This document provides a summary of Inga Ojala's professional experience and qualifications. Ojala has over 30 years of experience working as an art director on various projects including event coordination, product design, illustration work, and signage creation. She has strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills and experience with food preparation, layout design, and budgeting for events. Ojala provides references and highlights her experience with art direction, graphic design, signage, illustration, packaging, and coordinating photography shoots.

1. • Countryside Veterinary Clint, Designer, CT
• Restoration work; The Saint of Motherhood composite, IN
• America Remembers, TX.
• John Wayne Coach Gun, Hollywood, CA.
• Creative Director Holster Manufacturer, Arvo Ojala Productions, CA
• Trade show, Meeting and Event Coordinator for a number of companies
• Medical Marketing Group, CT.- Draftsmen/ Artist
• Freedom Financial Services, CT. Draftsmen/ Artist
• Paint numerous murals throughout United States.
• Teach art classes to hospitals, retirement centers, churches, libraries, and community centers.
Computer Experience
Mac and PC: Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop / Elements, Quicken Pro, Word, Works, Excel, Quick Books Pro, Page
Maker, Mac-Quark Xpress, Photo Shop, Paint Pro, Page Maker, HTML, PowerPoint, Photoshop and Illustrator, Cad
and many others.
Education & Credentials
Small Business Management, Mt. Hood C.C. Gresham, CT,
Small Business Management, Arts, Moorpark College, CA
Quark Express Education, NY
Adobe IOdesigns , NJ
Microsoft, Excel, CT,NJ,NY
Volunteer Work
Special Event Planning for fire stations and police departments
Murals for children’s museums and schools
Art signs and props for fundraisers
Teaching special needs children and events and schools
Numerous schools throughout the US-making props for plays
Donations of my art to fundraisers- for many non-profit organizations
Baking, and cooking foods for schools for fundraisers
Teaching art and crafts for churches
In the works: Hand-painted kayaks for a fundraiser I am coordinating for the children’s hospitals
Other
Marksmen: hand guns, rifles, Compound bow
Oregon Hunters Safety
General Contractor ( prop and movie/ theater sets)
Drafting and Landscape design
Fishermen, fly fishing, fresh and saltwater fishing
United States Power Squadron - America's Boating Course- Coast Guard training
American Red Cross training: Adult, infant and Child CPR,
Community Frist Aid and Safety
Oregon Food Safety Course
Real Estate Training, Bridgeport, CT
Teaching Experience in Fine arts
Acrylic, oils and watercolor
Leather engraving: tooling, 3-D design
Scrimshaw
Sewing projects
Trompe L'Oeil, Murals, Faux Finishes
Bead and jewelry making
T-shirt Painting
Animated Cell making and many other types of crafts
Hobbies
Fishing, camping, ice skating, skiing, mountain biking, kayaking, sailing, horseback riding, hunting, windsurfing, and
many other.
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2. Professional Experience
CEO, Director of Operations, 1995 –2013
Arvo Ojala Western Heritage Museum (Closed 2013)
Arvo Ojala Holster Company
 Planned, coordinated and executed events – Oversaw the planning and start to finish of meetings, conferences,
road/trade shows and many other special events.
 Planned the event floor plan and budget and created and build props and coordinated materials and
accessories.
 Supervised production of events
 Catering specialist
Coordinated event sponsors and internal /external teams on all aspects of the planning the events.
 Negotiated and managed contracts with sub-contractors and vendors.
 Planned and design budget for clients for special event and meetings
Other Duties
Sales and Manufacturing gun holsters and other leather and western products, including:
 Designing and building museum
 Marketing and product development
 Financial and budgeting jobs and projects
 Promotional materials
 Trade shows
 Sales defined and evaluated product marketing collateral
 Marketing forecast
 Business planning
Catering and Event Coordinator
The Viking Table- 2003-2007
Catering of:
 Fairfield Scandinavian Club; weddings, birthday parties, mid-summer, and many other Scandinavian events.
 Fire department and police department holiday parties
 Home based birthday and wedding parties and bar mitzvahs
Art Project Director 2010-2011
Dodge House Hotel, Dodge City, KS
Hand painted 84 and 14 foot murals Designed and remodel restaurant and saloon
Designing and Marketing of products: Dodge House Shoot-Out
Supervising employees on construction
Hand sculpted a 14’ x 45’ x 100’ water feature along with and hand sculpted life size items. Most of these types of jobs
can be seen on my website: www.IngaOjala.net
Special Project Jobs
In the process of writing a couple cook books and also a kayak safety book for kids
Designing products and making the prototype
Illustration Artist for Winterhawk Book- Michael Dante
World Wrestling Federation, CT - Art Director
Signage, Product label designing, Poster design
Gunsmoke GSO group, Designer and maker of custom products
Products: designing the labeling and packaging.
Trader Joes, NY, CT, NJ, creating signs, props
Web designing and networking.
• Windjammer Productions, “Punk Vacation” Art Director, Set Designer, CA
• Easton Junior Players Easton Parks and Rec.-Play
• Designer / Project Manager with costumes designed backdrops for numerous stage plays, including Olympia,
Golden Goose, Achenputal and Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My TJ and the Pirates and Don’t Rock the Boat, CT
• World Wrestling Federation, Art Director, CT
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3. Profile Summary
 With over 30 years of experience in successful Art
Director. I have so much to offer a company that is
looking for a well-rounded artist. I design projects from
start to finish. Detailed oriented - goal setting / self-
motivated / creative / friendly.
 Strong verbal communication skills and work well with all
types of personalities.
 Strong organizational skills.
 Multi-task, direct, lead and solve problems effectively.
 Food preparation and layout design for a well-organized
event.
References
Robert E. C. Pritchard
Vice President ASA H. Pritchard LTD.
etp.@hotmail.com
Mike Casey
Owner
Casey’s Cowtown
cowtown1@irish.kscoxmail.com
Roy Marsh
Broker
Camelot Real Estate
ramarsh@optonline.net
INGA OJALA
20714 NW 18th
Ave
Ridgefield, WA 98642
(503) 577-6891
ojala.ingaojala@gmail.com
www.IngaOjala.net
https://www.linkedin.com/in/inga-ojala-88793861
Art Director
Experience
Food labeling and signs.
Banners, billboards, signage, social media, posters, marketing ideas
Clay animation / book illustration
Building massive waterfalls and props
Budgeting and supervising projects.
Illustrator for magazines, catalogs and books.
Designing and construction waterfalls and buildings
Designing and creating ad layouts and sales catalogs, other media products.
Coordinating photo shoots including scheduling and product handling.
Maintaining and generating digital files.
Packaging, Tagging and POS design.
Coordinate all project quotes under the direction of the Marketing Manager.
Product ornamentation and graphic design. Designing DVDs and other products
In process of publishing a couple of cook books.