Ozan Ortac Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

After four years at Ogilvy PR, I was promoted to the Head of Business Development role for Ogilvy İstanbul, where I oversaw the entire business development projects of Ogilvy companies in Turkey, Ogilvy PR, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, and BBG Social Media. Having won critical accounts in this role, such as Culture & Tourism Ministry, Borusan Holding, VakıfBank and many more, I also managed the blue-chip PR clients, i.e. the PR management of Turkey's tourism brand in over 30 countries.

Istanbul, Turkey

My role included both Account Management and Business Development. On account management level, I have lead various PR teams for Pegasus Airlines, Netaş, ING Bank, Setur, Sony B2B, DHL Express, Avon, Banvit, Madame Tussauds, Nescafe, Radisson Blu, TKF, Daruma, Esas Sosyal, and HTC clients while managing multiple project based partnerships. At my business development role, I oversee the new business operations which includes winning of many pitches such as Pegasus Airlines, Madame Tussauds, Avon, DHL, Banvit, ING Bank, Superfresh, Ford Otosan and Netaş.

İstanbul

As the Communications Director, I was responsible from the development, management and execution of the proactive communications strategy & plans, supporting the implementation of all media elements of the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF) Strategic Plan. Collaborating closely with TBF senior leadership and TBF marketing teams at developing and managing external communication strategies and tactics, I also assisted with crisis communications and other related initiatives.

As the Senior Manager, Corporate Communications reporting to Corporate Strategy Directorate, I was responsible from designing and managing the corporate communication, corporate marketing and corporate relations tasks of the company.

Istanbul, Turkey

As the Corporate Communication Manager, reporting to CEO, I was responsible from designing the communications policy and the strategy of the company in line with the business objectives.* Corporate Communications: * Creating and developing the awareness of the company both at general public and specific target audiences, management of its perception and reputation. * Designing and implementing the media strategy of the company; acting as the company’s key communication contact for local and international media, building and developing beneficial business relations with journalists. Developing positive news and projects to create a positive awareness for the company. * Managing the PR agencies in Turkey and Germany, developing local communication strategies. * Securing a healthy internal communications environment, developing and implementing projects to develop motivation, state of ownership and collaboration between the employees. * Designing the roadmap of the company’s corporate responsibility and sponsorship approach. * Designing the procedures, work flows and job descriptions of the Corporate Communications Department.* Corporate Marketing: * Managing the advertising agency, preparing the strategic briefs and marketing communication road maps. * Designing and implementing the corporate and/or tactical marketing promotion campaigns. * Coordinating the communication towards business partners, distributors, agencies, sellers and etc. Developing marketing communications projects to support the marketing goals. * Determining the possible scenarios which might require crisis communications, establishing the necessary communication strategies and the general crisis communications approach, and managing the communications at times of crisis and acting as the company spokesman.* Preparing and supervising the efficient usage of the annual communications budget. * Managing the company’s on-board magazine; SunTimes.

Istanbul, Turkey

As a senior specialist, I was responsible from designing, implementing and reporting the communication activities of distinguished national and international clients such as Garanti Bank, Garanti Technology, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, IBM Türk, SunExpress Airlines and Turkcell. *Handling the interview and/or news requests on behalf of the clients, organizing interviews at the right time with the correct media. *Managing clients’ relations with media, planning and implementing the press conferences, pitching and following up the news releases.*Answering the customer complaints which emerged at media with the close collaboration of the necessary departments of the client.

Istanbul, Turkey

As a senior specialist, I was responsible from designing, implementing and reporting the communication activities of distinguished national and international clients such as Nokia, Toshiba Notebook Computers, Escort Computer, QAD and FinansBank.*Managing the media relations and events of the clients.

Istanbul, Turkey

*Writing articles for the daily page and making interviews with key arts patrons. *Preparing and editing the movie page of the weekend supplements.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Public Relations

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