May 2009

 
Joel Maisalmi has been appointed Photographer at Aamulehti, based on Alma Media’s Helsinki News Desk. Maisalmi has worked at Aamulehti on temporary basis since 2006.
 
Raili Räisänen (Designer, Diploma in Crafts and Design) has been appointed Editor at Aamulehti Art Desk. She has worked at Aamulehti on temporary basis and previously in several newspapers, lately producing Viikkosavo in Kuopio, Finland.
 
M. Sc. (Admin.) Pekka Mauno has been appointed the second News Editor at Lapin Kansa. Mauno has worked at Lapin Kansa as Business Journalist since 1984 and prior to that as Business Journalist in several papers.
 
B.Eng. Niilo Ursin has been appointed Technology manager at Kauppalehti.fi. Prior to joining Kauppalehti he has held several positions in Tieto Oyj.
 
Janica Pekkola has transferred from Aamulehti to Satakunnan Kansa to deputize Marketing Assistant during a maternity leave.
 
Heli Hevonkorpi has been appointed Development Manager of Alma Media Corporation’s Finance Department. In her new task, Hevonkorpi will be in charge of coordinating the financial development projects as well as development of the financial processes. Additionally, she will continue in the position of the head of the Finance’s IT Group.
 
Anne Huotari has been appointed HR Specialist at Alma Media Corporation. Her responsibilities include for instance wellbeing at work, wages and salaries as well as HR Communications. In addition to these new tasks, she will also continue as wages clerk.
 
Maarit Ylitarvas has been appointed to customer service of Koillis-Lappi newspaper and Lapin Kansa’s Kemijärvi office.
 
Polina Nikolova has been appointed Communications Manager at Mascus. Prior to her promotion, Nikolova worked at Mascus as Marketing Assistant.
 
Di Zhao has been appointed Marketing / Internationalisation Assistant at Mascus. Previously he worked as Junior Software Developer at Mascus.
 
 

February 2009

 
M.A. Minna Marjava-Kontio has been appointed Marketing Director at Etuovi.com. Her responsibilities include communications, marketing and customer service of Etuovi.com. Marjava-Kontio, lately Sales Director of Etuovi.com, has worked at Etuovi since 1998.
 
M.Sc. (Econ.) Stefan Kajanus has been appointed Sales Director at Etuovi.com. Kajanus has worked at Alma Media Group since 1999, for instance as Managing Director of Monster Oy. Kajanus joins Etuovi.com from Kauppalehti, where he worked as Sales Director.
 
M.Sc. (Computer Science) Tero Lehtimäki has been appointed IT Director at Etuovi.com. Lehtimäki has worked at Etuovi since 1998, lately as Development Manager.
 
Authorised Real Estate Agent Marianne Soikkeli has been appointed Customer Service Assistant at Etuovi.com. Previously she worked at YH Länsi Oy as sales agent and at Kiinteistömaailma as Marketing Secretary.
 
BBA Miia Nummela has been appointed Online Media trainee at Etuovi.com. She works in close cooperation with other units of the Marketplaces business area.
 
BA Emilia Saarela has been appointed Communications Assistant at Etuovi.com. Her responsibilities include both internal and external communications of Etuovi.com. Saarela joins Etuovi from PR Agency Tulus where she worked as Communications Officer.
 
Samu Reijonen has been appointed Content Manager at Mikko.fi. He has studied in the Communications degree Programme at Tampere University of Applied Science.
 
Tanja Rauhala has been appointed Sales and Marketing Coordinator at Mikko.fi. Previously she worked at Aamulehti as Marketing Coordinator and Sales Representative.
 
Mikko Pulliainen has been appointed Journalist at the Aamulehti Business Desk. He has worked at Aamulehti since 2007.
 
Erika Ekholm has been appointed Sales Representative at city paper Tori. She has previously acted as an entrepreneur and Regional Manager for Eyen.
 
Tomi Viitasalo has started at Autotalli.com as Development Director. Viitasalo is in charge of technical functioning and development of the online service, and acts as supervisor for the technical team. Viitasalo has worked in several units of Marketplaces business area since 2005.
 
Petri Sabel has joined the technical team of Autotalli.com as Application Designer. Sabel is responsible for maintenance and minor development projects of the online service.
 
Sanna Paasi has started as Customer Service Assistant at Autotalli.com. She joined Autotalli from Translation Agency Translatum.
 
Riitta Suhonen has been appointed Communication Officer of Pohjois-Suomen Media Oy, in addition to her principal responsibilities as Media Sales Assistant for Lapin Kansa Newspaper.
 
Philip P. Philipoff has been appointed Manager, International Sales and Marketing fro City24 portals. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, Philipoff is responsible for coordinating sales and marketing in the entire City24 chain as well as internal and external communications. Previously Philipoff lead the City24 Bulgarian office.
 
Ilari Kosonen has been appointed HFM Specialist / Controller at Alma Media Corporation. Previously he worked at Aamulehti Media Sales as Controller.
 
Merja Pyhälä has been appointed Development Manager for Alma Media’s Media Marketing Chain. Previously she worked at Iltalehti. Her responsibilities in this new position include development of online advertising as well as acting as the head for the online media cooperation group within Alma Media.
 
Laura Rintala has been appointed Assistant for Managing Director of Kauppalehti. Prior to joining Kauppalehti, she worked as Office Manager and Executive Assistant at Kaupthing Bank.
 
Hannu Aspelin has been appointed Manager, Delivery and Information Systems at Kauppalehti Circulation Department. Aspelin has long experience in IT systems at media and banking business. Previously he worked at Tieto Oyj.
 
Anne Mäkelä has been appointed Journalist at Satakunnan Kansa on temporary basis. Previously she has worked at a local city paper Satakunnan Viikko.