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Deniz S. Batuk

 

 

 

 

Date of Birth:                                                        16 October, 1972

Location:                                                               Berlin, Germany

Nationality:                                                           Turkish

Languages:                                                          English, German

Military Service:                                                  Completed



WORK EXPERIENCE

 

2004 – CNN TÜRK/ Editor
Currently working as an internet editor for CNN TÜRK, the sister co. of CNN television. Writing, editing and publishing news (local and world, business, culture & art, science & technology), translations and exclusive interviews for www.cnnturk.com are among my responsibilities.

 

2001- 2004  TARBS TV Australia/ Service Coordinator (Sydney)

Service coordinator in the technology center of TARBS, the leading satellite TV and radio broadcaster in Australia. The position required doing market research for potential customers, writing marketing reports and customer complaints resolution.

 

1999 - 2001   Superonline.com, Editor

Responsibilities involved creating and managing of the weekly updated "culture & art agenda" and content designing for other web site projects for niche markets.

 

1998 - 1999  Link Net, Editor

Content editorship of www.nevarneyok.com and www.istanbulcityguide.com Daily web page updates and interviews with a number of politicians, curators and artists.

 

1995 - 1998  Hürriyet Gazetesi Blue Jean Dergisi, News Editor

Editorship and exclusive interviews for 'Blue Jean' Magazine - the leading current affairs, music review and youth interest publication. Editing news, writing music reviews, articles, choosing the cover subjects of the magazine, and translations from German and English into Turkish were essentials of my job.

  

1993 - 1995  Sony Music Turkey & Topkapı Müzik Video, Marketing Manager

Marketing and promotion campaign design and management for the joint venture company of Sony Music Turkey and Topkapi Music Video (A&M). My responsibilities involved holding press conferences, writing, reviewing and implementing the marketing plans and strategies for Sony International and Topkapı artists, writing and presenting press releases and newsletters; acquisition of promotions and merchandise materials.

 

FREELANCE EXPERIENCE

Content Manager: Noktalar.com

The content design, management and development of www.gizlihayran.com(secretadmirer.com) the first matchmaker site in Turkey designed to bring people together via the Internet and sms messages.

 

Music Journalist                : Cosmo Magazine  

The monthly music reviews, news and interviews for Cosmopolitan (Cosmo) Magazine that catered for Turkish publication.

 

Editor:    ComputerWorld(IDG)
Responsibilities involved conducting interviews with the senior managers of major software companies, selecting and editing news specifically relating to the internet industry.

 

DJ: Hur FM, Gunaydin FM

Hosting weekly music and entertainment shows with the celebrities from movie and music world. 

 

Editor: Garanti.net

Responsibilities involved daily publishing of the banks www pages.

 

Editor: TV`de 7 Gün “GONG” Dergisi

I was responsible for the local and international music reviews, special interviews and editing  the news of “TV’de 7 Magazine”. The magazine catered for the TV Week of the Turkish national newspaper - Hürriyet.

 

TERTIARY EDUCATION

1997 – 2000      Masters in Product Management and Marketing, Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Marmara, Istanbul

 

1991 – 1996       B.A. on Journalism, School of Communication, University of Istanbul


SECONDARY EDUCATION

1984 – 1991                         German speaking: Cağaloğlu AnatolianHigh School Grade: 74 % - (HSC Equivalent)

  

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

MS Office programmes such as Excel, Word, Powerpoint, database programmes such as Access and Lotus and web based programmes like Html and Frontpage and Dreamweaver. 

 

TRAINING AND SEMINARS RECEIVED

 

Marketing Cert. IV   - Uniworld Business College

Business Studies & Principles of Management  - Academy of Istanbul

Microsoft MCSE Course  - Erdemsoft

ISO 9000 - Internal Auditing Course Certificate  - S&Q Mart                           

 

REFERENCES WILL BE PROVIDED ON REQUEST

 

 


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denizbatuk@yahoo.com.tr