Valve is looking for a new CEO, after former CEO Timo Julkunen’s decision to leave the company. The search is ongoing, with good candidates already in the pipeline. Operative Director Miia Wren will be responsible for day-to-day business. More information will be given as the process progresses.

Meanwhile, Valve continues to build its talent pool in the key competence areas of insight, experience, visual, technology and management. Digital specialist, Veera Kauste has joined as a Planner/Strategist. Veera has an extensive background in digital business strategy for major brands, bringing a fresh perspective to the Finnish marketplace after 13 years living in New York City.

Anniina Hautala and Saku Soini have taken the position of Designer, Samuli Nivala is now Graphic Designer and Emma Loikkanen was hired as Junior Graphic Designer. With a focus on servicing Valve’s roster of leading local and international clients, Valve is continuing to develop its strengths and recruit more talent. See the latest opportunities on Valve’s careers pages…

To guide the next phase of development of Finland’s most awarded digital agency, Valve has announced the appointment of Timo Julkunen as CEO. In a fiercely competitive marketplace Valve is proud to have secured the appointment of a talented leader with a strong history of creating value for global brands.

Timo was previously at Satama, Hasan & Partners, and most recently at Taivas as Managing Director. On joining Valve, he said “this was an opportunity I could not miss. As the financial climate accelerates the migration of marketing communications to the internet, Valve has the strategic, technical and creative competence to stand out. The way brands are built and engaged is evolving, new types of agencies are appearing, and consumer behaviour is rapidly changing…” Timo sees preserving and developing Valve’s strategic leadership as key in a market where “so many agencies are entering the field and claiming expertise.”

All at Valve are pleased to welcome Timo on board. You can contact him at timo.julkunen@valve.fi +358 40 549 043

Valve spent last Friday afternoon designing something totally different from pixels - we had a mission to pimp our office. Materials such as plastic, paper, ducktape etc. were given to the teams to create prototypes of themed spaces that separate a meeting area of the open space. The six teams ended up creating and presenting a variety of creative, outstanding and amusing solutions to use our office space more effectively. See the pics below and visit the office to see the compositions in real life

Designing in process.

Implementation, team Jungle Heat.

Team Arabian Nights building interior to the tent.

Die Western Lounge under construction.

Presenting the prominent beer dispenser of Die Western Lounge.

Taking a peek to the Underwater World of Jacques Cousteau (note the periscope on the left next to the sea lion!)

Arabian Nigts full heat.

iBooth in active use straight away.

Valve team has once again grown. During the last few weeks Santeri Mäkinen and Lari Niura from Flash Fabriek joined us. This week Kim Olenius from Ego arrived and next week Susanna Laanikari who used to work in Tietotalo and Giuliano Cremaschi from Sulake will reinforce the ever growing Valve crew. We warmly welcome all the newbies!

P-J Hyytiäinen is joining Valve in the beginning of September as Creative Director of the Online Marketing team. P-J is joining Valve from Ego, where he has made a long career as Creative Director.

He talks about his new position with enthusiasm:

It’s great to start at Valve which is not only known for it’s strong ideas but also as an agency that is an active and eager developer of the digital community.

Hyytiäinen has influenced the best digital agencies in Finland: To the Point, Grey Interactive, Ego and now Valve.

Valve warmly welcomes P-J!