Me
I am a London-based creative integrated producer with 19 years of diverse experience in the industry. My background spans international shoots, creative production, social and content films, photography, post-production management, and more. Since moving to London nine years ago, I have worked as a freelance producer for several advertising agencies, including New Commercial Arts, Anomaly, Uncommon, Saatchi & Saatchi and TBWA MAL. Before that, I honed my skills at some of Istanbul’s top global advertising agencies, producing award-winning TV commercials, photo shoots, digital campaigns, and radio spots.
I am also passionate about dubbing and work as a voice-over artist.
Specialties
Creative production, Integrated advertising, international shoots, talent sourcing, postproduction, creative content and social films, photography production, radio spots, team management, celebrity management, dubbing.
Brands that I have delivered high volume work for include: Apple, Moncler, Paramount +, British Airways, ITV, Royal Enfield, Halifax, Holland and Barrett, TFL, Fiat, EE Mobile, Mayhoola Group, Marie Curie, P&G, Visa, Pepsi Co., Unilever, Kimberly Clark.
Awards
Tivibu Lethal Weapon / TVC / TBWA ISTANBUL / Agency Producer / 2011
Cannes Lions - Bronze Film Lion Campaign
Efes Pilsen "FlashMob" / TVC / TBWA ISTANBUL / Agency Producer / 2013
Cannes Lions Media Shortlist, 2013
Cannes Lions PR Shortlist, 2013
Mixx Awards Online Film, Gold, 2014
Mixx Awards Viral, Silver, 2014
Fiat "Driven By The Futures" / TVC / TBWA ISTANBUL / Agency Producer/ 2009
Eurobest Best Music Design Award
Inlingua Language Courses / Radio Spots / TBWA ISTANBUL / Agency Producer / 2009
3 Bronze Eurobest Awards Campaign
Over 50 Local Awards in Turkey.
Experience
Freelance Producer, Saatchi London July - September 2024
Producing multiple projects for OVO and Subway brands.
Freelance Producer, We Say Hi June - July 2024
Managing a global project including films, stills, OOH, DOOH deliverables across the world for Moncler.
Freelance Producer, Uncommon Creative Studio, London August - October 2023
Managing 2 local projects for ITV and British Airways across the UK including social media films, stills, OOH, DOOH deliverables.
Freelance Producer, We Say Hi, London July - August 2023
Managing 2 global projects including film, stills, OOH, DOOH deliverables across the world for Moncler and Moncler Adidas FW23 campaigns.
Freelance Creative Producer, Motel Company, London May - July 2023
Producing a global tv and social campaign for the Violife brand. Shooting in Bulgaria and origination for the global faced brand.
Freelance Sr. Producer, Anomaly, London September 2022- March 2023
Managing two global tv and social campaigns for the Expedia brand. Origination and localisation of 597 deliverables across 6 different countries.
Freelance Producer, New Commercial Arts, London July 2021- August 2022
Managing multiple tv commercial projects, social media content, still shoots and post production.
Freelance Producer, VCCP Kin, London October 2020- July 2021
Postproduction management, quoting and organising the postproduction teams, outsourcing talents as well as cross-managing multiple projects simultaneously for Dominos, Holland and Barrett, TFL etc.
Freelance Producer, 212, London August 2020- September 2020
Producing a fashion photography shoot in London for the Mayhoola Fashion Group, including videography and 360-degree conceptual photography.
Freelance Producer, 212, London September 2019- February 2020
Producing fashion advertising films and photography campaigns involving celebrity top models in Cape Town and New York for the Mayhoola Fashion Group . Managing the clients directly, observing creativity, negotiating celebrity contracts and organising the complete shoot.
Freelance Producer, Spectrecom, London July 2019- September 2019
Producing digital and content films from pre production through to the delivery, liaising with the clients directly and ensuring the creative expectations from the agency perspective.
Freelance Producer, TBWA MAL, London September 2018- April 2019
Besides localizing Apple global campaigns for both the EU and MERT markets, I also took a role in an origination campaign titled Apple Children’s Day for Apple.
Freelance Producer, McCann, London July 2018- July 2018
Producing digital content films for Philip Morris which included budgeting, shooting, following up post production right up until delivery.
Freelance Producer, TBWA MAL, London June 2018- July 2018
Localising Apple global ads for Middle Eastern, Russian and European countries in 16 different languages.
Freelance Producer, Genero London October 2017- March 2018
Producing TV and digital films for online platform Genero which allows its clients access to a worldwide creative community.
Freelance Producer, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, London May 2017 –October 2017
Producing five advertorial films for Letgo attached to the TV Show Survivor in the Dominican Republic. Following that producing the 5thphase of Letgo tvc campaign in Serbia.
Freelance Producer, Nomad Editors, London March 2017– April 2017
Producing post production for Apple Children’s Day campaign for TBWA MAL. Organising the edit, sound and online processes as well as managing agency - post office relationships.
Freelance Producer, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, London March 2016 March – March 2017
After the success of the first Letgo tvc campaign, producing the second, the third and the forth phases.
Freelance Producer, Saatchi & Saatchi, London February 2016 – March 2016
Producing an animated digital ad for EE Mobile. Budgeting, scheduling and organising post production and meetings. In addition to this also producing a Marie Curie radio campaign.
Freelance Sr. Producer, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, London December 2015 – February 2016
Producing the first campaign by a foreign agency specifically for the Turkish market for the app brand Letgo. Bidding, scheduling, arranging contracts and insurance, organising the whole production and post production process in terms of British production regulations. Managing the PPM meetings and presentations between multinational attendees.
Freelance Broadcast Producer, TBWA, London 2015 September – 2015 December
Helping the whole broadcast department in regards to budgeting and chasing the post production process as well as producing radio spots and taking part in a shoot for a Nissan commercial.
Managing Director, Sinefekt, Istanbul – 2013 - 2015
Managing the post production process from start to finish, crisis management to solve problems effectively, set post plans with the technical crew, exceptional customer service skills to handle corporate clients, building up suitable teams for each project and where necessary expanding the team using freelance designers, editors, etc. Client portfolio includes Pepsi Co., Unilever, Kimberly Clark.
Integrated Creative Agency Producer, TBWA, Istanbul – 2009 - 2013
Bidding, scheduling, organising and managing multiple projects (TV commercials, photo shoots, radio spots, and localisations) from initial creative development through to final delivery for clients. Handling potential crisis’s with production companies. Managing client and internal project communications while coordinating production companies. Overseeing detailed budgets and supervising the bidding process. Sourcing music licenses and permits and celebrity management.
Integrated Creative Agency Producer, Saatchi & Saatchi, Istanbul – 2006 - 2009
Scoping and quoting projects, managing them through from brief to delivery. Client Portfolio includes P&G, Visa, Eti, Kent, Denizbank, Vestel.
Further more…
Education and Certificates
Plato Film & Bahcesehir University – Cinema Seminars TURSAK (Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audio-Visual Culture), Cinema Seminar
Mimar Sinan Fine Art University