Juha Hemánus

Experience

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  Radio City, Helsingin Paikallinen Radio

  Aug 1984 - Aug 1985

  Co-Founder, Member of Founding Board

  I co-founded the first independent radio station in Finland, Radio City, with fellow journalists, colleagues and music and youth activists.

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  Helsinki Festival

  Sept 1993 - Sept 1996

  Member of Artistic Committee

  I was a member of he board planning the revamping of Helsinki Festival, the biggest arts festival of Finland, in 1993-1996, together with Esa-Pekka Salonen, Magnus Lindberg, Silja Rantanen and Ismo Alanko.

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  Nokia

  May 2004 - Jan 2011

  I served as Principal UX Researcher at Nokia Research Hollywood in Los Angeles, creating compelling entertainment experiences and doing research on them, such as the Westwood Experience - an enhanced location-based cinematic tour with interactive maps, outdoor positioning (w/GPS/compass/accelerometer), UI navigation, narration, text, photos, video, audio and AR overlays (incl. a 360-degree AR panorama). See YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlhXvVh69xo I ran research on emotional, experiential and visual communications, provided novel concepts on mobile UI/UX designs and user research on them, and design research. Also provided mobile storytelling consulting for a range of company's offerings. See the portfolio of concepts at https://issuu.com/juhahemanus/docs/portfoliodesignjh2014 I served as the Artistic Director and Member of the Board of Nokia Connect to Art, a trailblazing global mobile digital art project bringing tailor-made artworks on the smartphone screen of world-famous artists such as Nam June Paik, Louise Bourgeois, William Wegman, Ai Weiwei, Feng Mengbo and Xu Bing.

  • Principal Researcher, User Experience

    Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  • Senior UX Researcher/Senior Concept Designer

    Jan 1999 - Dec 2008

  • Artistic Director and Executive Board Member of Nokia Connect to Art

    May 2004 - Mar 2007
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  Åbo Svenska Teater

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  Music Theater Stage Director

  My critically acclaimed show of Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar proved out to be hugely successful also at box offices. - Before and parallel to my design/research work, I directed over 40 shows on major stages in Europe & the US. Clips and stills below are some of the best scenes of those shows.

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  Hemanus Consulting

  Aug 2015 - now

  Creative Director, Communications Strategist

  I provide interactive design excellence in User Experience Design, Strategic Communications, Design Strategy and their methods: Videos, UI/UX Designs and reviews, Scenario Development, Narratives, Presentations, Coaching, Workshops.

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  Philharmonia Orchestra

  Nov 2015 - Nov 2015

  Screenwriter & Stage Director

  My staging (direction, script) of and designs (sets, costumes) of Ibsen-Grieg’s Peer Gynt at the Royal Festival Hall in London got rave reviews in the U.K.

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  Voith GmbH

  Mar 2016 - Feb 2017

  UX Creative Director

  I enhanced – together with Boston Consulting Group Digital Ventures – the interactions and look-and-feel of Voith's digital venture MerQBiz, and Voith's upcoming Industrie 4.0 UI/UX offerings.

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  Moravia

  Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

  Localization Consultant

  I excelled in linguistic & UI localization and reviewing UX designs on global clients' – incl. an entertainment streaming giant – digital offerings.

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  Tampereen kaupunki - City of Tampere

  Dec 2018 - Dec 2020

  Tampere Cultural Capital of Europe 2026 Bid Program Director and Member of Executive Board 2018-2020

  I mounted from scratch, selected a team and led Tampere's European Capital of Culture 2026 Bid, the application book and panel presentation evaluated by an all-European jury to the final round in EU's most prestigious cultural program.

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  SSH Communications Security

  Oct 2021 - Jun 2022

  Communications Strategist

  I crafted scenarios and provided strategic advice to enhance the meaning, UX and communications of cybersecurity to my client and their clients and customers. I also took care of IR (Investor Relations) for my part by producing the Annual Report 2021 of my client.

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  GEOSTREAMS

  Mar 2022 - Oct 2023

  Senior Advisor, UX & Narrative

  I provided strategic advice on ESG (Environmental Social & Governance) processes and experiences.

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  Welocalize Life Sciences

  Nov 2023 - Apr 2024

  AI Data Trainer

  I provided ML data annotation and AI cultural localization services for some of the biggest companies in the world.