Gamze Orhun

Experience

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  Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade

  Jul 2002 - Aug 2002

  Office Trainee at Department of Economics

  • Analyzing the daily agenda of Turkish Economy• Working on databases• Translation

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  Secretariat General For the EU Affairs

  Jun 2003 - Jul 2003

  Office Trainee at Department of Politics

  • Translation• Redaction• Observing and working on the EU Acquit

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  Foreign Policy Research Institute

  Mar 2005 - May 2005

  Office Trainee

  • Occasional collaborations as Interpreter/Translator• Transcribing round table meeting

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  Valor Congress Organizations

  Aug 2005 - May 2006

  Congress Specialist

  • Management and arrangement of congress• Responsibility of external hosts• Web/scientific book translations• External writings

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  Strategic Communication Design Consulting INC.

  May 2006 - Jul 2006

  Junior Consultant

  • Getting Prepared for the EU tenders• Searching for partner companies

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  Le-Man S.r.l

  May 2007 - Dec 2007

  Jr. Consultant

  a. Implementation of MIDA project on:b. Cultural project between Turkish and European Municipalities addressed to promote Civil Society Dialogue in Turkeyc. Database of the past Interreg (IIIA, B, C) useful for searching partners within Maritime OPd. HORTUS Guidelines for feasibility studies

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  Ankey Consulting

  Sept 2008 - Aug 2009

  Project Coordinator

  Prepared for the EU service tendersSearching partner companiesPreparing EOI documentsTechnical assistance to reporting Organizing Congress Meetings and Symposiums1st and 2nd Economy Congress Austria- TurkeyPreparing a Symposium in ViennaPreparing project proposals to be funded by Vienna MunicipalityStreet ChildrenTurkish MigrantsWomen

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  Fera Production

  Nov 2009 - Jan 2013

  Freelance Interpreter and Vocalizer

  Turkish-English-Turkish translationsVocalization

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  The Embassy of Israel

  Feb 2010 - Dec 2017

  Public Diplomacy, Communication, Culture Officer

  Work with Israel Minister of Foreign Affairs to set the strategic communications direction for the Embassy, ensuring all events, campaigns and communication messages are transmitted in a suitable manner and relevant to the appropriate audiences.Work with counterparts in Europe Division to help shape creative content, exchange experiences and ideas. Work with researchers, professors, universities’ political science and international relations, communications, art and culture departments in Israel and in Turkey to deliver high quality, locally relevant communication strategies and enable cooperation.Organize workshops, lectures, exhibitions and information seminars, social, art and cultural events/weeks in support of the regional policies and communication objectives.Work with Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ New Media Department and the engaged diplomats to ensure all content, campaigning and social media work on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram contribute to build a consistent structure and all the messages are transmitted in a suitable manner and relevant to the appropriate audiences.Work on communications capacity building; development, management, updating of the Embassy website, digital channels such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, providing support at the level needed from advice on appropriate content format for relevant digital channel to developing communication strategies relevant to the appropriate audiences.Work with the relevant media and managing relations with TV channels and newspapers’representatives and journalists to support the communications strategies, plans and initiatives thatsupport objectives in Turkey.With the Press and Media Department, scanning of the news resources and preparation of press reports. Show less

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  International Labour Organization

  Jan 2018 - now

  Communication and Public Information Officer

  Prepare a communication strategy for the projects at ILO's Refugee Response Program and manage their implementation. Cooperating with the beneficiaries and local partners such as the Ministries, state institutions and entities to implement a tailor made communication strategy suitable with the tripartite structure of ILO and suitable with the local and national needs and policies parallel with program’s requirements.Design and implement outreach activities of the engaged projects including preparation of projects’ visibility products.Ensure visibility of the engaged projects’ in coordination with DCOMM and in line with ILO and donor rules.Maintain a beneficiary/constituent/partner/participant list and regularly update the relevant partners on engaged project in activities.Coordinate the awareness raising campaign in collaboration with the stakeholders.Establish and update the engaged projects” electronic /social media tools Review and edit all the engaged projects’ materials including brief notes,reports and activity reports.Prepare the engaged projects’ news and project e-newsletter when needed.Work with HQ and ILO Ankara Director to set the strategic communications direction for the ILO, ensuring all events,campaigns and communication messages are transmitted in a suitable manner and relevant to the appropriate audiences.Support the building of the organization’s capacity in the area of communicationDevelopment, management and updating of the ILO website, digital channels such as Facebook, Twitter, and providing support as required from advising on appropriate content and format for relevant digital channel to developing communication strategies relevant to the appropriate audiences.Work with the relevant media and managing relations with TV channels and newspapers’ representatives to support the communications strategies, plans and initiatives that support objectives in Turkey Show less

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  Code and Theory

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2018

  Fellowship

  Strategic and creative agency that designs products, content, and campaigns across physical and digital environments works. Design of products, campaigns and specific contents for physical and digital environments. Experience changing on best practices, on campaigns, advertising, branded experiences, design, branding, UX design, copywriting, strategy, website design and development, rich media, and social media