Experience

Trüf Marketing & Communication (Türkiye)

Art Director • Jun, 2024 — Oct, 2024

  • I contributed to the end-to-end corporate identity design for brands in Finance, Private Associations, SaaS, and Maritime industries.
  • Designed user interfaces and product communication strategies for products such as Stockindir and Podyo at Trüf.
  • Created printed media content and corporate identities for both large and small-scale fairs and events.
  • Prepared materials for company presentations, including investment and corporate presentations, in the most effective manner.
  • Designed compelling storytelling for a variety of events and presentations.
  • Nische Atelier

    Freelance Designer • Jan, 2020 — Jun, 2024

    Since 2020, I have worked for the graphic design needs of many individual and corporate (Advellence AG, Trüf Communication, C ve Sistem Programcıları Derneği, BTK, MEB etc.) organizations. Some of the services I have provided:

    • Corporate Identity Design
    • Interface and User Experience Design
    • Digital Illustration
    • Corporate Presentation Design (Investment Presentation, Product Presentation etc.)
    • Magazine/Book Page and Cover Design
    • Design Documentation Creation and Design
    • Design Automation and Asset Management Software Development

    COOL NFC (Türkiye)

    Product Designer • May, 2022 — Mar, 2024

  • I positioned NFC-based products in a more prestigious light than competitors, attracting attention from corporate giants like Turkish Airlines, P&G and IBM.
  • I designed holistic social media campaigns, increasing their sales by 2x.
  • Designed profile/sales pages and management panels for digital business cards.
  • Developed software to optimize design and production, increasing production speed by 10x compared to competitors.
  • Advellence AG (Switzerland)

    Graphic Designer • Mar, 2022 — Jun, 2022

  • I modernized the interface content and landing page of Sharedien (DAM) system, utilized by companies such as Adidas and Nivea.
  • C and Systems Programmers Assoc. (Türkiye)

    Graphic Designer • 2020 — 2021

  • I provided support for wireframe and UI processes for projects created by the association's students.
  • I spearheaded the establishment and branding of the C++ Turkey community, organizing impactful events with individuals such as SpaceX employees and Bjarne Stroustrup.
  • BTK Akademi (Türkiye)

    Graphic Designer • Mar, 2020 — Oct, 2021

  • Contributed to the design of BTK Akademi's community and course pages.
  • Created guides and documentation to support the educational journey of 800K users on the platform.
  • Education

    Nisantasi University

    Associate Degree, Graphic Design • 2020 — 2022

    Ecole 42

    Computer Programming • 2021 - Freeze

    Kagithane Anatolian High School

    High School Diploma • 2020

    Skills

    Design Skills

    Figma, Illustrator, Photoshop, Excalidraw, Video (Ae/Pr), Typography, Printing

    Technical Skills

    HTML, CSS, Javascript, Swift, Ruby, Git, macOS, Linux, Cloud Computing

    Management Skills

    Agile & Scrum, Miro, Trello, GitHub, Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, iWork

    Sectoral Skills

    UX Research, Documentation (Markdown), Prototyping, A/B Test, Accessibility

    Language Skills

    Turkish (Native), Arabic (Native), English (B2)

    Associations

    C++ Turkey

    Graphic Designer • 2020 — 2021

    I have been involved in the design, organization and live broadcast moderation of events in this community.

    Mirket - Virtual Library

    Community Advisor • 2020 — 2022

    I undertook a consultancy role in the studies in order to manage the young and student population in a virtual place.

    Software Development Turkey Community

    Moderator • Nov, 2018 — Present

    A community of over 1000 people, including famous software developers and designers. I am responsible for the organization and management of many events in this community.

    • Community and Events Management
    • Open Source Project Development

    Nishgt Design Community (College Community)

    Founder • Mar, 2020 — 2022

    I’m responsible for the management of all operations, designs, and marketing in this community that I have established with great enthusiasm. We are working hard to achieve good work in the field of graphic design. In a short time like a month, I have successfully established the whole ecosystem that operates between management and sub-teams and I continue to develop it.

    • Nishgt Development Ecosystem on Cloud and GitHub
    • Design Thinking Crash Course Instructor

    Outside Interests

    • Writing blog posts about design and my daily life.
    • Pursuing hobbies and conducting research on crafts such as watchmaking and leatherworking.
    • Reading manga, collecting limited edition design books, and exploring unique mangas.
    • Playing video games (fps shooting, mmorpg, arpg, racing simulation).

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