Teemu Jäppinen Email & Phone Number

Helsinki, FI

Helsinki, FI

2024: worked on virtual reality games and mobile games – and still made one more music video, which gained a few views and was selected for Spark Animation 2024 -festival.

Helsinki, FI

2024: Continued to work on a new game development and live-ops + updates for Style Battle.2022-2023: Continued to work on Studio Killers 404 Style Battle as the programming lead, but also took responsibility in Early Access in customer management and technical part of Early Access publishing and customer acquisition and game design – the game was published.

I've instructed and substituted Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes (beginner adults, advanced adults, kids and families) and sometimes helped with boxing, MMA and kettlebell at Hipko. In addition I've designed visual material including certificates, gear etc. for Hipko. On my designated BJJ classes I've documented the showed techniques for all the students to.

I've been substituting other jiujitsu instructors since 2019 – as soon as I got my blue belt – by taking care of kid's class, family class, junior class and adults basics, beginner, advanced classes.

Espoo, Espoo, FI

For 15 years I've taught in Aalto University's School of Arts, Design and Architecture as a visiting lecturer. I believe in giving back to the community I once learned from. The student base is very international, with students ranging from the Americas to Europe to Asia.2022-2024: DOM-E2114 & AXM-E2007, Design for Motion with more Blender emphasis.2021.

Worked on money games as an art director at Air Dice for a few months 80% of my day doing concept art, visuals for games in 3D and 2D, guideline art and overall helping junior team members, until ultimately deciding to leave to continue working in my own company full time.

Helsinki, FI

I ran a hybrid of game development business and a design / animation business with minimal amount of employees for seven years.The work I did in my own company between 2010 - 2017 ranged from designing and programming games, game prototypes and interactive products to making demanding visual design and animation and apps or animation for advertising or for.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, FI

Between 2007 and 2010 I had responsibilities in making graphic design, illustrations, animations and interactive content for advertising.Lucky breaks: character design and illustration for one of Finland's largest retailers, animation work for Baltic Sea Action Summit / Baltic Sea Action Group which was awarded a Cannes Gold Lion (PR).

I did animation, graphic design, game design and programming (Flash browser -games) for several companies and other institutions, including Igglo, Kemira, Night Visions Film Festival and Helsinki Halloween Festival. I started working through Flammable while studying as a freelancer.

While studying graphic design, I did some graphic design work for a handful of companies and character animations for a game (Triplane Turmoil II).

After military service and while waiting for my studies to begin at UIAH, I worked as a substitute teacher in an elementary (teaching grades one to six, including special education), as a security officer in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and as a fast food restaurant worker.

As high school ended I had a seven month period until military service began. During this time I was employed as a sausage factory employee and as a logistic worker at a game importer's warehouse.

Game Executive Program

Bachelor Of Arts, Graphic Design / Visual Culture

Officer Candidate, Infantry Platoon Leader

Sequential Art, Composition (Visual Arts)

Elementary, Middle School & Upper Secondary School Graduate, Natural Sciences

Sequential Art, Sequential Storytelling