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

• Lead the end-to-end visual design work stream and bring a clear visual and brand acumen and aesthetic point of view to the team and the organization, while maintaining awareness of emerging trends and best practices.
  
• Based on overall brand and product strategy, develop the overarching visual design direction, style guidelines, and UI patterns to influence the ongoing evolution of the brand experience and develop customer and user experiences that elevate the Verizon brand.
  
• Interface directly with IT development teams to understand technical constraints and opportunities, and realize new user experiences through designs that are implementable, scalable, and accessible.
  
• Research, explore, and understand UX/UX opportunities within the current digital experience to drive initiatives to improve and deliver a seamless customer experience.
  
• Create, and maintain UI/UX design documentation including style guides, design frameworks, motion libraries, engagement patterns and prototypes to aid with cross-team communication, collaboration and development.
  
• Partner with design researchers and UX designers to create stimuli and prototypes for use in customer research and translate learnings into compelling brand expressions, leveraging learnings to inform design iterations.
  
• Present design work to team members, stakeholders, and leadership at internal review sessions, making a compelling case for design decisions and providing recommendations on how to evolve the Verizon brand language.
  
• Participate in meetings and ideation sessions with core team members throughout Verizon Marketing and the Business to represent the look and feel of possible experiences and clarify purposes and objectives that bring the brand strategy to life.
  

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

• Create visual designs that effectively communicate product function and brand identity, including the design and production of screen layouts, color palettes, typography, user interface elements, and icons.
• Design motion graphics and animation effects.
• Produce design specifications, storyboards, scenarios, and design prototypes.

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

Develop software for serially programming a Bluetooth enabled wearable device that facilitates social networking.

Create wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes and interface designs for a consumer-facing native application.

Design and develop front end and back end for a suite of desktop and web applications for a wearable device.

Use SLA 3D printers and soldering equipment to build product and hardware prototypes.

Design instruction manuals and informational booklets.

Design and develop dynamic data visualizations with real-time data

Create user-flows, and user-scenarios for user testing, and leverage learnings to inform design iterations.

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

• Design a brand identity.
• Created branding and marketing materials.
• Created digital product designs for web and native.

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

• Create product designs.

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

• Develop a website and create visual designs for the exhibit "Curious Sound Objects Vol III - The Space Between".

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

• Design a brand identity.
• Create branding and marketing materials.

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
  

SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE

• Adobe Creative Suite
  
• Sketch
  
• Rhinoceros
  
• 3D Printing
  
• OpenFrameworks
  
• HTML & CSS
  
• JavaScript
  
• Java
  
• C (Basic)
  
• Arduino
  
• Processing
  
• OpenFrameworks
  
• D3.js
  
• jQuery
  
• Soldering
  
• InVision
  
• Framer
  
• Principle
  
• Flinto
  
• Figma
  
• Origami
  
• Unity
  
• xCode (Basic)
  
• Android Studio (Basic)
  

LANGUAGES

• English
  
• German
  
• Turkish (Native)
  

SOCIAL MEDIA

LinkedIn
Instagram
GitHub
Pinterest
Open Processing