Thomas C. A. Tandberg Brevik cassielagrippa@hotmail.com Summary Marketing and communications professional with extensive experience, including Public Relations, copywriting and Art Direction, creative concepts and ideas. Specialties Communication, marketing and Public Relations, including advertising copywriting (print and web), Direct Marketing, creative solutions, journalism, bilingual (English and Norwegian), photo retouching and manipulation, photography, art direction and illustration. Experience December 2011 - Present (11 months) CloudNames provides a turnkey solution for anyone who wishes to own and operate a top level domain (TLD) name. VP Marketing at NetConnect AS October 2007 - April 2012 (4 years 7 months) NetConnect is focused on providing online collaboration tools for businesses to help improve efficiency and reduce travelling. Freelance Journalist at Bogstadveien Magasinet 2006-2007 (1 year) Articles for Bogstadveien Magasinet, from local store-specific profiles to independent interviews of interesting people. Manager Communications at NetConnect Holding AS January 2006 - October 2007 (1 year 10 months) Corporate communication and marketing, including design and Public Relations, advertising and web. Betatester at Humanized.com December 2006 - February 2007 (3 months) Beta- and usability tester for the applications Enso Launcher (http://www.humanized.com/products/enso/launcher/) and Enso Words (http://www.humanized.com/products/enso/words/). The main philosophy of Humanized.com is that software should be easy to learn and use, functional, unobtrusive, and not least intuitive. Page1
Freelance Graphic Designer at TV Norge November 2005 - December 2005 (2 months) Graphic design of maps and map animations for Norwegian TV series "Savnet" (Missing). The show aired fall 2006 on TV Norge: http://www.tvnorge.no/programmer/savnet/ "Savnet" featured a PI finding lost people around the world. Copywriter at Visma Software ASA November 2002 - December 2005 (3 years 2 months) Copywriter in the in-house advertising agency of Visma Software. Work ranges from print and online advertising, to magazine articles, in addition to DM's, brochures and press releases in both Norwegian and English. 2 recommendations available upon request Copywriter/AD at Freelance January 2002 - November 2002 (11 months) Worked as a freelancer in journalism, copywriting, PR, concept development, graphic design, 3D-design, web-design and illustration. Did freelance work for Tam Tam Reklamebyrå and Saatchi & Saatchi, in addition to clients such as NetConnect, Accillion and City. Freelance Journalist at Aker Brygge Magasin 2002-2002 (less than a year) Articles for glossy shopping magazine Aker Brygge Magasin. Freelance Journalist at City Magazine 2002-2002 (less than a year) Articles for free magazine newspaper City, including own column "Kunsten å..." (The Art to...), "Gatelangs" - a walk-through and historical revisit of selected streets in Oslo, and various book reviews. Communication Marketeer at Active 24 April 2000 - December 2001 (1 year 9 months) Creative generator and controller (in what was Active ISP), creative design: web, advertising, banners, etc. Copywriter sales tools/presentations design and copy, collateral materials, Public Relations copy, Newsletters. Web Editor at Fastweb January 2000 - March 2000 (3 months) Web editor for content web of web hosting company Fastweb. Work included content management and production for web portal. (Brief position due to restructuring.) Journalist at Gazette October 1995 - December 1999 (4 years 3 months) Page2
Journalist for various corporate magazines, writing in both Norwegian and English. Army signals regiment at Norwegian army 1990-1991 (1 year) Volunteer Experience Web design, communication at Kabissa January 2011 - Present (1 year 10 months) Advise and work in web design, marketing and communications. Skills & Expertise Copywriting Journalism Photography Creative Problem Solving Corporate Communications Advertising Marketing Communications Marketing Strategy Education Høgskolen i Oslo (HiO) Journalism: Creative Nonfiction, 2007-2007 NMH - Norwegian School of Marketing Public Relations, 1994-1996 Activities and Societies: Wrote for Idé - the school paper. BI - Norwegian School of Business Various courses from the Acct.-study, 1992-1994 Activities and Societies: Wrote scetches for the annual revue show. Svenska Skolan i Kenya Natur + samhäll, 1989-1990 Activities and Societies: Started and ran the school newspaper as an extra curricular student activity. International School of Kenya IB-S, 1988-1989 Activities and Societies: High school equivalent classes, enrolled in the IB-S programme (International Baccalaureat). Asker VGS Page3
Naturfag, 1987-1988 Activities and Societies: Skoleavis, elevrådstyret Interests communication, information presentations,writing, journalism, photography, design, popular science, unpopular science, architecture, animals Page4
Thomas C. A. Tandberg Brevik cassielagrippa@hotmail.com 5 people have recommended Thomas C. A. "Thomas har skrevet flere artikler og portrettintervjuer for Bogstadveien Magasinet og dette med utpreget grundighet og engesjament. Thomas er ambisiøs og har også bidratt til nye temaer og ideer. Mvh Claus Skålevik - Tidl. ansatt i Bogstadveien Magasinet" Claus Skålevik, was Thomas C. A.'s client "I highly recommend Thomas as a genuine professional and creative person. He has a good eye for design and marketing, as well as beeing a creative writer. He inspire and always has a lot to offer." Nina Warhuus, Designer, Visma, worked directly with Thomas C. A. at Visma Software ASA "Worked closely with Thomas on text for webpages. Thomas is skillfull and highly recommended." Frank Schjelderup, Webdeveloper, Visma Software ASA, worked directly with Thomas C. A. at Visma Software ASA "Whatever need you have writingwise, Thomas delivers. And the best writing occurs when he's allowed to be a little bit funny too! :) His graphic works are comparable to "educated" graphic designers, often much better - both technical and regarding creativity ;)" Jan Ronald Stange, Webmaster, UniWeb AS, worked with Thomas C. A. at Freelance "Thomas er veldig idérik og oppfinnsom og hadde en egen petit-spalte i City. Han leverte morsomme, små glimt fra hverdagen med en egen vri og vidd som ble veldig godt mottatt." Hanne Hultín, was Thomas C. A.'s client Contact Thomas C. A. on LinkedIn Page5