Alumni
Alumnis... Our ornament...
They were getting tired while designing new campaigns answering the real needs of communication for real advertisers. Now, they entered upon their career and make us smile with their success stories as fresh advertisers.
Our young colleagues raise the standart being a whole “advertising person” with great knowledge as a media planning specialist, purchasing specialist, research specialist in agencies or firms.
They had the chance to choose their way before graduation. The students who would like to improve themselves about “writing” are now copywriters in agencies. Some who were aiming to be “art director”, “commercial film producter”, “commercial photographer” improved themselves by taking visual classes. The “digital” students specialized on digital interactive communication design with the advantage of being a digital native. Our alumnis... Our young colleagues... Wish you all the best in you future career..
Başak Runa – BİLGİ Advertising Class of 2019 – Şişecam, Brand Strategist
My first contact with İstanbul Bilgi University actually began long before I was a student there. Back then, there was a theater and concert venue on campus. (This is going to give away my age.) While I was still in high school, I saw a play there and went to a concert.
I was deeply struck by how naturally art was woven into everyday life on a university campus. The campus atmosphere and the way culture and art felt like a natural extension of education excited me, and from that very first day, BİLGİ held a special place in my heart.
Later, when I decided to become a communications professional and wanted to study advertising, everyone around me and all my research gave me the same answer: You should go to BİLGİ, Başak.
During the university application period, I got the chance to tour the campus again. That day, I also had a brief chance to chat with the Dean of the Faculty of Communication at the time. I don't know if it's still the same today, but back then, we were able to visit universities and tour their campuses before making our choices.
That day, when I happened to run into this professor, I asked about another university known for its strong communication faculty. “I can't decide,” I said. My professor gave me an answer along these lines:
“Of course, you could choose that school too. We can't say anything bad about it; our own graduates teach there, and their graduates come here to become academics. If we spoke badly of that school, we'd essentially be rejecting ourselves. It's a very good school too.”
That sincere, confident answer, given with such a perspective, became one of the most important reasons I began my undergraduate and later graduate education at İstanbul Bilgi University. I chose BİLGİ, that wonderful school in the heart of Istanbul, where I could truly experience campus life…
And then what happened?
What on earth were these courses!?
BİLGİ Advertising turned out to be a whole different world, aiming to both nourish students' intellectual knowledge and bring out their creativity. Wonderfully unique professors, real industry experience... Looking back today, I feel like I was living inside a mini streaming platform series :)
Four or five years passed. I went back to school and visited my professors. When I said, “I want to do my master's here,” the guidance given by a professor who hadn't seen me in years reshaped my entire educational journey.
Even as I write these lines, a huge smile comes to my face. That unique atmosphere of santralistanbul, its nights, its days, its spring… I can picture every bit of it. Imagine a school that, even after you graduate, you want to come back and visit from time to time, just to breathe in that atmosphere again.
I'm so glad I chose BİLGİ. I encourage students who will come here to make the most of the professors, the courses, and everything the university has to offer. Because I believe that when you do that, success becomes inevitable.
Özge Eler – BİLGİ Advertising Class of 2020 – Vodafone Turkey, Brand Communication and Strategy
When I think back to my first day at BİLGİ and the first class I took, it was clear from day one that it would be a turning point in my life.
Thanks to a faculty and curriculum entirely focused on preparing students for the industry in every sense, by the time I graduated, I not only had solid theoretical knowledge but also, through the professors' vision and their endless, unstinting support, gained the practical skills and confidence we needed so we wouldn't stumble when taking our first steps into the industry. Their contribution was enormous.
BİLGİ Advertising doesn't approach advertising from a single perspective; it prepares you for any area you might want to pursue in your career, whether that's copywriting, marketing, or visual communication. As an example, I did all my internships in copywriting as a student, started my career in client relations, and now work in a brand communication department, and I'm so glad I chose BİLGİ, because it gave me the flexibility to make those transitions.
Thank you, BİLGİ, for all the friendships you gave me and for the four wonderful years we spent at Santral :)
Nil Cansu – BİLGİ Advertising Class of 2025 – TBWA\Istanbul, Copywriter
The most beautiful thing about working in a creative job is also its ugliest side: creating. Whatever you create, you pour into it everything you've absorbed, learned, and worked on up to that point. You never know how ready you are to create until you actually create.
That's why, while I was still a student, I didn't fully grasp what made studying Advertising at BİLGİ different. It was only once I started creating that I began to understand.
