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JANA PEJOSKA

Email: hello@janapejoska.com

Website:  https://www.janapejoska.com/

Publications: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/jana-pejoska/publications/

LinkedIn: https://fi.linkedin.com/in/janapejoska

Phone number: +358 45 890 96 88

 

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EDUCATION

Doctoral candidate in New Media (exp. 12/2022), School of Art, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Finland.

MA in Digital Technology and Culture, Department of Art and Culture Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. 2010. Thesis – Design principles of educational virtual worlds and digital games for pre-school children.

BA in Art History and Archaeology (double major), Faculty of Philosophy, University of “Kiril & Metodij”, Skopje, North Macedonia, 2006

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 PROFESSIONAL RECORD

  • Researcher, Cicero learning- Learn­ing, Brain and Technology, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Helsinki University, Finland | 2020 – NOVEMBER 2022 |
  • Visiting Scholar, MIT MediaLab, Cambridge, MA, USA | April-June 2022 |
  • Lecturer, UWAS, Aalto University, School of Art, Design and Architecture, Finland | 2019 – 2022 |
  • Doctoral Candidate researcher: R&D of tools for embodied experience | 2014 – 2022 | LeGroup, MediaLab, School of Art, Design and Architecture – Aalto University, Finland.
  • Founder | 2013 – 2019 | OYOs Games Ltd., Helsinki, Finland.
  • Art Director | 2010 – 2011 |  Lumination Films, Helsinki, Finland and Barcelona, Spain.
  • Creative Director | 2006 – 2007 | Axis Digital Media Production and training center, Skopje, N. Macedonia.
  • 3D artist and 3D software Instructor | 2005 – 2007 | Axis Digital Media Production and training center, Skopje, N. Macedonia.
  • Graphic designer / 2004 / Software & graphic design “Balkan-sourcing”, Skopje, N. Macedonia.
  • Freelance graphic and web design 2005 – 2011

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ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Design Research, Remote collaboration and communication, New Media design and prototyping, Data and Ethics; Trust and Presence in Remote communication. See examples here.

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PROTOTYPE DESIGN AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT:

VR design, AR design apps, Wearable devices, Game design, Remote communication tools. See examples here.

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QUALITIES & SKILLS:

NEW MEDIA DESIGN, Research & Development and PRODUCTION.

  • Experienced in new media production, visual communication and information design, service design, digital product design (skilled with most of the popular software for media production)
  • Experienced in research, including qualitative methods such as ethnography-, surveys, interviews, user studies, reporting and publishing.
  • Design research – Design-based research: contextual inquiry, participatory and co-design workshops, product design and hypothesis.

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MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

  • Experienced in leading trans-disciplinary projects and managing teams.
  • Strong communication and social skills.

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TEACHING:

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KNOWLEDGE SHARING

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AWARDS

  • 2018: Excellence in research in Vocational Education and Training, awarded to Learning environments research group. Awarded by European Union Commission’s Awards for Vocational Education and Training Excellence
  • 2015: 3rd place in international competition – Envisioning design for wearable enhanced learning in Well-Ectel conference, Toledo, Spain
  • 2013: DigiDemo award, for progressive design in education – Mushy Rooms – mobile game
  • 2013: Awarded with Appcampus funding grant and educational program by Nokia, Microsoft and Aalto University program for one of the best game apps (read more here: http://www.mushyrooms.com/) in 2013.
  • 2010: For web design of pejola.com, awarded in the best designs of 2010 of the world’s leading web design catalogues Web Design Index 2010: www.webdesignindex.org
  • 2 years awarded for full scholarship by the Ministry of Education Macedonia, for excellency in studies (BA)


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