Serhat Edip Gürova Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Leading the creative team, developing creative guidelines and directing all creative work to achieve highest visual standards while maintaining the brand.• Directing and supervising the production of any graphic material requested by internal and external clients. Obtaining the preliminary briefs and managing the production of revisions and alternative designs.• Push the creative bounds of traditional promotion and establish creative standards that result in building our brand and… Show more Leading the creative team, developing creative guidelines and directing all creative work to achieve highest visual standards while maintaining the brand.• Directing and supervising the production of any graphic material requested by internal and external clients. Obtaining the preliminary briefs and managing the production of revisions and alternative designs.• Push the creative bounds of traditional promotion and establish creative standards that result in building our brand and solidifying our relationship with the viewers. Managing text and graphic design work for sponsored events.• Providing creative support in the structuring of projects, to identify resource requirements, to delegate duties to the team members, to make follow up and checks.• Analysing the competition in terms of technical and concept integrity to give directions for competitive and innovative work to be done, analysing the ratings and supporting the promo planning.• To organize stuff meetings for the related units, to take actions for development and improvement.• Providing the necessary support to the Sales and Marketing Units in special projects when needed.• To plan and effectively manage the department budget in consideration of the new projects, personnel requirements, technical requirements and past period budget movements, to make department budget revisions according to the quarterly general budget revisions, to make the necessary arrangements and take actions.• To determine salary increase of employees according to the budget and performance criteria, to give/approve personnel recruitment and dismissal decisions.• To lead the team, to give coaching support for their personal development, to protect the corporate values, to test the in-service competency of employees and to take the necessary actions.• Attract, hire and train new employees and guide the development of existing employees.• Conduct performance reviews and help set goals for creative staff. Show less

Worked on launch and pre-launch of Fox with international team members from News Corporation. After a successful launch, been responsible for all visual aspects of in-house productions, shows, local dramas and news graphics of Fox.

Istanbul, Turkey

Worked as Motion Gfx./Production Designer on various in house programs and news shows.

Ba, Visual Communication Design, Honours Degree

Activities and Societies: Track II+, Flesh 2 Flesh, AAPR (Annual Academic Pron Rituals)

Technician, Computer Aided Design