Professional Experience

 Creative Director  Crystal Magazine, Miami, FL 334407

Created original design concept, all logos, type and photographic treatments for glossy startup full color celebrity magazine with initial 1 million copy print run. Designed all promotional   materials. Directed three-member art department staff. Coordinated with Pre-Press and Press Room to meet all deadlines.
April 2001 to present

Creative Director  Tercüman daily newspaper and Next, Extra, Fisilti Magazines

Demos of Daily political newspapers, starting from scratch and coordination of placement of the items in design process and color and design decisions. Also preperations of the demos of the weekly celebrity magazines and coordition of the creative directory and especially preperation of the cover page designs, including the decision making of the color and design choices of the prepared templates. In this process, the thing, which I usually find significant is that making the material easy to be read and enjoyed, using visual elements. And through this, people are going to be more willing to read what is published.
April 2001 to present

Creative Director   Sun, Istanbul, Turkey

Directed total redesign for major daily newspaper.Produced new logos, color treatments and  typography.
Directed staff of 15.
February 2000 to April 2001

 Creative Director   Weekly Sun, Miami FL

Created original design concept, all logos, type, photographic and color treatments for new   weekly  news magazine.
March 1999 to January 2000

 Creative Director   Aksam (Alem Magazine) Media Group, Istanbul, Turkey

Overall creative responsibility for all aspects of design of five glossy weekly magazines devoted to Society News, Pop Music, Teens and Fashion and three daily newspapers. Total circulation of all titles exceeded 4 million a week. Directed staff of 34, responsible for all aspects of pre-press and scheduling.
September 1993 to January 1999

 Creative Director  Dogan ( Milliyet ) Media Group

November 1986  to January 1993

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Art Director, PhotoSport Weekly Magazine Art Director, Daily News, Istanbul Page Designer, Dawn Magazine Children Story Illustrator Designed best-selling book jackets Created and designed award-winning ads
Maramara University, BA Fine Arts
Fluent in English
 

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