Gunes Kurtkaya is a multi award-winning creative director with over 12 years experience creating design strategies, animations, video productions and personalised video campaigns for a wide range of clients in London, Zurich and Istanbul.
He received his BA degree in Visual Communication Design at Istanbul Bilgi University and spent the last 12 years working with production companies, creative agencies and vfx studios.
During his career he worked with a number of high profile global brands including: Santander, Beko, Absolut, Chivas Regal, Volkswagen, Vodafone, Turkish Airlines, Allianz and Yemeksepeti. He won two gold Effie Awards with phenomenal personalised video project Yemeksepeti Suc ve Ceza.
He is living in Bristol and currently leading multiple projects and running multidisciplinary teams at Bihalt.
Projects
- Worldline – Payment OrchestrationWorldline, a global leader in digital payment solutions, continues to set the standard in secure and streamlined payment processing for businesses worldwide. Their latest offering, Payment Orchestration, is a game-changing platform that consolidates payment providers, currencies, and methods into a single, seamless system. This solution optimises transaction processes, reduces technical complexity, and enhances customer experiences, empowering businesses to scale across diverse markets with ease
- Bentego – ReloadBentego – Logo Design: A Journey Back to Our Roots In this extra special project, we returned to our roots! Bentego represents the very beginning of Bihalt—the ‘B’ in our name, the starting point, the mother ship. Nearly 12 years ago, Bentego was founded as a video marketing agency, and within just a few short years, it evolved into one of the world’s pioneers in data visualisation and interactive video technologies. By merging advanced video techniques with creativity, Bentego quickly made its
- Turkish Airlines – The Anniversary PVTurkish Airlines – Miles&Smiles Personalised Anniversary Video For Miles&Smiles members, every journey with Turkish Airlines is more than just a flight—it’s a story, a companionship, and a bond that ties them to a global family. Understanding the priceless value of each member’s time with the loyalty programme, Miles&Smiles wanted to create something truly special for their members on each anniversary of their membership. To achieve this, Turkish Airlines turned to Bihalt to craft a creative a
- Worldline – The Brand VideoWorldline, a global leader in digital payment solutions, is committed to driving sustainable economic growth by enhancing trust and security across societies. As the world’s number 4 payments leader, Worldline simplifies and secures payment processes for both personal and business users, enabling them to expand their horizons and grow their enterprises. Bihalt has been proud to stand alongside Worldline, providing creative solutions and meeting all of their video marketing needs. Through our co
- Turkish Airlines – Istanbul AirportWhen it comes to introducing Istanbul Airport, Europe’s largest and the world’s newest aviation marvel, an ordinary advertisement simply wouldn’t do it justice. We knew we had to create something truly special. We started by capturing every stunning corner of this enormous and awe-inspiring structure with our state-of-the-art camera setups, highlighting its most impressive features in a short but striking video. But we didn’t stop there. For Turkish Airlines passengers and Miles&Smiles members,
- SANTANDER - PSD2 EXPLAINER VIDEOWe witness the development and fundamental change that banks provide with the aim of keeping up with the developing technology and not to miss the online banking train. Our fast-paced lives and consequently our diminishing patience against a small wait cause the redeal of cards and the rewriting of the book in banking as in many other sectors. Naturally, the growth of online banking at this speed is the emergence of new terms every day and causes users to drown in these terms. With Santander UK
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Work history
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Creative Director / OwnerBihalt
Swansea, United KingdomFull Time
Bihalt is an awarded full service graphic design, animation and video production company based in Swansea, Unite Kingdom. We serve startups, corporate clients and international leading brands in the making of inspiring projects.
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Motion Graphics DesignerMedia Zoo
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Skills
- Animation
- Graphic Design
- Illustration
- Project Management
- Interactive Media
- Video Editing
- Video Marketing
- 2D Animation
- Advertising
- Creative Direction
Education
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Visual Communication DesignIstanbul Bilgi University
- Istanbul, Turkey
Awards
Yemeksepeti - Crime & Punishment Personalised Video ProjectEffie Awards
Yemeksepeti has been creatively reaching out to customers who have not ordered at yemeksepeti.com for 3 months and wants to get them back. In order to achieve this we have transformed the concept of ‘Crime and Punishment’ story into an interactive and personalized video project. We have sent a video to the target users who have not been on the site for 3 months by email. In the opening scene the users are welcomed with their names and proceeded to the interactive video sequences where they were able to choose which Yemeksepeti manager was to blame and who needed to be punished.
At the end of the video, the users gave effective feedbacks to the Yemeksepeti, or they shared the video on social media. The shooting was also as entertaining as the video itself, and this project used a combination of personal video and interactive video capabilities. Yemeksepeti “Crime & Punishment project won 2 gold Effie Awards under Retail and Original Brand Experience categories.