Kira Katve Vesikko

Earlier experience

We’ve all started somewhere! Here is the rundown of the jobs I have had in my adult life.

Communications Intern

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Helsinki, Finland
2015 September – 2015 November

 

  • Designing and implementing the Russian language version of the ministry’s website stm.fi.
  • Writing articles for the site and intranet.
  • Video production.
  • Assisting with press conferences.
  • Filling in on an absent secretary.
  • General tech support and office management.

Trainee in Management

Centre for International Mobility CIMO
Helsinki, Finland
2015 May – 2015 August

 

  • Analysing data on all of Finland’s outgoing and incoming Erasmus students from 2007 to 2014 and writing a report.
  • Working on an intern project on Cimo’s impact and making a new communications plan.
  • Assisting on video productions.
  • Writing articles and interviews.

Research Assistant

Maynooth University
Maynooth, Ireland
2014 June – 2014 September

 

  • Participating in a project on community management in digital gaming:
    • partaking in interviews and transcribing them;
    • collecting and analysing quantitative data on job ads;
    • conducting a literature review.

Communications Assistant

Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
Helsinki, Finland
2012 September – December 2013

 

  • Participating in the Gulf of Finland year 2014 project:
    • translation;
    • planning and executing of web pages and printed media.

Communications Trainee

City of Vantaa
Vantaa, Finland
2012 May – 2012 July

 

  • Updating web pages and intranet.
  • Writing and taking photos for the city’s magazines.
  • Planning and updating the Russian version of Vantaa.fi
  • Translating materials.

Freelancer

H-Town
Helsinki, Finland
2011 February – 2012 June

 

  • Writing manga and anime reviews for the Anime magazine.

Research Assistant

Finnish Environment Institute
Helsinki, Finland
2011 May – 2011 September

 

  • Working for an inquiry research concerning the growth of reed and water quality of the Gulf of Finland:
    • initializing, proofreading and mailing the questionnaire;
    • recording and analyzing the results;
    • writing the first draft of the report.

Editorial Trainee

Otavamedia
Helsinki, Finland
2010 June – 2010 August

 

  • Writing low-stakes interviews and articles.
  • Assisting with photography sessions.
  • Learning (and forgetting) how to make coffee.