Niklas Jakobsen

I am…

Specialized in digital development working at the intersection of business, technology and users. With 20+ years of experience, I lead digital initiatives from needs to delivery, translating business goals into practical priorities that create, and satisfies my aspiration for, real user value.

Work

Product owner, Agria Djurförsäkring — 2023-present

Product owner, Digital customer experience in all markets and devices. Highly involved in company wide digital transformation and modernization.

Project manager, Fröjd Interactive AB — 2017-2023

One of the most successful project managers at the agency. Managed some of the firms biggest accounts. Have seen the company grow from around 20 people to 50+. Loyal and long term customers during these years, and always gets positive feedback in our yearly surveys – both from customers and colleagues. Focused on strategic and long term partnerships at the same time as managing operative project groups. Financial reports and prognostics, project management/planning, pitch and sales, stake holder presentations etc.

Production manager, Ottoboni – 2014-2017

Production manager for one of the agencies largest accounts. Managed both in-house and off site developers. Time management, project planning, some financial responsibilities etc.

Self employed web developer, Didjit — 2010-2014

Web development, finances, pitch work, sales, hiring sub contractors, being a sub contractor. A lot of different tasks, as it is being self employed.

Web strategist, Save the Children Sweden — 2006-2010

Advocated digital transformation in communications. Article in Internetworld (In swedish).

SEO/Web, Jajja Communications — 2001-2006

IT Consultant, Sapio AB — 1999-2001

Hired to Spray where I worked in both the Spray Labs and Startup & Integration departments with Spraydate and its siblings – online platforms for socializing.

Education

Berghs School of Communications – 2009

Web Management.

Other merits

Taught myself PHP by building nanoblogg.se, a platform that gathered traction quick and led to me being interviewed in one of Swedens biggest newspapers and also live, in Finish radio. – https://www.internetmuseum.se/tidslinjen/ett-ord-ar-gransen-pa-nanoblogg-se/

Article in Expressen, another article in Expressen, blog post by Andreas Ekström, post on Deeped, article and interview in Svenska Dagbladet.

Rode my bike around Vättern 2,5 times

Learned to play the guitar by mimicking idols and printing out tabs from Altavista (A long, long time ago). Formed bands and played both live and in a studio.

Leader in my sons Lufsare group in Friluftsfrämjandet for several years.

Had an at home-restaurang during the late spring/early summer of 2022 where I served home made tacos. This also led to a guest apperance at a local café/restaurant for a taco themed after work.

Experimenting with AI driven web development in my spare time and have a couple of Progressive Web Applications up and running.