Ozlem Tuskan

Founding Creative Leader at Neol

Ozlem Tuskan's work experience is as follows:

1. Founder at TheResilient.co.uk (2020 - Present): Ozlem acts as a founder, providing advisory services and leadership coaching to conscious founders, CEOs, and leaders, primarily focusing on female entrepreneurs. The Resilient supports business growth through brand, innovation, and mindset strategies while promoting the creation of brand value and accelerating profit and impact.

2. Advisory Member at Female Founders Rise (2022 - Present): Ozlem serves as an advisory member for Female Founders Rise, offering guidance and insights to support female entrepreneurs.

3. Founding Creative Leader at Neol (2023 - Present): As a founding creative leader, Ozlem spearheads initiatives at Neol, a community-powered platform that enables creative minds to work on impactful projects from anywhere at scale. Ozlem focuses on domains such as gender discrimination, purpose-led brands, healthy lifestyle and wellbeing, and the circular economy.

4. Head of Strategy and Strategic Foresight at The Future Laboratory (2018 - 2020): In this role, Ozlem led the strategy and strategic foresight functions at The Future Laboratory, a renowned futures consultancy. Ozlem blended trend forecasting, consumer insight, brand strategy, and innovation to help organizations harness market trends, adapt to emerging consumer needs, and stay ahead of competitors.

5. Founder of BrandSeers Brand Design Consultancy (2011 - 2018): Ozlem founded BrandSeers, a brand design consultancy that offered services in brand positioning, brand strategy, and product and design development. Ozlem served clients from various sectors, including media, FMCG, real estate, travel and tourism, retail, cosmetics, and non-profit organizations.

6. Brand Strategy, Innovation, and Marketing Consultant at Sinerji London (2004 - 2011): Ozlem worked as a freelance marketing and brand consultant, collaborating with in-house brand consultancy teams to provide value-added marketing, innovation, branding, and communications solutions. Ozlem specialized in brand positioning, strategy, and product and design development, working with companies ranging from British American Tobacco and Emirates to non-profit organizations.

7. Senior Strategic Planner at Souk Communications - Advertising Agency (2001 - 2004): In this role, Ozlem served as a senior strategic planner for Souk Communications, an advertising agency.

8. Marketing and Research Director at CNN Türk (1999 - 2001): Ozlem held the position of marketing and research director at CNN Türk, where they led marketing and research initiatives.

9. Research Executive (EMEA and German Region) at MTV UK, Northern & Eastern Europe (1995 - 1997): Ozlem worked as a research executive at MTV, focusing on the EMEA and German regions.

Overall, Ozlem Tuskan has a diverse background in brand consultancy, strategy, innovation, and leadership coaching, with experience in various industries and sectors.

Ozlem Tuskan completed their Bachelor of Arts degree in Business, Management, Marketing, and German Language from Queen Mary University of London. Ozlem attended the university from 1991 to 1995. In addition, they obtained a certification in Transformational Leadership from HCL in June 2021.

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  • Founding Creative Leader

    January 1, 2023 - present

  • Founding Member & Global Creative Lead, Neol Web3 Talent Marketplace

    June, 2022