Hjalmar Kjeldsen

About me — honestly

Hey, I’m Hjalmar.

Ideas should feel clear before they feel clever.

Hjalmar Kjeldsen

Aarhus · Denmark

Draws first. Opens Adobe second.

I’m a graphic designer who feels most at home somewhere between a sketchbook and an After Effects timeline. I turn complicated ideas into visual stories that feel simple, human and alive.

By day I design at TV2 Østjylland, where graphics have to be sharp, fast and understood in a second. Outside the newsroom, I take on freelance projects with a clear purpose, a little personality and room for a strong idea.

Currently

Making local stories move at TV2 Østjylland.

Aarhus, DKSelected freelance

The short version

  1. 2024 — now

    Graphic designer · TV2 Østjylland

    Newsroom pace, broadcast precision and ideas that must land instantly.

  2. 2022 — 2024

    Media graphic design programme

    Sharpened the craft and learned the physical side of design while apprenticing at Illux.

  3. 2021 — 2022

    Frijsenborg Efterskole

    Photo and media — the point where After Effects became more than a hobby.

  4. Long before that

    The kid drawing on everything

    Margins, notebooks and anything else that looked too empty.

Have something in mind?

Let’s make it move →