Enthusiasm Generator, Interactive Marketing Consultant, Owner of Bigumigu.com
Turkey
- Current
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- Client Relations Manager at PhonoClick
- Founder and Administrator at Bigumigu.com
- Past
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- Strategic Freelance Consultant at Studio Plan B
- Marketing Consultant at Hintkumasi.com
- VP, Client Services at Dreambox Visual Communication
- Account Director at RPM Radar
- Account Supervisor at RPM Radar
- Account Executive at RPM Radar
- Editor at Xasiork - Online Magazine
- Account Executive - trainee at Lowe
- Translator at F1 Racing Magazine
- Member of the Board of Editors at Bilkent 4 Mevsim - literature magazine
- Marketing & Sales Assistant at Pembeciogullari A.S.
- Education
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- Yeditepe Üniversitesi
- Bilkent Üniversitesi
- Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi
- Malatya Anadolu Lisesi
- Connections
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- Industry
- Marketing and Advertising
- Websites
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Summary
I am an advertising and marketing professional, mostly experienced in finance and automotive sectors. Creating and operating all kinds of brand communication activities is the core definition that could describe me. I should claim that I am expert on viral and interactive marketing campaigns. I am a very active blog writer. Mostly, I am writing advertising, marketing and design articles for Bigumigu.com. I am creator of the automotive blog carluvr.com, and one of the creators of the advertising blog Bigumigu.com, which is a community blog and won several awards. I also write articles as a freelance author for the magazines like Digital Age and LOG.
Currently, I am working as the customer relations manager in an IT company.
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Specialties:
automotive industry, launching new brands, non-profit organization communication, web 2.0, internet, interactive marketing, viral campaigns, guerilla advertising, building interactive strategies, community management, project management, blogging
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Experience
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Client Relations Manager
PhonoClick
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2008 — Present (9 months)
http://www.phonoclick.com
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Founder and Administrator
Bigumigu.com
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
December 2005 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Bigumigu is a community blog focuses on advertising, design and marketing areas with more than 3.200 members. Its unconventional and user friendly blog design has crowned with a prize in the Altin Orumcek (Golden Spider) Web Design Contest 2007. Bigumigu has also won the second best blog award in the community category in Blog Ödülleri 2008 (Blog Awards).
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Strategic Freelance Consultant
Studio Plan B
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
August 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 1 month)
Developing business strategy and strategic planning for the accounts for the Moscow based advertising and design agency.
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Marketing Consultant
Hintkumasi.com
(Human Resources industry)
January 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Freelance marketing consultant at the Turkish creative portfolio and HR website Hint Kumasi.
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VP, Client Services
Dreambox Visual Communication
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2007 — October 2007 (4 months)
Vice President, managing client services and administiration.
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Account Director
RPM Radar
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2007 — June 2007 (6 months)
Director of Lancia account. Managed Lancia Ypsilon Turkey launch. Ypsilon launch was perfectly planned with strategist Sonat Antepli and included some ambient advertising activities like guerilla parking spots (http://bigumigu.com/haber.asp?hid=2003), a teaser web site (http://www.y-turkiyede.com) and sponsoring the biggest advertising event in Turkey: Kristal Elma (http://www.kristalelma.org).
Director of C&A. Managed the Turkey launch of the famous European fashion brand.
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Account Supervisor
RPM Radar
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Managed the brands; Toyota, Yapi Kredi, World, Pirelli, Sabanci Holding, Özellestirme Idaresi, AirTies, Kordsa Global.
Single handedly managed the brand identity and visual communication of the Foccaccio restaurant, Porto Antico @ Kanyon. -
Account Executive
RPM Radar
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
January 2003 — March 2004 (1 year 3 months)
Worked for brands; Toyota, WWF-Turkiye, Selpak, Koç Allianz, Okey.
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Editor
Xasiork - Online Magazine
(Non-Profit; Entertainment industry)
January 2003 — December 2003 (1 year)
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Account Executive - trainee
Lowe
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
July 2001 — August 2001 (2 months)
Assisted the accounts; Burger King, Ozellestirme Idaresi, Koc Holding, TEGEV.
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Translator
F1 Racing Magazine
(Entertainment industry)
March 2000 — October 2000 (8 months)
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Member of the Board of Editors
Bilkent 4 Mevsim - literature magazine
(Entertainment industry)
January 1998 — December 1999 (2 years)
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Marketing & Sales Assistant
Pembeciogullari A.S.
(Automotive industry)
January 1994 — February 1999 (5 years 2 months)
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Education
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Yeditepe Üniversitesi
not complete, MBA, 2003 — 2004
Completed the first term marketing courses with A+.
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Bilkent Üniversitesi
BA, Economics, 1995 — 2002
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Orta Dogu Teknik Üniversitesi
not complete, Information Technologies, 1998 — 1999
IDE_A is the first internet based educational program in Turkey focuses on Information Technologies, which organized by a leading University: METU. I was the one of the first students of this program and have successfully passed the first term classes: Algorithm, Introduction to C Programming.
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Malatya Anadolu Lisesi
TM 1988 — 1995
- Activities and Societies:
- Member of the High School Basketball team
Member of the High School Choir
Additional Information
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Websites:
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Interests:
communication, cats, writing, reading, connecting different situations and perspectives to understand trends.
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Groups:
*Founder and Secretary General of Malatya Rotaract Club 1995,
*Member of Ankara Kavaklidere Rotaract Club 1996 - 2002,
*bigumigu.com,
*IAA Young Professionals - Turkey Chapter
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Likemind Istanbul -
Web 2.0 Turkey -
bigumigu'luyum... -
hint kumaşıyım!
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Honors:
*Xasiork Story Contest, Honourable Mension Prize 2002.
*Kirmizi Award in banking and finance sector in 2004.
*Altin Orumcek Web Awards, 2nd Prize in the blog category (bigumigu.com), 2007
*Will be mentioned in the Turkish edition of the 2008 "Who is Who" catalog.
*Blog Odulleri, 2nd Prize in the community category (bigumigu.com), 2008.
Yalcin Pembecioglu’s Contact Settings
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- new ventures
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