Experience
2022 – 2025
Nielsen Media Research | Lead Senior UX/UI Designer | Rotterdam – The Netherlands
Lead senior UX/UI designer for Commspoint products, helping brands and agencies optimize their communication channel mix through data-driven insights.
- Conducted extensive user research to validate design solutions, resulting in measurable improvements in user engagement and satisfaction.
- Led qualitative and quantitative UX research initiatives, including user interviews and usability testing for new feature development.
- Developed and implemented a comprehensive design system to ensure consistency across all Commspoint products while improving development efficiency.
- Established structured user feedback channels and data flow processes, resulting in more informed design decisions and improved user satisfaction.
- Successfully integrated Agile methodologies tailored to UX team needs, enhancing cross-functional collaboration and delivery timelines
2020 – 2022
ValueBlue BV | Senior UX / UI Designer | Utrecht – The Netherlands
Spearheaded UX/UI design for BlueDolphin, an Enterprise SaaS platform enabling business transformation and process management.
- Mastered ArchiMate® modeling language to ensure technically accurate and user-friendly design solutions.
- Implemented systematic user research methodology including SUS tests, one-on-one interviews, and CX reports.
- Developed and executed comprehensive usability testing programs, resulting in significant improvements in user satisfaction scores.
- Created data-driven design solutions that helped retain at-risk customers through targeted UX improvements.
2011 – 2019
Acunmedya International Production Company | UI / UX Designer – Art Director | Istanbul – Turkey
UI/UX initiatives for e-commerce, entertainment platforms, and mobile applications while driving creative formats for television programming.
- Conceptualized and developed a mobile application garnering over 4M downloads and generating $1.5M+ annual revenue.
- Developed cross-platform design solutions spanning iOS, Android, and Apple TV platforms.
- Created innovative interactive features for major TV shows including The Voice, Got Talent, and Survivor.
- Secured significant sponsorship contracts with major brands including Vodafone, Samsung, and Fanta through compelling digital experiences.
2001 – 2010
Vatan Newspaper | Visual Designer | Istanbul – Turkey
Pioneered all kinds of visual initiatives, including portal design, magazine websites, and print publication design for one of Turkey’s largest newspapers.
- Design of newspaper portal and magazine websites and working on gaining new users (Used Google Analytics after 2007)
- Designing magazines
- Designing promotional CDs and coding them with Lingo programming language.
- Managing all kinds of advertising and emailing processes
2000 – 2001
Dogan Holding | Web Designer – Frontend Developer | Istanbul – Turkey
Worked for all design projects of Turkey’s largest news portal e-kolay.net, CNN Turkiye, and many other portal websites while working as part of the frontend team.
- E-kolay.net portal design and implementation
- Other related portals (sports, finance, women & children, etc.) designs and implementation
- CNN Turkiye website design and implementation
- Dogan Group website design and implementation
1998- 2000
Effect BCW | Web Designer – Frontend Developer | Istanbul – Turkey
Supported multimedia and website projects for various clients in one of Turkey’s most well-known agencies and PR companies.
- Philips Turkey Website
- Ford Turkey Website
- Citibank Turkey Personal Banking Website
- Turkcell GSM operator website
- Various interactive game and animation projects