Communication · Connection · Community · Clarity
Kim Visnes
builds bridges between people.
I spend my days closing the gap between what people mean and what they hear across customers, teams, and the messy space in between.
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About
A career spent listening, translating, & connecting.
Most of my professional life has been customer- and client-centric, and that's where my deep appreciation for human interaction took root. From spoken conversations to written exchanges, I find genuine joy in the countless ways we connect and convey ideas.
For decades I've honed the craft of building bridges between people and businesses. Fostering understanding between customers and companies, and unlocking collaboration inside organizations. The challenge of it is exactly what I thrive on.
This stopped being a job a long time ago. It's a calling. I feel real purpose when I help close gaps and enable the kind of interactions that move things forward. The impact of communication when done well is impossible to overstate.
25+
Years bridging people, communities & businesses
1,000+
Stories told
10,000+
Human beings connected
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Conversations that mattered
Education
BA — Strategy & PR, Business Administration & Management
Work
25 years of building bridges.
From union leadership to journalism, retail and PR. Here's where I've put communication to work. Skip through the pages for more.
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Elected Representative
Read more →Kitchen Planning Specialist
Read more →Lighting & Smart Home Specialist
Read more →Journalist
Read more →Store Manager & Community Lead
Read more →Founder & CEO
Read more →Controller, Merchandise Database
Read more →Department Manager, Manga & Games
Read more →PR Assistant
Read more →Games Manager
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Projects
Things I've built & shaped.
Initiatives where communication did the heavy lifting. Skip through for more.
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Japani Norway
Norway’s biggest community for Japanese culture, anime & manga.
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Spillbart
An independent space for writing what we actually care about.
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DDR Norway
Norway’s home for Dance Dance Revolution players.
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visn.es
Shorten. Share. Done.
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Skills
What I bring to the table.
Drawn from 25 years across communication, leadership and retail. Skip through for more.
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Communication
CommunicationExpert
Content productionExpert
JournalismExpert
Copy editingAdvanced
PR & Brand
Crisis managementAdvanced
Social media managementExpert
Brand buildingAdvanced
Online marketingStrong
Leadership
LeadershipExpert
NegotiationExpert
Labour lawAdvanced
Change managementStrong
Strategy & Delivery
Strategic planningAdvanced
Project managementAdvanced
Training & facilitationAdvanced
Community & Digital
Online community buildingExpert
Graphic & web designStrong
AI toolsStrong
Languages
NorwegianNative
EnglishNative
Danish & SwedishBasic
Honors
«Gullstikka» — Store of the Year, Norway (GAME Sandvika, 2014)
«Årets person» — Person of the Year (GAME)
Writing
Notes on connection.
Short essays on communication, community and the craft of being understood. Click any to read. Skip through for more.
Why effective communication is a business multiplier
It doesn't show up as a line in the budget. It shows up in every line of the budget. What twenty-five years across retail, media and union work taught me about the cheapest advantage a business has.
Read note →The art of being understood
Being heard and being understood are not the same thing, and the gap between them is where most of the damage happens. The responsibility for closing it is mine, not the listener's.
Read note →Building bridges, not walls, inside teams
Trust isn't a by-product of culture. It's built or spent in small moments, most of which look too minor to matter at the time.
Read note →What a union taught me about negotiation
Representing three hundred colleagues changed how I think about leverage. You can't win a negotiation you have to repeat every week for four years.
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Contact
Let's start a conversation.
Whether you want to talk communication, collaboration, or something else entirely — I'd love to hear from you. The quickest way to reach me is a message on LinkedIn.
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