It is not easy to write for those of us who work on the visual side, especially when talking about oneself... But I'm not a quitter. :)

I have lived a visual life for as long as I can remember; movies, commercials, cartoons, comics, shop windows, in short, almost everything I could see around me with my eyes was always interesting to me. I turned this interest into a professional career at Ogilvy, where I started working as a graphic design intern right after my high school graduation, and since then I have been creating and producing non-stop with the same excitement as the first day.

My educational life progressed in the same line. I have a BA degree in graphic design, an MA degree in visual design, and an MFA degree in design and technology.

With over 20 years of advertising agency experience, I have had the opportunity to produce advertising ideas, lead art teams and freelancers and work with extremely talented people in different countries — Which helped widen my perspective in design and visual communication. Among my overseas experiences, I worked as a creative director and art director at Leonardo, the interactive agency of Leo Burnett in London, Ogilvy in Italy, and Sholtz & Volkmer in Germany for BMW and Swarovski. For the last 12 years, I have been working in New York City, both as a staff and a freelancer in pharmaceutical advertising agencies, for brands such as AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Daiichi, Janssen, and many others, and I have been honored with several awards such as Cannes Lions Young Creatives, Copybreak, and Crystal Apple throughout my career.

I have had the chance to produce in almost every business, including automotive, finance, consumer goods, broadcast, food and beverage, with Pharma being my current area of concentration for the last 7 years. Some other brands I have helped produce for in my career are Mercedes, P&G, McDonald's, and Allianz Insurance.

When I'm not staring at a screen, I'm painting with my wife Burcu and our daughter Chloe, or you can find me walking the streets of NY with a coffee in my hand, observing around, riding my bike in Central Park or playing under water rugby whenever I find the occasion.