curriculum vitae

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Work Experience

2022 - 2025

Designer and Mentor  | Vivita Estonia / Problem Solving Lab NGO

Began as a volunteer, later working as a Designer and Mentor. I developed programs and materials aimed at fostering design thinking and also conduct various trainings. Watch me talk about our work

2022 - Present

Volunteer Designer  | Animal Shelters NGO (Varjupaikade MTÜ)

In addition to hands-on animal care, I have created banners, brochures, animations, and other materials to promote animal adoption. My designs have been featured across Estonia, with an animation also aired on national TV. All done work can be seen here.

2022

Volunteer  | Xeración (Erasmus Organization)

Supported communication efforts, made short movie, and facilitated workshops.

2020 - 2022

Developer and Curator  | Viinistu Art Museum

Worked on brand and website development, managed social media communication, organised the archive, curated temporary exhibitions, planned events, made installations, and guided museum tours.

2018 - 2020

Intern and Freelance Designer  | Nafta Films

Assisted in production, casting, and graphic design. Also worked with the art department.

2020 - 2021

Volunteer Graphic Designer | ESTCube

Created graphic materials for the ESTCube project.

+7 years of freelance work

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Trainings, Certifications & Awards

2023 | Creative Techniques in Entrepreneurship Teaching
8 hours training by University of Tartu (SVMJ.TK.031)

2023 | Co-Designing with Care
Focused on collaborative design approaches by KA McKercher

2022 | Design Thinking Tallinn
Explored the principles and methods of design thinking.

2022 | First aid for mental health
11 -hour training course by Peaasi to understand the effects of stigmatisation and knows how to reduce it; recognise behaviours and risk factors indicating different mental health problems; use basic steps from mental health first aid action plan to provide primary support to a person with a mental health problem; use at least some of the self-help activities.

Hackathons:

Culture Digihack 2023 - 2nd place

University of Tallinn EdTech Hackathon 2023 - Special Prize

Tartu Urban Space Hackathon 2022 - 1st place

Skills

Design Skills (Graphic, Brand, Web, Illustration, Animation)

Proficient in creating visual content for print and digital media, including banners, brochures, animations. Experience in rebranding (logos, web design, visual identity), user-centered design, and designing for TV and social media. Skilled in typography, layout, animation, and painting.

Creative Thinking & Problem Solving

Developed and facilitated design thinking programs, workshops, and independent projects for children. Created worksheets and educational materials. Strong ability to generate innovative solutions in fast-paced environments and in collaborative, community-driven contexts.

Communication & Mentoring

Led workshops on design thinking and communication. Mentored children and teams through independent and creative processes. Contributed to community development and cross-cultural communication in international environments.

Project Management & Teamwork

Organised exhibitions, events, and temporary installations for cultural institutions. Managed independent projects and collaborated with interdisciplinary teams across various sectors, including film production, casting, and coordination.

Technical Skills

Web Development: Webflow, Figma, UI design, HTML/CSS
Adobe Creative Suite:
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere Pro
Project Management Tools:
Notion
Media Production:
Photography, videography, animation

so...  what I have done?

video / animation

"Kitten Season" - Animation for Animal Shelter(2023)
"Kitten Season" refers to the period when cats reproduce rapidly, leading to an overwhelming number of unwanted litters born on the streets and shelters overflowing with cats. While kitten season is often discussed in early spring, the reality is that shelters face a severe overpopulation problem from early spring all the way through late autumn.There are more cats in need of homes than there are adopters. It’s clear that the cat population is too high, and measures must be taken to control it. One crucial responsibility of cat owners is to ensure that unsterilized cats do not roam freely. Every cat owner should guarantee that their pet is loved, cared for, and spayed or neutered!

Video concept: Morten Langi, Ester Lilleorg, Maria Sootla, and Eva Berzin (BFM Advertising & Public Relations students).
Illustration & animation: Kaidi Marii Kütt
Voice: Christina Daous.

Simple logo animation for CV.ee

RA säilitusosakonna video kaader

Explainer videos for The National Archives of Estonia
Produced  a series of explainer videos showcasing the various opportunities and activities available at The National Archives of Estonia

web design

Website for Vivita Global and Vivita / Lahenduste Laboratoorium
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Had the wonderful opportunity to design and develop website of Vivita community. Also made an extra web page for their program Vista.

