CURRICULUM VITAE // Pau Norontaus
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Name 		Pau (Kirsti Pauliina) Norontaus
GSM 		040 - 825 1101
Date of birth 	February 12th 1988
E-mail 		pau.norontaus@gmail.com
Website 	pau.norontaus.net

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EDUCATION
	2008 Japanese Bookbinding at Vimma
	2007 - Paasikivi-opisto, Vocational Qualification in Audiovisual Communication
	2006 European Youth Exchange at Tartu Estonia, comic workshop
	2005–06 Lyseo Gymnasium
	2004–05 Juhana Herttua’s Art & Communications Gymnasium


AWARDS AND STIPENDS
	2008 SAKUstars - Comics I. place
	2008 SAKUstars - Art in two hours III. place
	2008 Paasikivi-opisto - stipend
	2004 Klassikko Comprehensive School - diploma of arts
	2001 Suikkila elementary school - stipend


WORK EXPERIENCE
        Freelancer at Leimahdus Oy, from 21.1.2010
	ValoAurinko, demo project, illustration and concept design, from 1.1.2010
	Leimahdus Oy, learning at work, photomanipulation, 12.10 - 4.12.2009
		Photomanipulation, poster design, illustrations, website layouts, Flash etc:
		Lihaliike Agali, Finndomo, Dance Club Syke, Leimahdus, SeaLine...
        Pamphlet for Hirvensalo-Seura Ry, autumn 2009
	Turun Sanomat, newspaper illustrations from July 2009
	Memorable Photography Trophy, graphic design from May 2009
	Whitestone Oy, web graphics 1.6 - 12.6.2009
	Whitestone Oy, learning at work, websites, 23.2 - 9.4.2009
		Websites, illustrations, updates - for eg. Pentisol Ky,
		The Best New Song in the World, Tecnoscale, Tehokierto, Chef’s Season,
		Vaalimateriaali.fi, Fidepro, Pizza Roosa, Kiekkokoulu Hurrikaani...
	Turku International Book Fair -Powerpoint, September 2008
	Sue Indierockpunkmetalzine; Kulmacorner monthly comic from July 2007
	WCH posters and ticketeering from June 2007
	ISS, cleaning offices and factory 26.1 - 10.8.2007 ja 2.6 - 31.7.2008
	Lassila & Tikanoja, cleaning offices 31.10.2006 - 4.1.2007
	Finnish UNICEF, face-to-face marketing 1.6. - 31.7.2006
	Sakuracon, leading the drawing workshop 2005

	Various jobs with sales, paper delivery, telemarketing, working as a trainee at
	a retirement home, illustrating, working at the stables, acting and
	playwrighting (TNT), coat check...


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
	Mac and PC, Finnish Computer Driving Licence, Adobe CS3: Photoshop, Dreamweaver, 
	Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, Wacom tablet, XHTML, CSS, Sony Vegas

LANGUAGES
	Finnish, fluent verbal and written English, sufficient Swedish, 
	basics of Latin and Ancient Greek, Japanese phrases

OTHER INTERESTS
	Arts, handicraft, comics, music, organizing gigs, movies, cats, 
	nature, IT, games, media, writing, stand-up