With its campus, its professors, its resources, and its disciplines that communicate with one another, BİLGİ is incredibly valuable for nourishing your creativity, opening up, and finding courage.
There's something here for anyone who wants to bring creativity into their profession , whether that means strong connections within the industry or an education that isn't confined to academia alone.
For anyone wanting to grow, there's more than enough water to be found at BİLGİ.
Ekin Koçak – BİLGİ Advertising Class of 2026 – Tribal Worldwide Istanbul, Art Director
When choosing my university, like most people my age, I wasn't 100% sure about my future. But I knew what kind of university life I wanted: to spend my time on campus creating, broadening my horizons, combining theory with practice, and living a campus life among the trees, I wanted to learn and grow in a free, colorful environment. BİLGİ gave me all of that, and more.
Because the double-major option was accessible, I studied Visual Communication Design alongside my Advertising major. I had a student life full of creativity, writing, drawing, and creating. I had the opportunity to study in two departments, one that let me move forward in my career with hope, and one that helped me discover the traits and abilities I love about myself in my personal life.
My professors and the entire faculty made me feel, in the industry, that saying “I study Advertising at BİLGİ” truly meant something. They also taught me to carry the culture of İstanbul Bilgi University's Faculty of Communication and to take pride in it.
Even though I'm still at the most exciting starting point of my career and personal life, I owe part of my satisfaction with where I am today to BİLGİ. I spent five wonderful years at BİLGİ. I hope everyone who wants to be part of that campus gets to experience a colorful student life, free, with equal rights, full of creativity and communication, where they can truly be themselves.
Beril Maraloğlu BİLGİ Advertising 2011 Plasenta Conversation Agency, Strategist
To begin with, I waited for one year to make a university choice. After that, my only choice was BİLGİ Advertising. Thanks to its unique educational staff, every day that I spent in the school, I understood better how good my decision was. I had perfect friendships; we still meet with each other.
In my third year, I went to London Middle Sex University, Marketing Communication Department with ERASMUS Exchange program. After the exchange program, I found infinite chances to develop myself both academically and professionally.
BİLGİ Advertising provided me good education, connections, established diversity in my social environment, chances living abroad, and my first job which shaped who I am. Today I work in Plasenta Conversation Agency as a strategist of all the Coca-Cola brands.
Thanks a lot BİLGİ Advertising!
Ari Koen BİLGİ Advertising / Business-Economics, 2012 Student at BİLGİ MA in Marketing Communication / Medina Turgul DDB - Copywriter
Graduating from Advertising and Economics - Management departments have opened more doors to me than I could imagine.
I remember my first class in the advertising department, my heart beat was accelerated, so I decided to be an advertiser. After that, I always had full support of my professors. My department professors looked through my eyes, prepared me for the industry, and most importantly they always made me believe that I can do more and now I am working at one of country’s biggest advertising agencies.
Çisil Akoğul BİLGİ Advertising, 2012 Concept – Account Executive
Being a part of BİLGİ Advertising was a milestone in my life. It changed and prospered my life like I have never imagined. As time passes by, I understand better how right my decision to choose BİLGİ Advertising is and how the decision creates opportunities for me.
Taking classes from industries pioneers, meeting with incredible teachers and learning new things everyday were spectacular experiences. I am saying ‘experiences’ because our professors not only gave us lectures, but also took us into the industry’s backyard. Thanks to that, my transition to work life was very easy and swift. I am thankful to all of our teachers their assistants, who, without establishing a lecturer student relationship, told us everything in detail, supported us, gave us confidence, and believed in that we can make it.
Thanks to well-known BİLGİ Advertising in industry, I found lots of internship opportunities. Shortly after I graduated, I found a job. I am glad that I choose BİLGİ University and the Advertising department!
Ayça Özmen BİLGİ Advertising, 2013 GroupM / MediaCom – Account Supervisor
If you plan to do something about communication and brands attracts your attention, as a member of BİLGİ Advertising Department you have the perfect combination. Rest is about combining your attention with the potential of BİLGİ Advertising.
While I was studying at BİLGİ, for me it was a productive and an entertaining atmosphere which I enjoyed being a part of it.
Throughout our education, we found opportunities that were far beyond the ordinary theoretical knowledge. The education developed our practice and prepared us for the industry. When I graduated and started my career, I started one step ahead not only thanks to BİLGİ Advertising’s positive impression on the industry, but also 360 degree perspective I gained from it.
BİLGİ Advertising teaches and develops while you are living it.