Call me Hakan

    Name: Hakan Ertan
    Living in: Brooklyn, New York
    Languages: English, Turkish
    Profession: Product Designer

    sylvain
    The unique design that Hakan created is both attractive and highly adaptable. I appreciate Hakan’s attention to detail, and I am equally pleased with how creatively he completed the web project. Thank you for doing such a great job designing eZ's marketing website.
    Sylvain Guittard
    Senior Product Manager, eZ Systems

    Competencies and skills

    Design

    Product Design
    Visual Design
    UX/UI Design
    Design Systems
    information Architecture
    User Research
    Interactive Prototyping
    Motion Design
    Online/Offline Collaterals
    Art Direction
    Illustration

     

    Platforms

    iOS & Mobile Apps
    Web Applications
    CMS Technology
    E-commerce
    In-store Retail technology

     

    Soft Skills

    Creative Strategy
    Storytelling
    Project Management
    HTML/CSS
    Cinematography
    Video editing
    Entrepreneurial Background

    My design journey began with my architect older brother. He invited me to his office in the summers for Photoshop jobs. The first thing that came to mind was, “What the hell is Photoshop?” After working with an Architect when I was twelve, I became a huge fan of people, art, and technology. So why not become a designer?

    After graduating from Graphic Design school, my passion for design became my profession. I admit that working in the advertising industry was not my first choice, but it was like my second school. I’ve had the opportunity to work with many large global network agencies, including BBDO, TBWA, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Grey Group, and I’ve become an award-winning Art Director as a result. Many talented Creative Directors and Strategists have taught me about creativity and design strategy, marketing, art direction, public relations, and how to find ideas and run 360-degree campaigns.

    I’m the guy who loves a good challenge! I enjoy solving complex problems and trying to improve things in design, creativity, technology, and life. So I decided to make a change! I quit my job, took UX/UI Design classes, and relocated from Istanbul to New York.

    During my freelance days in New York, I received a job offer from a CMS software company in early 2015 as a UI/UX designer and Visual Designer. It was an excellent opportunity for me to learn about the entire complex product life cycle. For the previous five years, I had worked closely with the New York product and marketing teams, as well as the regional product and marketing teams in Europe.This experience has given me a 360-degree understanding of creating products or solving complex problems.

    As a result of my work in New York, I was named a grand prize judge for the Adobe Creative Jam UX Design Award https://nvite.com/CreativeJam/brooklyn, and some of my illustrations were published in the books Drawn Book – Leaders in Contemporary Illustration and Bézier Book – The Best Vector Artist WorldWide.

     

    henry
    Hakan is one of the most creative people I have had the pleasure to work with. He approaches projects with a great attitude and an eye for the unique. I have worked with Hakan to develop design and graphics for ebooks, case studies and blog posts while at Ibexa. We also worked together on the production of video content and I was very impressed with his sense of direction and visual identity.
    Henry Kogan
    Creative Leadership
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