“Elina has a sense of style and constant developer mind both in creative and sales field. She has the talent of managing herself as a start up -mind driver force as well as she supports team members. Strong professional understanding of fashion and lifestyles. She has an eye for details that matter in fashion. Her tool box is modern and based on fashion driving the digital revolution. Elina is a diamond of the team. International and local contributor as well.”

Luisa Laine, Head of Design

“I was able to accompany Elina in her training as a Voice User Interface Designer @CareerFoundry
as a mentor. I got to know Elina as a creative, curious and eager-to-learn person.

Thanks to her curiosity and her questioning, we were able to explore many new concepts in voice user interface design and apply them to the task. We were able to discuss the tasks in regular calls and Elina incorporated the new ideas into her work through direct exchange. It was an enrichment to be able to mentor her because she brought experience from the design industry with her.

You could really see in her work that she delivered excellent work with precision and attention to detail.

I am sure that Elina will be a great asset for her next opportunity.”

Paulos Mesghina, Voice UI mentor

“I accompanied Elina as a mentor in her training to become a UX designer. She already had a great deal of expertise from her previous design career. This enabled her to quickly adapt the content of the training and transfer her previous knowledge from the conception and realization of design projects. I was always impressed with the quality and depth of her work. Since I myself completed an additional course of study after several years in the profession, I know how challenging, sometimes considered unusual, but absolutely worthwhile this step is because it keeps your knowledge up to date and enables you to think and act on a meta-level.”

Antje Eichhorn, UX design mentor

“Elina is one of the most inspired people I know - Inspired about fashion and life! She worked as my junior designer for accessories and was always enthousiastic about any project. She gives that little extra which makes her a valuable part of the team. When working, she gets into a flow and accomplishes her work at good quality even at tight deadlines. Even though she is very talented in my opinion, she works without ego. In our company her talent was quickly recognized and she gained her own area where she worked indepently. I would recommend her greatly and only hope to work with her again!”

Laura Kupari-Guise, Senior Lead Designer

“I have been lucky to work as Elina's colleague in Stockmann. She was definitely one of the most inspiring colleagues in my whole career.

Elina is easy to get along and work together. She is also able to challenge people for better results and has an internal drive for development working methods as well.

As a designer Elina is passionate. She has a great ability to identify future trends and make them into commercial products. Her know-how is excellent in many areas; materials, fit, trends, colors and general knowledge of the fashion business.

Elina sees big picture and at the same time is able to think about finest details. This ability can be seen in her long-term commitment and good results.”

Katariina Kulve, Senior Designer