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Istanbul, Turkey

• Promoting bilateral commercial and economic relations between Turkey and Europe focusing on UK, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany and Israel.• Coordinating a network of 300 mid and large cap Turkish companies in the following sectors: telecoms, energy, industry, automotive, food and beverage, communications. • Supporting local government’s international relations and business development activities and facilitating their bilateral… Show more • Promoting bilateral commercial and economic relations between Turkey and Europe focusing on UK, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany and Israel.• Coordinating a network of 300 mid and large cap Turkish companies in the following sectors: telecoms, energy, industry, automotive, food and beverage, communications. • Supporting local government’s international relations and business development activities and facilitating their bilateral relations with multinational companies . • Coordinating government relations and liaising with the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Presidential Office. • Coordinating and organizing business delegations including private sector, local government, central government and the Presidential Office, for official visits in Turkey and Europe. • Participating in DEIK’s annual strategic planning and supporting the development of annual programmes and events. • Preparing the agendas and the contents of the events, selecting the keynote speakers.• Managing all phases of meetings, incoming and outgoing business delegations, official correspondences locally and internationally, PR activities and publications of the European Business Council.• Supporting sector groups by promoting effective business development strategies for different sectors with counterparts in foreign countries.• Initiating and executing projects with ministries, universities, trade offices of diplomatic missions, NGOs, international counterparts and municipalities.• Disseminating information by participating in the preparation of various communication tools such as articles, newsletters, country bulletins.• Managing communication with public and private institutions, NGO's, academy and foreign missions both at national and international level. Show less

Istanbul, Turkey

Assisting the Regional Coordinator of South East Europe responsible for the trade missions in Bulgaria, Romania, Israel, Greece, and Turkey in terms of promotion of sales and marketing activities and communication within the region.•Providing trade and investment related consultancy services to Danish businessmen on the Turkish market such as market research, partner search, sales and marketing strategies, company establishment.•Organizing export promotion and lobbying events including… Show more Assisting the Regional Coordinator of South East Europe responsible for the trade missions in Bulgaria, Romania, Israel, Greece, and Turkey in terms of promotion of sales and marketing activities and communication within the region.•Providing trade and investment related consultancy services to Danish businessmen on the Turkish market such as market research, partner search, sales and marketing strategies, company establishment.•Organizing export promotion and lobbying events including all aspects- from venue, participants, content, PR and media relations. •Identifying new customers in Denmark and travelling in Denmark for sales purposes to attract clients to the Turkish market and SEE region. •Screening the market for business possibilities, communicating it to the Danish clients, and preparing consultancy offers. •Providing stakeholder mapping and lobbying consultancy to Danish companies in the energy and environment market.- Social Media Management of the Consulate General, Danish Green Growth Network and Trade Office. Show less

Istanbul, Turkey

• Promoting Canada’s economic interests in Turkish Market.• Delivering commercial programming and services to Canadian clients and Turkish investors.• Preparing reports on business developments with a focus on selected sectors.• Working with Regional Trade Commissioner Service based in Ottawa and in Ankara.• Liaising with Canadian companies in Turkey, government, Turkish companies and institutions.• Initiating and implementing Social Media presence of the Consulate General… Show more • Promoting Canada’s economic interests in Turkish Market.• Delivering commercial programming and services to Canadian clients and Turkish investors.• Preparing reports on business developments with a focus on selected sectors.• Working with Regional Trade Commissioner Service based in Ottawa and in Ankara.• Liaising with Canadian companies in Turkey, government, Turkish companies and institutions.• Initiating and implementing Social Media presence of the Consulate General and Trade Commissioner Service in Twitter and LinkedIn.• Controlling trade program’s and head of mission’s budgets, coordinating with Regional Accounting Center located in Rome for the payments.• Planning and organizing business activities, trade missions, conferences, national day celebrations, ministerial and other official visits: Canada Day Celebration with the performance of Brandi Disterhaft and Kelly Lee Evans, Collaboration with IKSV during the Istanbul Jazz Festival, July 2014. Canada-Turkey Infrastructure PPP Conference in Istanbul and Ankara, January 2014. Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird’s Visit, September 2013. Minister of International Trade, Ed Fast’s Visit, August 2013.  Canada Day Celebration with the performance of Stephanie Westdal, June 2013. Demonstration of Canadian Expertise in ICT / Education Technologies and Business Matchmaking December 2012. Canada Day Celebration with the performance of Walk of the Earth, June 2012. Show less

