Dear friends,

thank you for visiting. I am a 🇫🇮 and 🇺🇸, 🇩🇪-born citizen of the 🌎. And, as a passionate, curious, adaptive, creative thinker, solution seeker and storyteller, I ❤️ working with people driven by 🔥 & purpose.✌️ 

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Welcome to my latest selection of rotating works illustrating my story, my vision and, hopefully, our path forward.

My specialty is multidisciplinary design and creative direction, building and leading lean teams, from idea to final execution in branding, marketing and advetising. My core skill set includes: art direction, graphic design, UX/UI, coding, video editing and concept development. However, at the core of everything I do is the story and the desire to have a positive impact on the world.

I have added value to a variety of brands from Lego, Emirates, Wall Street Journal, Novartis to initiating a relevant brand collaboration (+ activation) with Google, Stocksy, SheSays and C/BY/C at the Cannes Lions, focusing on diversity, unity and female empowerment.

To tie together my passion for design and social change, I also completed a creative leadership program at the Yale SOM. 

Let’s GROW together on our path forward. 

Cheers, 
Mia Dahlmer (Tapojärvi)

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Me from top to bottom moving forward relentlessly, shot by Marina Ekroos. Unifying diverse voices and brands at the Cannes Lions. Nature is my spiritual home and inspiration. I was super proud to be selected as a jury member for the 2022 and 2023 (M)AD Stars Advertising Festival in Busan, South Korea. I was exposed to so much amazing work from the Asian-Pacific region. My motto for the Cannes Lions 2022 was, Let’s GROW Together. The illustration was created by Réka Király and remixed by CREATIVE/BY/COLLECTIVE. Next, the best time to Jumpstart! is today. Because yes, only together will our future be so bright, which is why I was happy to art direct this thoughtful photoshoot by Chloe Sobel.