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Turkey

Cover immersive and XR work, topics and festival programmes, especially in the realm of non-fiction.

Communication strategist and digital content creator for UN agency. Film and produce videos (including 360), photo essays, and stories about the human narratives behind UNDP’s work. Collaborate with program teams to create best products to reflect their work and donor support. Manage social media channels and outreach campaigns. Coordinate projects with international partners, such as Thompson Reuters Foundation. Led redesign of corporate website. Conceived and program social cinema screening and discussion series with Columbia Global Center.

New York / Istanbul

Convene conversations to explore issues at the intersection of media/culture/technology/innovation. Curate film and immersive/XR series for art spaces and organizations. Provide consulting services for non-fiction media. Produced Doxita, a travelling non-fiction short film program.

Created travelling festival program of non-fiction short films to expand the reach of shorts distribution. Select films for program and negotiate screenings at theatres, universities and art spaces.

New York, Ny

Expanded theoneminutesjr. youth video initiative to an international scale. Coordinate and facilitate video workshops with young people (ages 12-20) to produce one-minute videos, in partnership with local UNICEF offices, NGOs and cultural organizations. Manage all aspects of project, including budgets, partnership and communication strategies, annual awards conference and ceremony and integration into larger UNICEF program and communication initiatives. Create and manage all social media, distribution and outreach plans for video content. Developing a curriculum using youth-produced videos around UNICEF areas of interest.

Develop and manage initiatives relating to quality programming and media for and by children and youth with international broadcasters, cultural organizations and local NGOs. Manage relationships with international broadcasters. Managed the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) initiative. Created and managed the ICDB Awards, Ceremony and Conference.

Managed productions/post-production at UNICEF’s multi-media and video facility. Supervised editors, archivist, operations and technical directors. Scheduled film shoots, coordinated video distribution, and oversaw content for daily satellite feed. Selected scenes, managed schedule and approval process, wrote scripts.

Created and managed an efficient system for library reorganization, including the screening and archiving of over 700 tapes. Researched internal and external footage requests.

Program and coordinate short films for documentary film festival.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Executed all programming tasks, including advertising for submissions, soliciting films worldwide, coordinating selection process, programming the Festival, locating and booking films, communicating with filmmakers, creating and editing the Festival program. Responsible for all adjunct screenings, including educational outreach to high schools. Responsible for designing and implementing upgrades to the Festival website. Continued previous duties of Festival Coordinator.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Launched and coordinated international film festival. Developed infrastructure for office operations, including databases and mailing lists. Developed submissions and selection process. Responsible for marketing Festival, tracking submissions, managing selection committee, planning events, coordinating passes and ticketing, overseeing technical setup and print trafficking, and coordinating filmmakers.

Masters, Visual And Media Anthropology

Bachelor'S Degree, American Social And Cultural Studies / Cinema Studies