Istanbul, Turkey

• Initiated marketing strategies and coordinated actions to influence the market.• Developed digital, creative, and brand marketing campaigns for our clients.• Digital innovation management, design thinking, strategic planning, product development• Analysis and strategic guidance in new business acquisition.• Followed up new business opportunities and arranged meetings.• Planned and prepared presentations for new clients and project proposals.• Initiated new product… Show more • Initiated marketing strategies and coordinated actions to influence the market.• Developed digital, creative, and brand marketing campaigns for our clients.• Digital innovation management, design thinking, strategic planning, product development• Analysis and strategic guidance in new business acquisition.• Followed up new business opportunities and arranged meetings.• Planned and prepared presentations for new clients and project proposals.• Initiated new product development planning and management.• Communicated new product developments to prospective clients.• Planned and managed personal business portfolio according to an agreed market development strategy.• Managed product/service mix, pricing and margins according to agreed aims. Show less

Istanbul, Turkey

Reklamz Adversiting Team handles top 350 advertisers of Turkey. Adverting and Publishing Team is responsible for managing selected media planning agencies and their clients directly. • Managed selected media planning agencies and their clients, ensuring revenue and individual goals are exceeded. • Cultivated and fostered relationships with Reklamz’s top advertisers. • Worked with Key Accounts Sales Director, other Sales Managers, Project team and internal teams to develop and… Show more Reklamz Adversiting Team handles top 350 advertisers of Turkey. Adverting and Publishing Team is responsible for managing selected media planning agencies and their clients directly. • Managed selected media planning agencies and their clients, ensuring revenue and individual goals are exceeded. • Cultivated and fostered relationships with Reklamz’s top advertisers. • Worked with Key Accounts Sales Director, other Sales Managers, Project team and internal teams to develop and implement strategies to expand clients’ investments across Reklamz network. • Developed a deep understanding and ability to analyze advertiser defined metrics (CPA, ROI), media buying cycles, web site architecture, etc. • Provided quarterly sales projections on a weekly basis and prepared monthly and annually target income reports.• Developed knowledge and understanding of all internal systems to proactively achieve specialized client requests and up-selling opportunities.• Contributed to the creation and ongoing improvement of project processes and team processes, including but not limited to heading up special projects, meetings and team events. • Managed communication with digital agencies and their key accounts(Groupm, Starcom, Nano, Ontarget, OMD, Digitouch, Ping, UM, DBI, Zenith) about collecting outstanding revenues.• To make out the invoices of the orders of coming ad campaigns, to submit them to the follow-up system. • Created media projects and bring together internal teams, publishers and clients from various sectors to execute these projects. Efes Pilsen, Garanti Bank, Algida, Fizy, Efes One Love Music Festival.• Cooperated with publishers to increase their daily/monthly traffic.• Used Google Analytics to plan and execute digital campaigns.• Coordinated the technical team during application of projects. Show less

Istanbul

Event ManagementUnder the supervision of the Director of Sales and General Manager, planning and organizing National Staff and Launch Meetings for Sales Team, planning and organizing domestic and international incentive travels ensuring continuously increasing satisfaction -finding destinations, arranging itineraries, attending inspections, following up visa procedures for international incentive travels-, processing proposals, contracts and invoices of events, implementing events in… Show more Event ManagementUnder the supervision of the Director of Sales and General Manager, planning and organizing National Staff and Launch Meetings for Sales Team, planning and organizing domestic and international incentive travels ensuring continuously increasing satisfaction -finding destinations, arranging itineraries, attending inspections, following up visa procedures for international incentive travels-, processing proposals, contracts and invoices of events, implementing events in relevant locations, working closely with third parties effectively to ensure that organizations are done in accordance with the quality criteria and within budget, performing other duties as required.- National Staff Meeting, January 2009- May 2009 in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana- Stars Club Lunches, Bursa- Incentive trip to Venice-Italy in April 2009- National Staff Meeting in January 2010-May 2010 in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana - Incentive trip to Barcelona-Spain in April 2010 in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana- Incentive Trip to Singapore-Bali in May 2010- Incentive Trip to St.Petersburg in July 2010- National Staff Meeting, September 2010 in Istanbul- National Staff Meeting, January 2011 in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana- Stars Club Lunches, January 2011 in İstanbul, Ankara, İzmir, Adana Show less

