Ozan Karakoc

About Ozan Karakoc

Hi! I’m Ozan Karakoc, a Los Angeles based award winning designer and creative director specializing in branding.For the last 20+ years, I have been having the privilege to work with amazing people for amazing brands, and I’m proud to have some of the happiest clients in the world! I’ve created design solutions for clients like Google, Toyota, Carvana, Expedia, Fox Sports, Tupperware, Travel Channel, Monster Energy, Princeton University, Quest and Besiktas JK, directed the FIBA Basketball Championship campaign, created a website for Hilton, proudly worked on the country branding project of Turkey, and managed creative teams to serve many other global pioneers. I also love 🫶 working with visionary start-ups and small business owners with dreams.Over the years, my design work has been featured in numerous magazines, books and online publications, and awarded in prestigious competitions.In addition to my professional design career, I have been running side projects to serve fellow designers and give back 🤗 to the design community. I founded the visual arts magazine, Bak, published 17 issues, interviewed 140 artists, and shared pages of high quality content with millions of readers for no cost. I co-founded the branding education platform Go, shared the interviews I conducted with visionary artists and designers in my podcast Podyum, and I’ve been writing a column on branding and design for the prestigious marketing communications magazine, MediaCat.I’ve proudly served as a juror at the AIGA Awards, Adobe’s Creative Jam events, and the 40th GMK Design Awards, and mentored talented students as a part of Adobe’s partnerships.Let\'s get in touch!

Experience

1. Founder, Graphic Designer

   Ozan Karakoc Design Studio

   Nov 2015 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Markalaşma, dijital mecralar ve reklamcılık üzerine çalışan Los Angeles merkezli bir tasarım

Education

• Marmara University

  MFA, Cinematography / TV

  2006 — 2008

• Marmara University

  BFA, Graphic Design

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Concept Development
• Art Direction
• User Interface Design
• Posters
• Creative Direction
• Art
• Visual Communication
• Layout
• Interaction Design
• Packaging
• Logo Design
• Digital Illustration
• Image Manipulation
• Corporate Identity
• Retouching
• Graphic Design
• Branding & Identity
• Illustration
• Brochures
• Typography
• Book Design
• Advertising
• Magazines
• Copywriting
• Web Design