Far Education is based in Montreal-Canada, specialised in a wide range of all educational needs. Our establishment was founded under the means to assist families in their quest to do the best for their child’s/children’s education. Our primary function has been International School Placement, in which we transition families from all around the world into the Montreal, Quebec education system.

New customer acquisition, project sales and management, advertising sales and marketing consultancy

Built the ad sales team for the new established newspaper and introduced the newspaper to the ad market. Created marketing and brand awareness strategies. Coordinated relations with the advertising & PR agency for brand building

Built the corporate sales team in start-up yellow pages company, joint venture of Dogan Media Group and Seat Group, Italy. Developed print and online products and sales strategies, trained the team, started and led active corporate sales Coordinated relations with the corporate advertising & PR agency for brand building and communicationTook the responsibility for the communications with the advertisers, ad agencies and media buying companies

Full P/L responsibility as the General Manager of NovaMedya Magazine Publishing company, with 30 full time employees and 10 freelancers, and 6 monthly magazines (Country Homes & Interiors, Living etc, Voyager, Mutfak Rehberi, Adres, Beyaz Butik)Initiated and developed product management and marketing concepts within the company, built a more dynamic and publishing approach, with more up-to-date local contentSignificantly increased the project revenues, building a dynamic and creative sales mind-set for the sponsored special supplements, for targeted sectors and customersWorking on agreements with international magazine publishers for new titles, about to finalize 3 new magazines to be published by Novemedya, to grow and expand the company in the competitive environment

Responsible for the Magazine Sales (Single Copy & Subscription), Marketing & Media Buying , Advertisement Sales and Production operations of the Dogus Iletisim Publishing Company (Publisher of the National Geographic Magazine, Formula-1, National Geographic Kids, CNBC-e, Audi, Volkswagen magazines). Reporting to the board and to the National Geographic Society.Coordination with the National Geographic Society Headquarters, and representation of NG-Turkey at NG International meetings & seminars.Printing and distribution contract management and coordination.Planning and realization of the ad & magazine sales, production and marketing budgets. Coordination of the relations with the advertisers, agencies and media companies

Established and executed the advertising department of the start-up magazine publishing group. Member of the executive committee. License agreements with Car, Officiel and National Geographic MagazinesCoordinated the National Geographic Magazine – Turkey launch, media strategies and PR activities.

Led the ad sales team, responsible for the Finance, Insurance, Telecommunications, Information Technology and Tourism sectors. Succeeded against aggressive monthly targets. Initiated and led industry/customer specific projects, products and ad campaigns. Introduced and realized the newspaper supplement sponsorship concept and generated a new revenue stream.

Ad sales and customer relationship management, specialized in Information Technology and Telecommunications industries.