Istanbul, Turkey

Under the supervision of Incoming Incentive Director, preparing proposals for foreign companies, assisting the incoming companies from around the world in Istanbul, organizing the airport transfers, lunches, dinners, gala dinners, press conferences, sight seeing tours and services required for the event, preparing the budget and working closely with the third parties effectively to meet the expectations of the customers.- TOTAL- The Annual Summit- Swissotel-Guerlain/France- Export… Show more Under the supervision of Incoming Incentive Director, preparing proposals for foreign companies, assisting the incoming companies from around the world in Istanbul, organizing the airport transfers, lunches, dinners, gala dinners, press conferences, sight seeing tours and services required for the event, preparing the budget and working closely with the third parties effectively to meet the expectations of the customers.- TOTAL- The Annual Summit- Swissotel-Guerlain/France- Export Meeting in Istanbul- General Electric- President’s Club- Swissotel Istanbul-EFFIK Laboratories-France Istanbul Gala Dinner-Renault-France, Thalia Press Presentation- Kempinski Hotel Barbaros Bay –Bodrum Show less

Under the supervision of the Counselor of the Political Section, researching and assisting in reporting on political issues in Turkey and the region; liaising with the media in Turkey and other countries of accreditation and organizing Embassy events and meetings for Canadian delegations, translating official documents from Turkish to English or vice versa, interpretation at internal and external meetings into English, Turkish or French, coordinating coverage for Embassy events, assisting in… Show more Under the supervision of the Counselor of the Political Section, researching and assisting in reporting on political issues in Turkey and the region; liaising with the media in Turkey and other countries of accreditation and organizing Embassy events and meetings for Canadian delegations, translating official documents from Turkish to English or vice versa, interpretation at internal and external meetings into English, Turkish or French, coordinating coverage for Embassy events, assisting in coordinating public/ cultural affairs, performs other duties as required. -Canada Day 2007 Celebration with the performance of Mercan Dede Show less

As an emergency employee:ReceptionistUnder the supervision of the Management and Consular Services Officer, operating the central telephone switchboard serving all programs of the mission; providing general information to visitors and directs specific queries to relevant Program staff in the Mission; answering general enquiries on Canada in both official languages of Canada and Turkish; receiving and directing mail for the Mission; and performing other duties as required.; Under the… Show more As an emergency employee:ReceptionistUnder the supervision of the Management and Consular Services Officer, operating the central telephone switchboard serving all programs of the mission; providing general information to visitors and directs specific queries to relevant Program staff in the Mission; answering general enquiries on Canada in both official languages of Canada and Turkish; receiving and directing mail for the Mission; and performing other duties as required.; Under the supervision of the Management and Consular Services Officer providing a variety of administrative and secretarial duties in support of the Administrative and Consular section; providing personnel services to locally-engaged staff; arranging travel itineraries, making hotel reservations, reconfirmation for transportation and hotel accommodations for visiting delegations, couriers and other government officials through personal contact with hotel managers; performing other duties as required.Personnel/ Administrative AssistantUnder the supervision of the Management and Consular Services Officer providing a variety of administrative and secretarial duties in support of the Administrative and Consular section; providing personnel services to locally-engaged staff; arranging travel itineraries, making hotel reservations, reconfirmation for transportation and hotel accommodations for visiting delegations, couriers and other government officials through personal contact with hotel managers; performing other duties as required. Show less

Responsible of managing transportation services, scheduling hours of both student and personnel bus services

Attended to a serie of seminers conducted by Ministry of Foreign AffairsReport on Turkish Foreign Policy and the Turkey's Prospect Membership to the European UnionConducting press analysis for the current foreign policy issues

Ma, International Relations, 3.94

Master Thesis on "How can a gender-aware analysis contribute to our understanding of security?" Scholarship for academic exellence

Ba, International Relations, 3.80