Erkan Guntore

Founded in 2004 and currently running a media group comprised of; - Media planning, purchasing, marketing and management of, • Out-of-home media (billboards, building walls, mass transit displays in 20 provinces) • Online media (governmental and private web portals and sites) • Adverting at local radio stations (western Turkey) • Advertising at local newspapers and magazines - Marketing communication: Full-service advertising and PR agency, and marketing consulting with a focus on shopping malls

- Make reports and viewer profiles for international clients such as Turkcell, the second largest GSM Operator in Europe, and Turkish Airlines. - Media Planning and purchasing for radio, national papers and television in Germany Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France, Holland, Belgium and major cities in the US such as New York, Washington D.C., Miami and Los Angeles

- Served ENG and SNG applications to international television stations in New York and Washington, D.C. - Supplied multi SNG trucks, multi stand-up positions and cameras, guest and pool coverage for diplomatic and official visits to the White House by members of the Turkish government, including presidents and prime ministers. - Telemedicine and live video conference for international pharmaceutical companies. - Provided national and international news and photo services to numerous newspapers.

- Established from ground-up a weekly Turkish newspaper distributed nationally. - Actively managed operations from actual production to ad sales and distribution. - Served as editor-in-chief, managing 12 writers. - Replicated the content and format on the Internet.

- Managed a staff of five and a network of freelance camera crews. - Rented out Betacam SP Camera Packages to video production houses. - Provided freelance camera crews, multi camera shooting and editing services to TV stations. - Produced music videos, corporate videos, A-B news packages, news roll and interviews for international news programming.

- Pioneer ethnic minority shopping channel by mail order. - Sales and marketing of ethnic mediterranean foods and goods by mail order supported by an online website at the start of the internet era and a call center accepting credit cards.

- Involved in all aspects of corporate video production including preparing budget proposals, planning, shooting, editing and mass-duplication of programs. - Edited and mastered video programs and managed conversion operations for production companies and international film distributors.

- Founded the first billboard company in Eskisehir, a city of 800,000 in Turkey. - Helped establish the first local TV station in the city. - Created and produced television commercials for political campaigns. - Managed a successful national election campaign for a member of the National Assembly from the Eskisehir province. - Organized several political rallies and special events for the president, prime minister and a number of ministers of the Turkish gover

Major: Advertising and Public Relations Minor: TV and Film Production