Ozden Turgut's work experience begins in 2006 as a Junior Media Planner at Starcom. They then worked at various companies including OMD Turkey, Cereyan Medya, UM Worldwide, ZenithOptimedia, and Starcom again, in different media planning and executive roles. Their responsibilities included managing media planning teams, negotiating prices, conducting research and analysis, and developing media plans. In 2011, they became the Media Planning & Buying Director at Starcom, where they also contributed to new business pitches. In 2016, Ozden joined MEC as a Group Account Director, working with clients such as Aptamil and Danone. They continued their role and responsibilities when MEC merged with Maxus to form Wavemaker in 2017 and served as the Group Director for Client Solutions. In 2020, Ozden moved to Red Fuse Communications as the Regional Media Lead, overseeing media operations for Colgate-Palmolive's brands globally.
Ozden Turgut completed a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Executive MBA from Bahcesehir University, which started in 2012 and ended in 2013. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Advertising from Istanbul Bilgi University, which spanned from 2002 to 2006. In addition to their formal education, Ozden Turgut also earned the following certifications: Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate from Meta in August 2022, Advanced Google Analytics from Google in April 2022, and Google Analytics for Beginners from Google in March 2022.
April, 2020 - present