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Uğur Ergün

Uğur Ergün

Digital Marketing

Summary

Digital Marketing Lead skilled at planning, executing and optimizing online marketing strategies. Promotes products successfully through multiple digital strategies. Achieves consistent successes with excellent planning skills and proactive campaign tracking. Passionate about new ad formats and testing. Insight-driven and adaptable to changing market conditions.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Digital Marketing Team Leader

Pazarama
06.2023 - Current
  • Reviewed marketing department's monthly analysis of customer acquisition data and campaign performance and made recommendations for improvement.
  • Test & learning different app marketing campaigns, delivering growth in mobile app user acquisition.
  • Tracked and reported on marketing campaign performance to help with optimizing current and future plans.
  • Formulating and overseeing efficient budget allocations and media plans, guaranteeing alignment with strategic business objectives (KPIs).
  • Championed a test-and-learn approach within the organization, encouraging innovation and agility in the face of evolving market demands.
  • Continuously monitoring emerging digital trends and disseminating actionable insights to empower teams.
  • Mentored junior staff members in digital marketing best practices, contributing to their professional growth.

Performance Marketing Lead

Istegelsin
01.2022 - 05.2023
  • Leading performance marketing activations and improving analytical capabilities.
  • Coordinating agency and product teams for SEO, ASO, analytics and tracking implementations.
  • Managing budgets and media plans according to business KPIs.
  • Trying to tackle the problems of other teams in terms of performance marketing.
  • Following digital trends and sharing with the teams whenever necessary.
  • Communicating with business partners and supporting them with collaborative ads.

Digital Marketing Lead

Yıldız Ventures
08.2021 - 12.2021
  • Leading digital marketing activations and building digital marketing strategies of brands within Yıldız Ventures.
  • Developing and improving web sites according to objectives and needs of the brands.
  • Coordinating agency for media plans, SEO, analytics and tracking implementations.
  • Managing yearly budgets according to business KPIs.
  • Following digital trends and sharing with the team on a daily basis.

Client Services Manager

Publishme
10.2020 - 08.2021

Clients: Turkcell, ByNoGame, ASUS ROG, Corsair, Monster Notebook


  • Managing daily bases communication with clients and agencies
  • Seeking new business opportunities for the agency in alignment with publishing team and top management
  • Developing and executing marketing strategies/projects and communication plans for various clients
  • Developing 360 digital game projects according to client briefs and requests.
  • Sharing agency's projects, offers with current and potential clients/agencies
  • Designing and executing the projects such as events, escorts tournaments, influencer activations and social media projects
  • Following digital trends and campaigns on a daily basis
  • Setting and tracking business KPIs for client services department in alignment with Managing Director

Digital Media Director

Carat
08.2019 - 10.2020

Clients: NIVEA, OPPO, Lenovo, Perrigo, Mastercard, Tesa, Peyman


  • Supervising six-person-team that carries our planning and operations of digital media (Social, Performance and Conventional) plans.
  • Building digital media strategies, creating solutions and approaches to challenges for clients.
  • Coordinating clients' agencies according to task at hand.
  • Managing clients' yearly digital budgets.
  • Price negotiations and spending estimations of networks, both for agency and clients.
  • Providing training and knowledge for clients based on their needs.
  • Working on new business pitches.

Digital Development Manager

Carat
03.2017 - 08.2019

Clients: The Coca-Cola Company, LEGO, Beiersdorf, Mattel, Mastercard, Lenovo, Tesa, Oppo


  • Building digital media buying strategies and evaluating approaches
  • Managing clients' yearly digital budgets
  • Supervising planning and operations of digital media (Social, Performance and Conventional) plans
  • Price negotiations and spending estimations of networks, both for agency and client.
  • Business improvements – creation of new tools and macros
  • Support the media team wherever necessary

Senior Digital Media Planner

Carat
11.2015 - 03.2017

Clients: The Coca-Cola Company, LEGO


  • Planning and operations of digital media plans
  • Cover financial processes of digital media (POs, invoicing)
  • Price negotiations and spending estimations of networks
  • Tracking of long-term projects
  • Training of junior planners
  • Analyses of competitions, market and opportunities
  • Compiling all-year benchmark data
  • Support the whole team wherever necessary

Digital Media Planner

Carat
01.2014 - 11.2015

Clients: The Coca-Cola Company, LEGO


  • Planning and operations of digital media plans
  • Analyses of competitions, market and opportunities
  • Compiling all-year benchmark data
  • Cover financial processes of digital media
  • Price negotiations and spending estimations of networks
  • Support the whole team wherever necessary

Assistant Digital Media Planner

Carat
12.2012 - 01.2014

Client: The Coca-Cola Company


  • Planning and operations of digital media plans
  • Analyses of competitions, market and opportunities
  • Preparing digital news bulletin
  • Support the team wherever necessary

Education

Master of Science - Engineering And Technology Management

Boğaziçi University
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Geophysical Engineering

Istanbul Technical University
04.2001 -

Skills

Campaign Management Competitor Analysis Paid Advertising Mobile marketing Digital Marketing Performance Evaluation Google Adwords Social Media Marketing Search Engine Optimization

Timeline

Digital Marketing Team Leader

Pazarama
06.2023 - Current

Performance Marketing Lead

Istegelsin
01.2022 - 05.2023

Digital Marketing Lead

Yıldız Ventures
08.2021 - 12.2021

Client Services Manager

Publishme
10.2020 - 08.2021

Digital Media Director

Carat
08.2019 - 10.2020

Digital Development Manager

Carat
03.2017 - 08.2019

Senior Digital Media Planner

Carat
11.2015 - 03.2017

Digital Media Planner

Carat
01.2014 - 11.2015

Assistant Digital Media Planner

Carat
12.2012 - 01.2014

Master of Science - Engineering And Technology Management

Boğaziçi University
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Science - Geophysical Engineering

Istanbul Technical University
04.2001 -
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