Miikka-Markus Leskinen

Master of Social Sciences (IR)
LinkedIn™ Certified Marketing Expert

I’m an experienced senior digital marketing specialist. I train international teams on how to use LinkedIn tools to optimize and correctly measure B2B marketing activities. I help with practical planning of digital campaigns, and manage paid ad accounts myself for multiple clients.

I’m currently the only LinkedIn Certified Marketing Expert in the Finnish market. I work closely with LinkedIn Marketing Solutions to provide up-to-date information and advice on LinkedIn for Finnish companies and organizations.

Certified in November 2023

My professional background is in social sciences, web design and the service sector. I’ve also gotten myself involved in political philosophy and social media trends in the past years.

I work at OIKIO 🔗


Links

Here are some channels to get in touch with me:

In the media

(links in Finnish)

  • Videomarkkinointi 2025 (Videolle), 19.9.2025. Ajatusjohtajuus LinkedIn-markkinoinnissa ja mainonnassa. (link)
  • LinkedIn Marketing Labs, LinkedIn Corporation, 30.5.2024. [Virtual] Live Workshop: Brand Building with LinkedIn by a LinkedIn Certified Marketing Expert.
  • Ilta-Sanomat, 22.4.2024. Hyvätuloinen Miikka-Markus ilmoitti ostavansa halvan auton – somekansalta ikäviä vihjailuja: ”Ei oikein sovi tuohon keskiluokkaan” (link)
  • MARK Markkinointiliitto, 15.2.2024. MARK webinaari: Ajatusjohtajuus LinkedInissä. (link)
  • Fonecta, 4.10.2023. B2B-mainonnan kohdentaminen, evästeet ja LinkedIn. (vaatii kirjautumisen LinkedIniin, link)
  • Fonecta, 30.1.2023. Fonecta työpaikkana: kokemuksia Tampereen toimistolta. (link)
  • Markkinointikollektiivi, 9.5.2022. ”Miksi brändimarkkinointi on tärkeää?” (blogiteksti) (link)
  • Fonecta, 21.2.2022. ”Markkinointipodcast: Kansainvälinen B2B-markkinointi.” (link)
  • Ylä-Satakunta, 13.9.2020, ”Miikka-Markus Leskinen jätti Parkanon” (link)
  • Aamulehti, 26.5.2019, ”Uutiset: Eurovaalit”
  • Seurakuntalainen.fi, 24.5.2019, ”Porvaripuolueiden ehdokkaat kehottivat äänestämään kristillisten arvojen ja rauhan vuoksi” (link)
  • Radio Dei, 22.5.2019, eurovaalitentti: Eija-Riitta Korhola (kok.), Mikaela Björklund (rkp.), Miikka-Markus Leskinen (kd.)
  • Yle Tampere (radio), 15.5.2019, haastattelu: Elsi Ranta ja Miikka-Markus Leskinen
  • KD-Lehti, 13.5.2019, ”Kristillisdemokratia on Euroopan johtava aate” (link)
  • Ylä-Satakunta, 7.5.2019, ”Konservatiivi torjumaan hiipivää liittovaltiota”
  • Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, 13.3.2019, ”Sanomaa verkkosivuilla ja valtaväylillä”
  • Ylä-Satakunta, 27.2.2018, ”Kulkuyhteydet Parkanosta ratkaisivat muuton tänne”
  • AlfaTV, 22.3.2018, AlfaStudio ”Millaisia ovat tulevaisuuden päättäjät?”

I have designed websites as a side job for more than 20 years. I’ve been an early proponent of open web standards in the late 2000s and have always had an emphasis on typography, usability and accessibility.

In 2018 I was registered as a Ph.D. student of International Relations at the University of Lapland. My master’s thesis, which is available as open access, was written on the same topic as a my planned Ph.D. thesis. You can read my master’s thesis on the topic of politics of recognition of the Armenian Genocide (1915-1922) in Finnish language here: Leskinen, Miikka-Markus (2016)

Other information / offtopic

I have resigned from my past affiliation with Finnish party politics (Christian Democrat youths) and since 2019 I support equal rights for all groups, including equal marriage and lgbtq+ rights. I’m currently not a permanent supporter of any left-wing or right-wing party. I continue to actively follow social issues and make commentary especially on international politics.

I have planned and executed several election campaigns since 2012. I have worked as an advertising designer, campaign organizer and electoral officer for several political campaigns in Finland.

I live in Tampere with my family (2 kids).

My old blog (in Finnish language) can be found here: Miikka-Markus Leskinen Blogi