Marko Mannila

Experience

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  Helsingin Sanomat

  Sept 1998 - Dec 1999

  Editor

  Responsible for reporting on all aspects of the news, covering the daily news routine and writing feature stories on life issues.

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  Free lancer

  Sept 2000 - Jun 2009

  Editor

  Compiling, editing and translating media technology for the Digitoday websites.Providing weekly articles for various technology magazines, such as Elcoteq EMS News and Wartsila WattsUp, specialising in ICT policy.Editing the history of the Technology Industries of Finland for online publishing.ACHIEVEMENTS:Wrote professional technology articles concerning foreign countries and development policy, which have reached wide audience.

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  Embassy of Finland, Washington D.C

  Sept 2000 - Oct 2001

  Media Assistant

  Working as a Press and Public Relations Assistant at the Embassy and within the diplomatic community.Creating e-government solutions in order to facilitate communications between the government and the public.

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  Inter-American Development Bank

  Mar 2003 - Mar 2004

  Senior Consultant

  • Researching and developing public policy issues that compare open source and proprietary software in public administration within Latin America.• Key Projects:- Open Source in Public Administration in Latin America.- Communication Services in Rural Areas in Nicaragua.- ICT Policy Making and Development.

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  TIEKE

  Jan 2007 - Mar 2007

  Senior Consultant

  • Researching and developing media and internet capabilities for local administration in Nicaragua

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  Impact Consulting

  Jan 2008 - Mar 2008

  Senior Consultant

  • Researching and developing media and internet capabilities for local administration in an environmental project in Laos and Cambodia• Evaluated it-related project proposals for Finnish development cooperation (for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs)

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  Kynämies/Otavamedia

  Mar 2008 - Mar 2009

  Producer

  Worked as subeditor for Rautaruukki corporate magazine developing magazine´s contentACHIEVEMENTSo Developed contents and concepts of magazines.

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  Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki

  Mar 2009 - Jan 2013

  Editor-in-chief

  Content providing of www.hel.fi, one of the largest public sector portal in Europe, 16 million yearly visits. Developing new interactive features and services for the portalACHIEVEMENTS:• Increased the amount of users • Developed successfully online strategies for City of Helsinki

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  Technology Industries of Finland

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

  Communications Advisor

  In charge of communications in the Finnish Marine Industries and The Finnish Mining Association FinnMin and of education in the Finnish Marine Industries. This position included internal and external communications of both associations, lobbying, media contacts and developing social media channels.ACHIEVEMENTS:• Considerably increased publicity of mining industry in the media• Developed a media network and has a large amount of contacts among decision makers• Procuded brochures which received wide attention in international fairs• Developed a popular Linkedin-channel for the Marine Industries Show less

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  Prime Minister's Office

  Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

  Senior Specialist

  Coordinating content and news service for the new government-wide intranet, including all 12 ministries.

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  Self-employed

  Nov 2018 - Jun 2020

  Free lancer journalist | media consultant |

  Writing articles of mining, construction, travel and many more. Writing books about history.

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  Mining Finland

  Jun 2020 - May 2021

  Communications Specialist
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  Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2021

  Project Specialist
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  Freelance

  Jan 2021 - now

  Freelance Journalist