Taylan Koru

Current

• Finance and Product, Sr. Specialist at Yonja.com, Altin Teknoloji

Past

• Internship at Maret - Tat Konserve Sanayi AŞ
• Intern of Supply Development at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Europe

Education

• Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

Connections

20 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Website

Taylan Koru’s Summary

Taylan Koru received a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Management Engineering at Istanbul Technical University in June 2006 at where he registered in 2002. He completed his internship at Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing and Tat Konserve Sanayi A.S. during his education. Since then, he has been working at Yonja Media Group (Yonja.com). His function at the corporation has many folds: he has been titled as the “Product Sr. Specialist”, “Sales Specialist”, "Finance and HR Specialist", and "Content and Community Management Specialist". He is presently working as a Senior Sales Specialist and Finance and HR Specialist.

Taylan Koru’s Specialties:

I am primarily interested in Strategic Brand Management and, more generally, in Marketing Management. Besides, I have a growing interest in the diffusion of innovations and the impact of new technologies on marketing practice.

My leading specialities are engineering of interpersonal communication and public relations, analytical thinking and problem solving, competitive analysis and financing.

Taylan Koru’s Experience

• Finance and Product, Sr. Specialist

  Yonja.com, Altin Teknoloji

  (Internet industry)

  February 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Yonja Media Group is the leading Turkish-American new media company that builds valuable services for millions of people in Turkey and the rest of the world. Our leading brand is Yonja.com, the largest online social network and one of the most trafficked websites in Turkey. My function at the corporation has many folds: I have been titled as the “Product Sr. Specialist”, “Sales Specialist”, "Finance and HR Specialist", and "Content and Community Management Specialist".
  
  • In my current job at Yonja Media Group, I am presently working as a Senior Sales Specialist and Finance and HR Specialist. My function at the corporation is twofold; on the one hand developing the product Yonja.com web site and leading the project process and also being responsible of finance of the corporation -preparing and sending financial reports. I am also responsible for tracking the professional development and performances of each of my coworkers.
  
  • As a requirement of my current corporation, I have also directed ad sales operations and brand-agency relations together with active in-field sale of the ad spheres of the channel to the clients. As a necessity of my position too, I managed customer relations, with a focus on the analysis of content and web-based editorial designs of all Yonja pages.

• Internship

  Maret - Tat Konserve Sanayi AŞ

  (Food Production industry)

  June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)

  • In the sales department of Maret I worked as an intern and gained experience on mass sales and tracking, and contribute to the Sales Department in their daily tasks.

• Intern of Supply Development

  Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Europe

  (Partnership; Automotive industry)

  June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)

  • I have worked as an intern for Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Europe, where I have gained experience on the issues of supplying development management, while assisting to the department in their daily tasks along with an extensive know-how of the needs of the sector. I was able to put Kaizen and TQM systems in practice.

Taylan Koru’s Education

• Istanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

  BS , Managerial Engineering , 2002 — 2007

  • I have an academic background of management by Istanbul Technical University. Through this process I have taken marketing, finance and management courses which enable me to participate in team work, prepare projects for various brands and present them. This academic background gives me the ability to make create effective and result-oriented solutions with strong communicating and analytical thinking skills.

  Activities and Societies:

  Board of Student Association

Additional Information

Taylan Koru’s Websites:

• My Website

Taylan Koru’s Interests:

travelling, collecting and filing sound and media clips, collecting interesting bottles, photographing, all kinds of sports

Taylan Koru’s Groups:

•    Web 2.0 Turkey - Webrazzi.com

Taylan Koru’s Contact Settings

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