Noora Emilia Saarelainen

Serves as Cowork & Community Manager, supporting coworking and community activities at Tribe IRL.

• Conduct user interviews, surveys, and usability tests to uncover insights that guide product decisions.
• Translate research findings into user flows, journey maps, and information architecture improvements.
• Create wireframes and prototypes that simplify complex interactions and support diverse user needs.
• Design clean, accessible UI layouts that follow inclusive design principles and foster

Assisted the classroom teacher with lesson implementation and educational activities, supporting children with SEND needs and managing classroom routines.

• Assisting the classroom teacher in implementing lesson plans and conducting educational activities.
• Working mainly with children with SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities), including autism, ADHD, visual impairments, and language difficulties.
• Providing individualized support to students, for example with reading, writing, Portuguese, and math skills.
• Managing classroom behavio

• Ghostwriting articles for various online magazines, websites and blogs contributing to diverse publications with topics ranging from lifestyle, fashion, education, music etc.
• Applying SEO principles.

• Spearheaded the management of organizational social media platforms.
• Crafted and executed a comprehensive social media strategy tailored to the organization's objectives, cultivating a cohesive online presence.
• Drove audience growth across Instagram and Facebook platforms through targeted initiatives, content creation, and community engagement.
• Curated diverse and platform-specific conten

Volunteer with Lions Clubs International through the Leo Club initiative.

Managed the organization’s social media platforms and executed a social media strategy to grow audience engagement and maintain a cohesive online presence.

Ghostwrote web articles for online magazines, websites, and blogs, and provided sales-oriented customer service with strong performance and customer satisfaction.

• Ghostwrote articles for various online magazines, websites and blogs contributing to diverse publications with topics ranging from lifestyle, fashion, education, music etc. Received overwhelmingly positive feedback from editors and clients for insightful and engaging content.

• Delivered sales-oriented customer service. Recognized as the leading sales performer for consecutive months, consisten

Led website and brand redesign efforts, mentored interns, supported social media campaigns using data analysis, and contributed ghostwritten online content.

• Led the website and brand redesign initiative. Implemented a modern and user-friendly design approach resulting in positive feedback from stakeholders and improved brand perception.

• Mentored and trained a team of six interns from onboarding.

• Assisted in executing social media campaigns, utilizing data analysis to optimize performance and drive customer engagement.

• Ghostwrote articles fo

◦ Designed and created Illustrations for the company's website and catalogs using Abode Indesign and Illustrator.

• Cooperation with graphic designers, photographers and videographers, including briefing and revision cycles.

• Project development and management of the 2020 video campaign, "We Are METU".

• Google Ads and Meta Ads management (launching campaign, analyzing performance). Managing over 15k EUR budget, overseeing 10+ digital campaigns. Generating and nurturing over 5000 leads.

• Creating 60+ inf

Worked in retail sales, providing customer service at K-Supermarket Lehmo.

Designed and supervised camp and club activities for children aged 6–13, including themed sessions in cooking, exercise, pet care, and arts and crafts.

• Designed and oversaw a range of engaging camp and club activities catering to children aged 6-13, including themed sessions in cooking, exercise, pet care, and arts and crafts.

Worked as a cafe worker at Juniori Jokipojat.

This intensive bootcamp equipped me with a well-rounded skill set for a career in UX/UI design. I learned to conduct user research using various qualitative and quantitative methods, create user personas and journey maps, and apply design thinking to solve real-world problems.

Throughout the course, I developed wireframes and interactive prototypes using Figma, learned the basics of HTML and CSS,

Completed my graduate thesis fieldwork in collaboration with UFRB/UFBA and Observatório da Economia Criativa da Bahia (OBEC-BA) as a part of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Degree program.

Graduate thesis title: The Role of Cataki Mobile Application on the Empowerment Processes: A Case Study on Informal Recycling Sector in São Paulo and Salvador, Brazil.

Masters in International Development Studies with a focus on Inclusive Innovation, Communication, and Development. Completed as a part of Erasmus Mundus Joint Degree.

Masters in Digital Communication Leadership. Completed as a part of Erasmus Mundus Joint Degree.

Specialization:
◦ Diplomacy and International Communication

Degree thesis:
◦ The Global Governance of Sexual and Reproductive Health: The impact of the U.S.A.’s Mexico City Policy on NGOs in Ethiopia

Relevant courses:
◦ Applied Statistics; Diplomacy; Foreign Policy Decision-Making; Global Cultural Anthropology; Globalization and Regions in World Economics; International Ethics; International Law

As a student body president (2015):
◦ Responsible for planning and executing meeting and events.
◦ Ensuring peaceful collaboration between two merging high schools.
◦ Responsible for managing inter-school collaboration.
◦ Ensuring student's overall wellbeing and tackling issues should there be any.

Main subjects:
◦ English Language; Finnish Language and Literature; Geography; Health Studies; Math