EDUCATION

Tufts University, Medford, MA.
B.A. in International Literary and Visual Studies,
Minor in Computer Science, May 2015.

EXPERIENCE

Head of Design and Creative at Roon
March 2022 - Current
New York, NY

Lead the end-to-end design workstream by taking responsibility for branding, product design, illustration, design system, design to code seamless implementation, defect resolution, communication design, marketing, prototyping, design research, product strategy, content strategy, motion, animation, art direction, front-end development, and creative technology.

Product Design Lead at Verizon
Senior Visual Designer at Verizon
April 2021 - March 2022, May 2017 - April 2021
New York, NY

Visual Designer at frog Design
September 2015 - February 2016
New York, NY

Apprentice at Marcelo Coelho Studio
July 2014 – August 2015
Cambridge, MA

Designer at SpotLight Parking
December 2013 – July 2015
Boston, MA

Freelance Product Designer at RoomZoom
January 2015 – April 2015
New York, NY

Freelance Designer at Curious Sound Objects
June 2015 – July 2015
Cambridge, MA

Freelance Designer at KisaKes Film Festival
May 2009 – October 2014 (Annual)
Istanbul, Turkey

RECOGNITION

• Critic at Cornell Tech. Cornell Tech Product Studio Crit allows the students the opportunity to receive feedback from leaders in industry.
• AIGA New York Early Career Mentor

AWARDS

• Best Use of Data for a project for World Bank in The International Development Hackathon.

EXHIBITS

• Easy Man was featured at the First Edition, the pilot show of Accessible Objects. The show is live from 8 September to 2 December 2020, and can be viewed here.

SKILLS

• Graphic Design
  
• Interface Design
  
• Interaction Design
  
• Creative Technology
  
• Photography
  
• Illustration
  
• Motion Design
  
• Front-End Development
  
• User Research
  
• Art Direction
  
• Typography
  
• 3D Modelling & Printing
  

LANGUAGES

• English
  
• German
  
• Turkish (Native)
  

SOCIAL MEDIA

LinkedIn
Instagram
GitHub
Pinterest
Open Processing