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Jan Erola (born 1969, in London) is a Finnish journalist, communications consultant and former publisher. He works as an Associate Director for Kreab, a multinational communications agency, for the London and Helsinki offices. He is the program director of the Helsinki Book Fair. Erola lives in Oxford with his wife, Anne Moilanen.
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Early life
Jan worked as publishing and communications manager for Paasilinna Publishing and as a CEO and publisher for Helsinki Books Ltd.
Career
He also worked as the communications and marketing manager of Yellow Film & TV Ltd. From 2004–2009, Erola was the publishing manager of Ajatus Kirjat, a non-fiction imprint of Gummerus Publishers. Erola was a staff writer for Ylioppilaslehti, Iltalehti, Helsingin Sanomat and Talouselämä. He was the editor-in-chief of Ylioppilaslehti (1998-2000).
He is a columnist for both Suomen Kuvalehti and ET-lehti, and has written columns for Yleisradio's Radiomafia, Avotakka, Markkinointi & Mainonta, Metro newspaper, Finland, Valitut Palat (Reader's Digest Finland), Me Naiset, Journalisti, and Helsingin Sanomat Sport pages. His blog, Kustantajan Kulma, focuseds on publishing.
Erola worked as a radio journalist, and created content for Yleisradio Radio 1 and other Finnish TV shows. Between 2000 and 2015, he was a regular commentator on the weekly TV program Jälkiviisaat, appearing in hundreds of broadcasts.
Personal life
Jan Erola has a Master of Social Sciences degree in recent/political history from Helsinki University. He sings and co-writes songs in a parody band, Punatähdet ("the Red Stars"), under the artist name of "Aatos Punanen."
