Nihan YILDIZ ÖREN

Born in Turkey in 1981; Nihan considers herself "a citizen of the world".

At Burak Bora Anatolian High School, she played volleyball for 5,5 years for the school team where she was captain.

After graduation from Economics at Marmara University, she went to Italy for a voluntary project. Afterwards, she began working as a Marketing Specialist at Toys"R"Us.

She left Toys"R"Us after a 2 year tenure, when the firm had to withdraw from country. She accomplished a CRM project here. Then, she worked as a Senior Marketing Executive and Brand Manager for 5 years at Watsons. She managed marketing department here and won three awards including PR, best product launch and best social responsibility. She also took her Marketing master's degree from Galatasaray University. Since her passion about design was unstoppable, she went to Milan to attend a program about Marketing & Footwear Design in 2010 for five months.

When she returned, she continued her job as she promised, but after a while, she decided to bring a franchisee of the school she attended. Despite having exclusive agreement with Italy, due to the funding issues, the deal was not realized. She was still positive and content, since she acted proactive and gained commercial skills.

At that times, she was given an offer from Hafele. She worked as a Marketing Manager, managing 360 degrees of marketing. 11 people were reporting to her and she also had the chance to experience B2B. She also managed a creative agency and PR in-house. She launched a successful ticketing system and a prospering social media project here.

She lives in Istanbul and speaks Turkish, English, Italian and ein bisschen German. For the last 3 years, she was an Independent Marketing Advisor for mostly start-ups, that needed assistance on building marketing, digital and PR strategies. What she wants is, to work in a happy environment, an innovative firm, that she can contribute with her experiences, but also challenge herself with new projects. Though she is experienced in retail, cosmetics, B2C, and some B2B and FMCG, she believes she can make difference in any sector, since she has been living in marketing for 14 years.

She is a creative, passionate and natural communicator. She is designing handbags and trying to learn playing ukulele just for herself. She loves to write, travel, sail and meet new people and cultures. She always stays positive and it is this positivity that will continue to motivate her through her life.