About me

I’m Hakan, hands-on freelance art director and designer working within advertising, branding design, art direction, corporate identity design, packaging design, editorial design and social media design. I’ve had the pleasure of working at some great agencies such as McCann Health London, Tribal Worldwide, Rafineri Turkey, Mullen Lowe, DDB - creating and designing ideas. I have won several global and local awards and listed in “30 under 30” list of an Advertising Age publication. Whether even it’s a single print ad or a whole integrated campaign, my main objective is to create something great and original.

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• Hi everyone, I'm available for freelance design roles. Here is my portfolio. hakanihtiyaroglu.com Feel free to contact if you need anything

Projects

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  Maxi - Brand Identity DesignMaxi is an AI-based financial advisor. You can add Maxi to all your bank accounts so it analyzes your financial situation and arranges the best spending plan accordingly. Therefore, while creating the logo and the brand identity, I choose the idea of ​​AI to combine the data and the logo was composed of graphics that symbolize this data. The brand identity can get in different forms with a different sequence of its parts and continues to offer different solutions whilst being improved with its m
• Gattenio - Branding & Packaging DesignIf you have something which is made just for you, wouldn’t it be happy? Gattenio was born with this exact thought. We wanted to reflect the difference of similarities in life with chocolates prepared by making only one of each product. On this occasion, the challenge was much deeper than just creating a new brand. Thinking about the chocolate industry, we decided to show people how chocolate differently is presented and how can feel special.
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  Stemregen - Branding Design
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  Pizza Pizza - Branding Design
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  Audi - TwinsSometimes you may accidentally get out of line. Audi active lane assist
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  Audi - MonsterHeavy rainfall can, as demonstrated by this Halloween-like ad for Audi, make driving conditions pretty scary.

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Projects credited in

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  Social Media DesignsPlease click on my website to see the social media designs I have made. www.sezenbalci.com

Work history

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Freelance DesignerCSM Sport and Entertainment
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020London, United KingdomFreelance
Freelance DesignerMcCann Health London
Nov 2019 - Nov 2019London, United KingdomFreelance

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Skills

• Art Direction
• Branding Design
• Graphic Design
• Logo Design
• Advertising
• Social Media Advertising
• Digital Advertising
• Print Advertising
• Advertising Campaigns
• Integrated Design

Education

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Graphic DesignMarmara University
Jun 2009Istanbul, Turkey

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ShortlistGolden Drum
Audi - Monster / Print
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CrystalCrystal Apple
Turkish Airlines - Flight of Honor / Outdoor

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