Experience

Raising The Village

• Digital Communications Consultant

  • Nov 2020 - Present



Greenlid

• Creative Director

  • Oct 2019 - Oct 2020

  Established the company's creatives department, worked on creating a brand image and communications strategy scratch. Produced all creative assets for digital. Founded and curated the company's sustainability focused newsletter, 'Sustainability Forecast.' Ran awareness raising campaigns.



United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

• Photojournalist and Storytelling Consultant

  • Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

  Tasked to prepare a photo-story book for the Key Refugee Groups Project including the stories of 15 refugees who are LGBTI individuals, HIV positive or sex-workers, as well as a short video of compiled interviews.Responsibilities also include the creation of all visual materials regarding the project such as brochures and posters in Arabic, English, Turkish and Farsi.



Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

• Communications Manager

  • Aug 2018 - Jan 2019

  ○ Develop and oversee the implementation of an overall external communications strategyincluding targeted communications campaigns○ Evaluate and refine our audience segments and approach for engaging each segment○ Oversee all aspects of social media including strategy, guidelines, content development,managing Facebook and Twitter accounts (@hotosm, @themissingmaps) & metrics○ Oversee (via dotted line reporting relationships) communications in five country officelocations… ○ Develop and oversee the implementation of an overall external communications strategyincluding targeted communications campaigns○ Evaluate and refine our audience segments and approach for engaging each segment○ Oversee all aspects of social media including strategy, guidelines, content development,managing Facebook and Twitter accounts (@hotosm, @themissingmaps) & metrics○ Oversee (via dotted line reporting relationships) communications in five country officelocations including the work of three communications specialists○ Manage creation of HOT’s monthly newsletter○ Manage HOT’s communications calendar○ Facilitate meetings and engage volunteers in all aspects of communications activities as partof a public Communications Working Group○ Contribute to hotosm.org content and editorial including coordinating and scheduling projectblogs from field teams and developing guidelines for content, tone, images, etc.○ Manage creation of HOT’s Annual Report, including engaging volunteers, soliciting materialsfrom project staff and editing content and images○ Update and maintain an external media contact list and secure new-high profile radio,television, online media interviews and stories featuring HOT and partners○ Create press releases and distribute to key press contacts for promotion of HOT’s work andnew feature stories on external media○ PIlot new and innovative communications methods such as audio or video podcasts○ Assist with the development of marketing/communications materials and other informationresources Show more Show less



UNICEF

• Communications for Development Officer

  • Oct 2017 - May 2018

  Inclusive Early Childhood Education for Children with Disabilities Project. Conducting a media campaign for the project and supervising all audio-visual material production. Strategic communications planning and team management.



UNDP Türkiye

• Communications Consultant

  • Dec 2016 - Oct 2017

  Country Office Communication Team. Audio-visual communication material production; mainly working with projects to increase their visibility.



Newsweek

• Foreign Correspondent

  • Apr 2015 - Apr 2016

  Istanbul / Ankara correspondent for additional reporting on Turkey politics.



Forward Film Productions

• Documentary Assistant & Photographer

  • Jun 2013 - Sep 2013

  Tasked as set photographer and production assistant of the award-winning documentary “Not Who We Are”, focused on the story of five Syrian refugee women in Beirut.