Arts University Bournemouth

Arbeiderbevegelsens Folkehøgskole, Ringsaker

Ulstein Vidaregåande Skule

Ulstein Ungdomsskule

Graphic Designer and Digital Marketing Lecturer

I am currently based in Oslo, freelancing full-time as a graphic designer, digital marketer and illustrator. As a freelance designer I have designed for clients such as Universal Music, Honda (UK and Europe), Schneider Electric, Nokia, ODA-nettverk, Musea i Sogn og Fjordane and the municipality of Oslo. 

In addition to graphic design, I enjoy working with social media, content marketing, PR, copywriting and digital marketing. These interests reflect my past roles; digital marketer, marketing project manager, magazine editor and marketing communications specialist. 

I write and give design lectures on a freelance basis. Education clients include Noroff School of Technology and Digital Media, Ytre Kunstfagskole and Volda University College.

Subjects I have taught are graphic design, front-end, digital marketing, UX/UI and copywriting for the web, web design, social media, typography, photography, Figma for beginners, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign as well as editorial design. In August 2020 I collaborated with artist Tine Isachsen on a course in digital self-promotion for artists at Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter in Molde, and in 2023 Ingvild Mork and I launched our course in social media promotion for small businesses (Datastyr).

Silja Haddal Mork - Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer, Digital Marketer and Illustrator

20% position as Digital Marketing Lecturer at Noroff School of Technology and Digital Media's Campus Oslo. I taught UI, UX, idea/concept generation, Adobe InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop, copywriting for websites and how to design ads/social media posts. In addition, my role included marking, guidance and general admin/study support. The Campus Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand students joined most of my lessons and workshops, too, via Zoom.

Noroff

Digital Marketing Lecturer

20% position as Digital Marketing Study Support at Noroff School of Technology and Digital Media's Oslo campus, spring semester 2020. My role consisted of guidance, marking and general study support, as well as teaching a series of lectures/workshops on the Digital Marketing course. The subjects I covered in my lectures range from creativity/idea generation through to Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign and design for social media + digital ads.

Digital Marketing Study Support

In this role I still managed marketing projects (for the Secure Power division and other business units), but my main focus shifted to idea generation and content creation: Graphic design and copywriting/translation combined with digital marketing tasks (social media posts etc.). I edited and added subtitles to videos, wrote press releases and coordinated PR activities. In the new role I continued to mentor our graphic design trainee.

Schneider Electric

Marketing Communications Specialist

I started as a temp in September 2017 and my role became permanent in March 2018. As a part of the MarCom team I worked with colleagues from across the company on various marketing, content and design tasks.

Responsibilities included: Marketing project management, graphic design, copywriting, proofreading, translation (English and Swedish to Norwegian), concept generation, organising fair stands and webinars, content production for social media, marketing automation, writing press releases and newsletters, creating Facebook ads, mentoring a graphic design trainee, photography and retouching, filming and editing, liaising with ad agencies + various digital marketing tasks.

Marketing Project Manager

This role was originally a maternity cover, but my contract got extended. I was working on copywriting, website editing, translation and graphic design projects. One of the main responsibilities was to keep the Svane brand website up to date, including editing the content in the CMS system SiteCore and writing copy in Norwegian and English. I had the full responsibility of an SEO project to improve our website's Google rankings. I edited/rewrote parts of the copy, and corrected technical and content errors, wrote meta text/titles and alt texts, "tidied up" both layout and content. I wrote status reports based on Google Analytics/Google Console findings, and created and ran the company's Youtube channel. I developed new concepts for the company, such as the newsletter and an interview series with employees, from text through to layout. I developed ideas for the marketing of the Svane brand and liaised with advertising and communication agencies. In addition I liaised with the sales reps and managers at our European offices as well as chains such as Skeidar, Møbelringen, A-Møbler and Drømmeland (Denmark) regarding design and text. I wrote and designed PowerPoint presentations (in Norwegian and English) and updated the intranet and information screens. I prepared, updated and distributed iPads with the Svane app to our international markets.

Ekornes Beds AS

Digital Marketer

As a media design lecturer at Volda University College (Department of Media, ICT & Design) I taught courses in graphic design (including design thinking and typography), web design, the Adobe design software, app design, art directing, creating online campaigns (including viral marketing and social media strategies). Spring 2015 I developed and led the Creative Commercial Photography subject, all teaching in this subject was in English due to it being open for international students. In addition to leading the subject I taught pre- and post-production as well as art direction/concept development. In this subject I also booked and hosted international guest lecturers (Skype lectures and live workshop) and led daytrips/photoshoots in city and countryside locations.

Høgskulen i Volda / Volda University College

Media Design Lecturer

The magazine editor part of the job consisted of creating the layout (making a complete redesign in 2011), sourcing stories, briefing journalists and photographers and editing/proofreading. I also took some photos and wrote some articles.

On a day-to-day basis I developed campaigns through concept generation, copywriting, imagery and design. In addition I maintained the website and intranet and created Power Point presentations. When the company became part of RATP Dev we rebranded all collateral. Further responsibilities included customer service (front-desk work, incoming customer calls) and responding to press enquiries. As a member of the environmental committee, I worked on awareness campaigns and projects aiming to reduce the company’s emissions and energy consumption. I organised the annual awards dinners from planning stage to end, made the designs/visual identity, interviewed and photographed nominees, wrote the presentations and liaised with the venue.

London United Busways Ltd

Graphic Designer and Magazine Editor

Freelance contract. Made designs and concepts for Honda Europe’s 2015 promotions strategy, as well as designing DM + POS and redesigning car brochures for Honda UK. Other accounts I worked on were Club 18-30, Mondial Assistance and King 888.

Nexus/h

Graphic Designer

Freelance contract. Made the look, illustrations and logo for the Nokia Storyville surfing/snowboarding campaign. Designed and illustrated for clients such as Sony BMG, Warner and Universal Music. Work ranged from album covers to limited edition rock T-shirts. Made the Clinic employees into cartoon characters for their website.

Small Japanese Soldier

Graphic Designer/Illustrator

Freelance contract. Projects included visual identity, print and web design. In addition I was teaching an IT and work-skills course for job-seekers.

Ulstein IT Senter

Graphic Designer and Teacher

As an intern at Crush I worked on actual client briefs. I worked on invitation designs, visual identity and illustration projects. I absolutely loved working at a design agency I had admired for a long time, and it made me realise how lucky I was to have studied graphic design.

Crush Creative Ltd

As an intern at SJS I found my love for working in integrated agencies and I really fell for this particular agency. I worked on live briefs for clients, illustrating and designing - had such an inspiring time there that it was my aim to return someday (and so I did).