a tourism manager included destination marketing, development of tourism industry, coordinating tourism affairs in the archipelago, working together with our co operation partners and stakeholders.

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  Wasaline

  Sept 2021 - now

  Leading the Sales & Marketing Team at Wasaline and selling the world's most environmentally friendly passenger ferry Aurora Botnia. My pleasure to sell Aurora Botnia, the most environmentally friendly passenger ferry in its own class.

  • Head of Sales and Business Development

    May 2023 - now

  • Sales Director

    Jan 2022 - May 2023

  • Sales Manager

    Sept 2021 - Jan 2022