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Istanbul, Turkey

+ Preparing pro-active sponsored engagement projects for brands before finalizing the respected content acquisitions first in order to cut cost and then to make profit in many cases.+ Working closely with ESPN/Disney (UK & US) for VOD (30 for 30 & documentaries) and various live content.+ Managing and evaluating content through performance tracking, industry knowledge and insights, and research in an effort to find the best programming for our 2 linear channels, S Sport Plus and YouTube. This is sometimes for new content or existing contracts such as Formula1, NBA, and UFC.+ Handling post-sales media operation for the contents we sub-license as Saran A.Ş. to other channels and networks both local and in other territories such as CIS and Eastern European countries (CZE/SVK).+ After 3 years our OTT App, S Sport Plus, exceeded the 500K subscribers mark.+ For 2 years organized and led a production crew of 38 people during a 7 day on-site broadcast at Formula1 TurkishGP as the acting on-site manager. This includes planning crews’ accreditations, travels, F&B, arranging various pilot interviews, special shootouts, and technical arrangements for the on-site commentary and 7 live outdoor studio shows we’ve done in 4 locations throughout the week all in daily liaison with Formula1/FIA employees and delegates. The 2020 TurkishGP was the most-watched motorsports event in Turkey.

Istanbul, Turkey

Operation+ Operating all the daily broadcast coordination (E-Mail, Telco, Zoom, etc.) with global media license distributors such as IMG, networks like ESPN, and content owners like Premier League, NBA, NFL, Bundesliga, F1, MotoGP, NFL, WWE, and many more for our 2 linear channels and OTT App’s broadcast which makes up half of my daily routine.+ Assisting the General Manager with his day-to-day business-related tasks.Projects & Marketing+ When founding our OTT platform, S Sport Plus, in 2018 I took many duties ranging from general planning to marketing to legal/contractual review of the project. + Planned, organized, and briefly led the new website project of S Sport which features all of S Sport's products and services under one roof.a) 17th Altın Örümcek Web Awards 2019 - Finalist (Entertainment Category) - 2nd Place.b) Horizon Interactive Web Awards 2020 / Entertainment Category 1st Place - Gold Winner+ Assisting Ad Sales Department by helping to create sponsorship strategies.+ Reviewing and approving 3rd party ad campaigns where our brand is used. + Organizing weekly Newsletters for PR purposes.Production & Broadcast+ Co-Producing the weekly basketball talk-show program called ''3 Saniye''.+ Assisting S Sport MCR department, 24/7, by conducting all the communication on technical issues before and during the broadcast.+ Assisting the Media Sales & Acquisition Department to decide on which new sports content to acquire.+ Localizing content from English to Turkish for NBA, UFC, and Premier League.+ Floor Manager for EuroCup and Euroleague games.

İstanbul, Turkey

+ Digital Ad Sales Executive and Operations Manager, exclusively for Yahoo.com and Ask.fm. Specifically outperformed Turkish Airlines and Turkey Ministry of Culture’s worldwide campaigns on a monthly basis. Sales figures rose, on average, by 42% end of my first year.+ Started selling/marketing all of Genart’s display websites in the beginning of my second year.+ At the end of my third year I was assigned as Strategic Planner because of the creative digital projects I have led. Conducted all the necessary duties for my new role for a number of brands from different sectors, lasting roughly 4 months before leaving.

İstanbul, Turkey

+ Internet Ad Sales Executive for Haber3.com, a news web site with a 56M PV.+ Operated the digital campaigns that we got from media agencies and digital ad buyers.+ Part-time worked as an editor and created content for the website.+ Started a blue-collar-job-finding-engine called www.iscanavari.com.

İstanbul, Turkey

+ Started my career in Turkey at Spark* (Strategic Planning Department) as a Junior Planner. Looked after number of campaign of Domino’s, Eti and Citroen, for 6 months. + Conducted market and consumer researches, blind taste tests, worked closely with a psychologist to understand our audience better and provided the in-depth insights to the creative team. In the end Eti’s new confectionery product ‘’Canga’’ was born. Eti still uses the same ad strategy today.+ Got assigned as Jr. Account Executive for Turkcell for the next 6 months. Handled many ATL and BTL campaigns including Nar Campaign’s and ÖzTurkcell Campaign’s. Turkcell was the #1 telco media buyer in Turkey then.

Irvine, California, United States

+ Handled DFH Marketing’s e-commerce site: Megabakkal.com. + Responsible of Sales, Operations, Marketing Campaigns and Customer Relations. + 9% rise in profits at the end of the fiscal year.

İstanbul, Turkey

+ Account Executive Intern:Launching of Nokia N Series. Localization of TVC and Print Ads. Marketing research and analysis for Vodafone, Docker's & Levi's brands.

İstanbul, Turkey

+ Account Executive Intern, ATL and BTL:Hotpoint Ariston, Orkid, Ülker Kellog's Coco-Pops

İstanbul, Turkey

+ Direct Marketing Intern:Showroad Projects, Briefing Marketers and doing Field Checks for MEY, Knorr and Hasbro.

Istanbul, Turkey

Training in multiple departments

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communication Major & Sociology Minor

Activities and Societies: Men's Soccer Team, Track&Field Team Manager, WSCS FM DJ

Türkçe & Sosyal

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