about

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He graduated from Eskişehir Anadolu University, Faculty of Fine Arts in Graphic Design Department with a second degree. During his master’s program, he worked as a graphic designer and assistant art director in one of major advertising agencies of Turkey until he won a scholarship for education and research by Norwegian government. For a long time, he prefers to work in IT sector only.

He’s a big fan of science fiction, horror movies, comics and video games. When he’s not pushing pixels or writing code, spends his time doing photography with traveling, writing about technology, video games and movies.

resume

work experience

2012 > Present

ui/ux designer,
graphic design specialist

TÜRKSAT INC.

2011 > 2012

graphic & web designer

ARVENTO MOBILE SYSTEMS

2009 > 2011

senior graphic & web designer

NETCAD SOFTWARE INC.

2007 > 2009

graphic designer

FIREBALL IT

2002 > 2005

graphic designer

REKMAY ADVERTISING & PRINTING INC.

education

2012 > 2014

media & communication, aa

ANADOLU UNIVERSITY

2005 > 2006

visual communication, rs

OSLO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF THE ARTS

2001 > 2004

graphic design, mfa

GAZI UNIVERSITY, INST. OF EDU. SCIENCES

1997 > 2001

graphic design, bfa

ANADOLU UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS

skills

  • Graphic design for marketing experience creating both digital and printed media.
  • Visual design skills and user research with knowledge of UI/UX tools.
  • Creating and applying user-centered design principles, interaction patterns and usability through wireframes, mockups, user journeys and interactive prototypes.
  • Proven expertise in designing for web/mobile user experiences with front-end technology (HTML5/CSS3/JS) and no-code development (Webflow).
  • Strong knowledge on digital photography and videography.
  • Understanding of common software project management practices and Agile development in a team environment.
Merih is an active listener and hard working designer with the ability of working independently within the time limits...
He appear to be well organized which is regarded important to be a good designer.
reidar holtskog REIDAR HOLTSKOG, Professor
Merih is one of the most talented designer I have worked with. We worked about 2 years in Netcad. Netcad is still using many of the designs and ideas left from Merih. I strongly recommend him.
serdar ak SERDAR AK, ex-CEO of Netcad, CEO of Dece Software
I had the pleasure of working with Merih for three years. During that time, he designed many professional web graphics and user interfaces for the institutional, governmental and national projects.
hayati tastan HAYATİ TAŞTAN, PhD, Consultant of DEMA-TR
I was impressed by Merih's ability to deal with even the toughest technical tasks. Those skills including UI Design, UX Design, Visual Design and even more take years to develop, but it seemed to come perfectly naturally to him and he has the ability to harvest those technical skills and come up with brilliant ideas and solutions.
kenan okul KENAN OKUL, General Manager of VSN Associates GmbH
Merih is a good designer. With its innovative and user-friendly designs, he contributed greatly to the applications we developed.
faik yesiloren M.FAİK YEŞİLÖREN, General Manager at KEPKUR A.Ş.
Merih is one the best talented designers I work with. He works really fast and meets tight deadlines. He capable to work under pressure and multi-task assignments. Professional, highly recommended.
burcu yilmaz BURCU YILMAZ, Corporate and Marketing Communications Manager at ARVENTO
SOFTWARE SKILLS
PHOTOSHOP 90%
INDESIGN 80%
ILLUSTRATOR 90%
AFTER EFFECTS 60%
PREMIERE 90%
AUTOCAD 70%
MAYA 50%
BLENDER 60%
CODING SKILLS
HTML5 80%
CSS3 90%
JQUERY 50%
UI/UX TOOLS
FIGMA 80%
ADOBE XD 90%
SKETCH 70%
PEN & PAPER 🙂 100%

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