About Johan Heikensten

Journalist, Art Director, Designer, Strategist, Head of UX, CPO ...
I've gone from telling people's stories to designing stories for them.

Background

My background

Starting out in the media and advertising industries I've spent the last 15 plus years focusing on design and digital products. Most of that time I've been working as a Design consultant and Head of UX, helping companies improve their digital capabilities. More specifically; setting up in-house design departments, building products and re-shaping the ways the companies work.

My background has turned me into the ultimate hybrid, working with everything from brand strategy and business design to facilitation and UX direction.

At the moment I work as CPO at Defentry, a cyber security scale-up in Stockholm.

After starting out in the media and advertising industries I spent the last 10 plus years focusing on design. Most of that time I've been working as a Design Consultant, helping companies build up their digital capabilities. More specifically, setting up digital departments, creating product lines and re-shaping the ways companies work.

My background has prepped me to become an ultimate hybrid; Brand strategy, Business design, Digital strategy, Facilitation, Creative direction, UI design, UX design, Service design.

At the moment I work as CPO at Defentry, a Cyber Security scale-up in Stockholm.

Some clients

Partners & clients

Some partners, clients & friends

Some partners

Some partners, clients & friends

Some partners

Exploring, learning and doing. What I'm up to when I'm not working.

In my spare time

I'm a sucker for learning new things. This has also led me to become a complete podcast addict, where Iiterary spend hours, daily, listening to podcasts. (some suggestions to you below).

I love to learn new things. I think that's one of the main reason I switched careers so many times. This has also led me to become a complete podcast addict. I spend hours, daily, just listening to podcasts. So here comes a couple of great ones;

I'm a sucker for learning new things. This has also led me to become a complete podcast addict, where Iiterary spend hours, daily, listening to podcasts. (some suggestions to you below).

Connected to learning, I've been facinated by different cultures since I was a little kid. Besides living in multiple different countries I've worked my way around the world a couple of times, doing everything from performing as an Extra in a Kenyan movie to working as a dive guide in Malaysia.

I'm also a spotanous traveler and have worked my way around the world a couple of times, doing everything from being as an extra in a movie in Kenya to working as a dive guide in Malaysia.