Profile
Name: Edda Rós Þorsteinsdóttir
Degrees: Multimedia designer AP
Web Developer B.Sc.
Date of birth: 29. December 1982
Nationality: Icelandic
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Email: eddaros@eddaros.com
Education
Ongoing education
2011-2013 | IT University of Copenhagen | Digital Design and Communication Cand.It. |
Finished education
2009-2011 | Business Academy Copenhagen North | Web Development BSc |
2009 | København Tekniske Skole | Multimedia Design and Communication AP |
2002 | The Akureyri Comprehensive College | Student in the Department of Art – Design and textile design line |
Unfinished education
2003-2004 | The University of Iceland | Comparative literature B.A. with minor studies in art history |
Courses
2005 | Reykjavík Technical College | EPP – Chemicals and Paper Theory for the printing industry MHS – Social and historical introduction in graphical media FSH – Design with Photoshop and Free Hand programs MOM – Picture processing and multimedia |
Competences
Good skills | Medium skills | Basic skills |
Adobe Dreamweaver | Action script 3 | 3ds Max |
Adobe Flash | Drupal | Action script 2 |
Adobe Illustrator | Microsoft Power Point | Adobe InDesign |
Adobe Photoshop | Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 | Adobe Premier Pro |
Microsoft Word | Wordpress | C# |
XHTML & CSS | Joomla | |
Microsoft Excel | ||
PHP & MySQL | ||
XML |
Interests and personal life
I recently moved back to Iceland, with my 7 year old son, after spending 5 years living and studying in Copenhagen.
In my education I focus on usability, the usage of social media and getting a broad overview of everything that is related to online media production. I consider myself both proficient as a designer and a coding developer. I do not write code from scratch (at least not very complicated code) but I am able to both read it and make adjustments to it if needed.
For my B.Sc. in Web Development I did my internship at Serious Games Interactive were I worked with the marketing department mostly on setting up promotional websites for some of their products using the Drupal CMS. Then I wrote my bachelor thesis, The Importance of a Well Planned Customer Engagement Strategy -The use of Social Media Platforms for Online Marketing, based on my projects for Serious Games Interactive.
In my free time I spend time with my son and my friends, I enjoy reading, non-fiction and fiction, knitting and various kinds of other crafts and then I love travelling. When I have holidays I usually go to Iceland to meet with my family and old friends but I also use my time there to travel.
I like doing what I do, otherwise I would do something else. I like challenges, I can work well under pressure and I am a perfectionist.