Hakki Yemeniciler - Resume / Curriculum Vitae

Who I am

I'm a seasoned and award-winning agency creative with over 8 years of experience. As a passionate leader with a proven track record for translating complex ideas into cohesive and innovative solutions for the web, mobile platforms and print, I bring cross-cultural vision and perspective to my work and build strong client relationships.

Awards & Recognitions

• 2009 - American Design Awards Gold Honors - Monthly Design Contest for hakki.com

• 2009 - Design Firms Web Award - Web Design Gold winner for hakki.com

• 2009 - MyDesignAwards Winner - Favorite Design Award for hakki.com

• 2008 - W3 Awards Gold Winner - Sports Website for adidas miCoach

• 2008 - W3 Awards Silver Winner - Visual Design for adidas miCoach

• 2008 WebAwards Winner - Best Interactive Services Website for adidas miCoach

• 2008 WebAwards Winner - Photography Standard of Excellence for Nikon USA

• 2008 Stevie Awards Winner - Best Product Information Web site for Nikon USA

• 2008 - MITX Interactive Awards Finalist - Consumer Goods for Nikon USA

• 2008 - MITX Interactive Awards Finalist - Health & Fitness for adidas miCoach

Key areas of expertise

• Creative & Art Direction

• Senior-Level Design in User-Centered Interfaces and Mobile Applications

• Information Architecture

• Branding & Brand Management

• Creative process management

Experience

• Isobar North America, Watertown, MA, (February) 2010 - Present

  Art Director

• Molecular, Watertown, MA, (November) 2007 - (February) 2010

  Sr. Visual Designer

  • Effectively presented creative concepts to clients, generating excitement and buy-in for proposed solutions

  • Brought big idea thinking in brainstorming sessions and concepting which resulted in projects that are unique, innovative and highly engaging

  • Directed, mentored, and managed design professionals in concepting, designing and production

  • Translated client business goals and audience needs into superior creative solutions from concept through completion

  • Facilitated and supported client work sessions

• Molecular, Watertown, MA, (February) 2007 - (November) 2007

  Visual Designer

  • Transformed design expertise into successful, highly creative Web-based solutions

  • Developed Creative Briefs, Style Guides and other client facing documentation

  • Supported proposal development helping to scope and estimate projects

  • Supported numerous projects at one time and work effectively and efficiently with other disciplines

  • Provided quality assurance of creative deliverables

• Hakki.com Interactive, Watertown, MA, 2006 - Present

  Principal, Interactive Art Director

  • Worked with a variety of clients in short to long-term project based Sr. Design, Creative Direction, Art Direction and Brand Management roles

  • Developed rich, immersive brand experiences online

  • Designed, implemented and managed print and interactive marketing and advertising initiatives as well as brand strategies

  • Handled all phases of production from initial workflow design & wireframe configuration to final design / development

• TheTannery.com, Cambridge, MA, 2006 - 2007

  Creative Director

  • Created and directed marketing campaigns and promotions

  • Scoped and estimated projects, microsites and photo shoots

  • Identified and defined design flow and methodologies

  • Managed design and development resources to be on time and on budget

• Tannery Online, Cambridge, MA, 2005 - 2006

  Art Director, Sr. Interaction Designer

  • Designed information architecture for custom shopping cart and checkout experiences for e-commerce storefronts

  • Provided creative leadership and mentoring to designers through hands-on work, collaboration, and critiques

  • Worked with server side scripting languages such as ASP (Active Server Pages), PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor), and JSP (Java Server Pages)

  • Designed and developed B2B (Business to business) and B2C (Business to consumer) interfaces, user information and screen transaction models

  • Directed photographers and other external resources

• Tannery Online, Cambridge, MA, 2004 - 2005

  Sr. Visual Designer / Sr. Web Developer

  • Designed user interface experiences based on target audiences

  • Worked with Interactive Department Project Managers, Art Directors and Creative Directors to create and develop dynamic Flash-based banner ads

  • Shot commercial, editorial, and fashion style photography

  • Directed design staff in producing concepts for targeted audiences

  • Collaborated with programmers, coders, copy writers, designers, photographers and other professionals

  • HTML, XHTML, SHTML, DHTML and JavaScript coding from raw level

• FD-Art Interactive, Natick, MA, 2002 - 2004

  Visual Designer / Web Developer

  • Designed logos, identities, business cards, collateral, newsletters, magazine ads, brochures, and posters

  • Designed interoperable websites that conform to WC3 Standards

  • Troubleshot and integrated CGI / Perl scripts into web pages

  • Designed menu systems and navigational schemas

Clients

• Nokia

• Philips

• Disney

• Nikon Corporation

• Virgin

• adidas

• Budweiser

• The Hartford

• TCW - Trust Company of the West

• Northwestern Mutual Financial Network

• TD Banknorth

• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

• National Car Rental

• Boston Coach

• PerkinElmer

• Aetna

• Tufts Health Plan

• Tufts Medicare Preferred

• The Tannery

• Concepts

• and many more...

Education

• Bachelor Of Science in Graphic Design

  Chamberlayne School of Design, Newton, MA, USA

• Visual and Communication Arts

  Franklin College, Sorengo (Lugano), Switzerland

• Graphic Arts & Visual Communication

  Kemal Ataturk Lisesi, Istanbul, Turkey

Certification & Additional Education

• The Effective Consultant

  Leadership Strategies Institute, Watertown, MA, 2008

• Adobe Flash CS3: Advanced Design

  Future Media Concepts - Adobe Certified Training, Cambridge, MA, 2008