Brief Summary
I am an extremely experienced professional in the field of creative communication, having worked as a designer, director, photographer and art director for more than a decade. As a creative director at Gosu I have the privilege of working on a wide variety of different projects for some of the biggest and most ambitious clients in the business. We offer high end branding and design services, with years of experience specializing in design and production for both traditional and interactive television.
Clients
Heres some of the clients I´ve been working for:
TV Norge, TV 2 Norway, Viasat 3, Sky Türk, NRK, Nordisk Film, Rubicon TV, Strix Televisjon, Lyse Tele, Datarock, Strix, Kaizers Orhestra, Artic Reklame, TV 2 Sporten, Handverk, Grand Island, Monster TV, Feelgood TV, Seefood, Snøhetta, Experimental Lab, EBU Broadcast, H.C Andersen, Robert H. Smith, Viasat 4, Sanli Set Taiwan, Uncle Deadly, Addovation, Limelight Tv, Mira Craig, Nathalie Nordnes, Carla Atala, Madcon, Bremanger, MTV Mastiff
Professional Experience
CEO
HISS!G MUSIC MAGAZINE
August 2012 – Present (3 months) Oslo Area, Norway
Norways biggest music magazine with former MTV host Charlotte Thorstvedt as the main editor. Over 50 journalists and 10 photographers with big passion for music.
Creative Director & Partner
Gosu Design
April 2011 – Present (1 year 7 months) Bergen, Oslo, UK, Dubai, Oman
My work at Gosu includes creative direction, art direction, project management, branding, directing, motion graphics and photography. I both manage and produce projects for a range of clients, including TV production houses and channels such as NRK, TV 2 Norway, TV Norge, TV 3 Norway and MTV.
This position is associated with:
7 Honors and Awards
28 Projects
Björn has 17 recommendations (3 reports, 2 co-workers, 6 clients, 6 partners) including:
1st Gry Hege Thorslund, Weather Presenter, TV2
1st Runar Storeide
Senior Art Director & Partner
Gosu Design
January 2001 – April 2011 (10 years 4 months)
Art direction, graphic design, motion graphics and photography on a vast range of different projects, working for some of the biggest and most exciting clients and TV channels in Norway. Also set up Gosu's Oslo division with CEO Alexander Øksenberg.
This position is associated with:
3 Projects
Björn has 3 recommendations (1 manager, 2 partners) including:
1st Svein Arild Vatsø, Coxswain, Fugro-Geoteam
1st John Smith Kabashi, Stunt coordinator, stuntman and actor, Universal Key Studios
Art Director & Photographer
Kaizers Orchestra
2007 – 2008 (1 year)
Design, Photo and 3D - also nominated to the biggest visual price in Norway.
Founder
HISSIG Magazine
2004 – 2008 (4 years)
Founder, designer and project manager at Norway's biggest independent non-commercial music magazine. Discontinued in 2008.
Art Director
TV Norge
2002 – 2008 (6 years)
Worked with projects like Feriekolonien, Fengselskoret, Internatet, Max and lots of promos.
Björn has 1 recommendation (1 client) including:
1st Jarle Nakken
Post Producer
TV 2
Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Broadcast Media industry
2001 – 2003 (2 years)
Post producer, motiondesigner, director & photography was just some of my task while I worked in TV 2. My boss at this time Tormod Engelsen gave me the opportunity to do a lot of great projects that gave me great experience within TV-production and promo campaigns.
Owner
Nexza Media
June 1998 – June 2000 (2 years 1 month) Bergen
Art Director & Webdeveloper
My first work experience started when me and Hans Christian Andersen (famous Norwegian TV-host & developer) started Nexza Media. Our focus was design of websites for the media business and we had clients like TV 2, NRK, Rubicon TV etc.
Creative community for norwegian designers
eXPerimantal Lab
January 1998 – January 2000 (2 years 1 month) Bergen
experimental Lab (xp.no) were one of the first creative communities online in Norway. Today several designer in the greatest companies in Norway still remember XP as a meeting point, a place where future companies were discussed and created.
Awards and Recognition
EBU Broadcast Award
January 2009 Gosu Design
Gold award for TV 2 on-air idents
Promax BDA World
July 2009 Gosu Design
Silver award for TV 2 Zebra on-air idents
Promax New York
July 2008 Gosu Design
Silver award for TV 2's "Norske Bilder" campaign, profiling Norwegian fine artists
Promax BDA World
July 2009 Gosu Design
Gold award for TV 2 on-air idents
Visuelt (Norwegian awards for design excellence)
Visuelt.org
May 2009 Gosu Design
Gold award for TV 2 Zebra on-air idents
The Visuelt competition Norway
Visuelt.org
May 2011 Gosu Design
Silver award for TV 2 on-air idents
Gold Visuelt Awards 2012
Visuelt Awards 2012
May 2012 Gosu Design
The Visuelt competition is held annually and gives tribute to the professionals working with visual communication in Norway. The aim of the competition is to promote innovation, bring further professional competence and present the best work done by creative professionals in Norway.
