Unit for Communications Development and Services

The Unit for Communications Development and Services is responsible for supporting the missions in communications and country branding work and for providing comments on the missions’ country branding projects and appropriations on an annual basis. The unit is responsible for practical arrangements for visits by foreign journalists and influencers. The unit develops and manages the Foreign Service’s online communications and social media channels. The unit is responsible for the Foreign Service’s visual identity and for the Ministry’s graphics support and audiovisual production. 

The Unit for Communications Development and Services comprises the following teams:

  • Missions Support and Media Visits
  • Digital and Visual Communications.

The main duties of the Unit for Communications Development and Services are:

  1. support and guidance for the communications and country branding work of missions
  2. planning of and practical arrangements for visits by foreign journalists and influencers
  3. development and administration of the Foreign Service’s online communications tools and social media channels
  4. maintenance and development of the Foreign Service’s visual identity
  5. the Foreign Service’s graphics support and audiovisual production.

Email

  • vie-20@gov.fi

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Post address

Unit for Communications Development and Services
PO Box 176
00023
GOVERNMENT
FINLAND

Visiting address

Laivastokatu 22
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND

Personnel

Katja Karppinen-Njock
Director
  • +358 295 351 948
Jenna Nejlik
Trainee
  • +358 50 344 9683

Missions Support and Media Visits

Laura Vanhanen
Deputy Director, Team Leader
Helena Häkäri
Desk Officer
communications
  • +358 295 350 595
Lilian Bitar
Communications Assistant
  • +358 295 350 673
Helena Kiiskinen
Specialist
Communications
  • +358 295 351 362

Digital and Visual Communications

Olli Moilanen
Head of Web Communications
Team Leader
  • +358 295 350 049
Risto Joki
Senior Planning Officer
web communications and information systems
  • +358 295 351 340
Aino Korpinen
Senior Specialist
  • +358 50 435 5690
Katri Källbacka
Web Content Manager, finlandabroad.fi
  • +358 295 351 108
Eija Palosuo
Specialist
Visual Communications
  • +358 295 350 694
Anna Ruohonen
Senior Specialist
Communications
social media
Lauri Äijälä
Senior Planning Officer
web communications and information systems
  • +358 295 351 357

E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.