1. Emre MERIC
+90 533 735 72 50
Contact Info metumeric@yahoo.com
İncirlidede Caddesi, Anthill Residence, Block A, 6th Floor, No:49 İstanbul /TURKEY
Nationality - Age Turkish - 25
Military Status Postponed – December 2014
Career Objective
“Working in a technology oriented company where I can use and enhance digital marketing skills”
EDUCATION
2009 – 2011 MSc. Marketing (Pending)
Grenoble Graduate School of Business, Grenoble, FRANCE
2005 – 2009 Bachelor of Business Administration
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY
EXPERIENCE
Freelance Technology Advisor
Provided assistance to advertising agencies by gathering detailed information about
technology products such as Windows 8 and Google+
July 2012 - Turned the “information” into “knowledge” that would explain the marketing
Present
implications of the technology products as a co-marketing element (Windows 8) or as a
tool (Google+) for promoting a third party brand
Assisted account managers and creative teams to form their communication strategies
and messages for end users of the products.
Youth Republic Marketing Agency
Brand Development Specialist
Brands: Vodafone (FreeZone, Süper İnternet), Unilever (Dove, Axe, Rexona), Finansbank
(CardFinans GO)
Managed pitch to the client and project budgets
Briefed the in-house creative, research and social media departments, established
coordination between these teams
May 2011 –
Prepared final project/strategy presentations with the help of inputs coming from
June 2012
different departments
Reviewed all major deliverables (e.g. strategic debriefs, creative works etc.) to ensure
the clients’ expectations are met
Supervised the project executions by coordinating the workflow with the in-house
execution team and third parties
Analyzed new trends in youth marketing industry and evaluated the possibility to
integrate new communication trends to company’s future projects
Monster Turkey
Social Media Specialist
Executed two different communication strategies for two different client types of
January Monster.com:
2011 –
May 2011
o For employers, created and managed social media groups specifically for HR
professionals and created/seeded content that would emphasize the “employer
branding expert” image of Monster.com.tr
o For job seekers, seeded Monster.com.tr jobs for 200,000 members of occupation
based social media groups in Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Friendfeed;
therefore creating relevant content for right audience.
2. Solely produced online content, an interview with the Executive Vice President of
Monster Worldwide, about the job market in Turkey and talent gap. Afterwards, seeded
the interview to the relevant HR Professionals’ groups at LinkedIn and Facebook.
Solely introduced SlideShare.com’s LeadShare function to actively support the sales
department by using the expertise of Monster as an attraction point.
Adapted the international content and know-how of Monster.com, Monster.co.uk and
Monster.ca to the Monster.com.tr website, both for employees and job seekers
Conducted and analyzed marketing research to advice Monster.com.tr customers in
creating and managing their employer brands
LANGUAGE & COMPUTER SKILLS
English: Fluent (2008 TOEFL IBT Score 108 / 120) Turkish: Native
Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7: Good Knowledge Microsoft Office 2003 - 2010 : Excellent Knowledge
INTERESTS & EXTRA ACTIVITIES
2004 - Following technology news via magazines and internet (Chip, T3, Mashable, TechCrunch,
Present Cnet etc.)
1996 - Playing strategic computer games such as StarCraft, Warcraft, Red Alert; as well as
Present “genius” games such as Half Life and Portal
Former Member of Kavaklidere Rotaract Club, Rotary International District # 2430, Ankara,
2008 - 2011
TURKEY
2004 - 2006 Member of Middle East Technical University Management Club, Ankara, TURKEY
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