Viinistu Art Harbour new website, social media communications, and brand.
You can check the old website here.

graphic design

Photo: Karjar Kattai / Brand Estonia
Photo: Riina Varol / Brand Estonia
Photo: Rasmus Jurkatam / Brand Estonia

Business card design for Location Unit
Location Unit finds, supplies and reaches locations for film, TV, photo and fashion productions. Business cards in size of a credit card perfectly into wallet. The transparent logo symbolises all the picturesque locations the company can provide.

Playful Struggles card game
A card game to help players solve problems and come up with new ideas, developed for Vivita Estonia in collaboration with Vera Naydenova, Kipras Šumskas, Eva Liisa Kubiniyu, Teele Kumm, and Kaidi Marii Kütt. Designed and produced the card game.

Buy it here

2020 Opinion Festival poster
Playful poster about the balance of listening and hearing.
Read more about the poster in Estonian here

Posters for outdoor advertising to adopt more pets from shelter
Over the years I have made voluntary graphic design works for animal shelter in Estonia.

All the works can be seen here


Mads Langelund EP cover illustration

Proposal for Sofi Oksanen's "Purge" cover design (2016)

Illustration of the poster of Andrei Tarovski's film "Mirror" screened at the Porto Film Festival (2017)

Explaining poster for research on solar wind and nanosatellites.
Volunaty work for EstCube in 2016

concept art

Proposal for Jõhvi Defence Forses Art Competition: Expansion of Respect (2021)
Authors: Kaidi Marii Kütt, Rasmus Rattas

Name for the art piece is a pun in Estonian. It means at the same time Expansion of Respect but with a little twist it means also  a tribute to the soldiers.

The art piece gives the observer an opportunity to take a moment to reflect on the past and then look back to the future - fresh and broad. There are good people behind the honest, brave, professional, and cooperative Defense Forces. By seeing yourself, your companions, and the city reflecting on a work of art acts as a simple reminder of that.

The piece won III Prize in art competition for Jõhvi Defence Forces Campus

Proposal for Paldiski Defence Forses Art Competition: Balancing Health (2022)
Authors: Kaidi Marii Kütt, Rasmus Rattas

At a fast and demanding pace of life, our health often tends to take a back seat. The constant noise of information, social pressure, multitasking and bustling with internal and external expectations are all constant sources of stress, even among the bravest. There are times when we can cope with this burden, but unfortunately, there are times when this is not the case.

The piece "Balance of Health " lends a helping hand to these very moments and also serves as a preventive reminder of the foundations of our health and the importance of the balance between them, which often tends to be forgotten in everyday life.

The 4 mosaic ceramic elements playfully symbolize and remind us the foundations of health: sleep, nutrition, movement and communication. Metallic round shapes add lightness and refer to the so-called juggling skills needed to find and maintain a healthy balance in the face of various difficulties. The motive of throwing balls also creates a fun parallel to the realization that the goal is not to achieve a permanent and perfect state of being, but accepting and enyoing the process itself.


The piece won a special prize in art competition for Paldiski Defence Forces Campus

Proposal for Viljandi Health Centre: Gut feeling(2021)
Authors: Kaidi Marii Kütt, Rasmus Rattas

Skulptuur, kus 5 tegelast embavad üksteist, kuupaistel

Proposal for Rakvere Public Secondary School: Together (2022)
Authors: Kaidi Marii Kütt, Rasmus Rattas

"Together" in its simple form is an embodiment importance of community, offering inspiration to the future creators so that they can begin to shape a smarter, more caring and cohesive society, and the world. The nearly 3-meter-high bronze cast sculpture would blend perfectly with the school building and the area around, creating a stately focal point of the gymnasium and being grand symbol for both close and far viewers.

The piece is inspired by the principles of the school  and the concept of learning Gaia. As also the results of more than 80 year long Harvard University's Happiness and Welfare Survey suggest, the foundation of life expectancy and satisfaction is not money, power or prestige, but good relationships and community.

Coniunctim prospere gerere possumus - together we can succeed!

Proposal for Maarjamõisa hospital: Embrace of Love (2022)
Authors: Kaidi Marii Kütt, Rasmus Rattas

The series of illustrations based on the motif of the power of a hug, "Embrace of Love", is both playful and soothing. In its bright colors, the illustrations take the observers to the world of nurture – to the paths of care, support and friendship, while being a pleasant and bright addition to the hospital walls  creating feeling of security for the people passing by.