The University of Huddersfield

Scarborough Sxth Form college

Organizer of Istanbul Blockchain Week & BlockDown Festival: Portugal - The World's First NFT-Enabled Web3 Festival  -  Founder of EAK Digital - Blockchain PR Creative Communications Agency

From a virtual event series inspired by the global lockdowns of 2020, to the world's first NFT-enabled Web3 festival; BlockDown Conference is at the cutting edge of meshing the future of technology with international event experiences.

From a virtual 3D experience during BlockDown #1, through to live streaming in 3 different languages for the second iteration, a Halloween spectacular for BlockDown 3.0, and a Bull Market themed 4th conference, each BlockDown event brings gusto and inspiration to an already forward-thinking space.
BlockDown travelled to Latin America in November 2020 to deliver a virtual event completely in Spanish and it partnership with CriptoNoticias, Bitcoin Argentina, Blockchain Colombia and Satoshi en Venezuela.

In December 2021, BlockDown held a 1-day special, focused purely on decentralised data, with special guests Edward Snowden and Gavin Wood.

BlockDown Festival

Founder

The inaugural iteration of Istanbul Blockchain Week promises to be the most anticipated blockchain event of 2022 and takes place in one of Turkey’s most vibrant cities.

Istanbul Blockchain Week

Entrepreneur Media

Contributor

EAK Digital is a leading Global Blockchain PR Agency that works with Blockchain start-ups to help them gain mass media coverage across both mainstream and crypto publications alike.

With a high level and specialised approach, EAK Digital uses its marketing mastery to develop tailored approaches for its array of clients; crafting bespoke plans, strategies and campaigns designed to gain the maximum results.

In addition to EAK Digital’s expertise and prowess in PR and marketing, the agency provides a suite of services - from investor relations, to consultancy for traditional businesses looking to integrate blockchain into their organisation, and beyond.

With the recent launch of EAK TV, the company is debuting into the audio-visual world of content creation and consumption, with a distinct blockchain flavour! With guests such as Roger Ver of Bitcoin.com, Johnson Chen of NEO, Changpeng Zhao of Binance, and Silvio Schembri the Parliamentary Secretary for Malta stopping by to be interviewed on the EAK sofa, founder Erhan Korhaliller is delving deep into the minds of blockchain’s greatest personalities and minds to find out what the future holds for the space.

Forward-thinking businesses, need an agency that not only understands their niche, but is invested in being part of it; and EAK Digital is exactly that.

EAK Digital

Founder/CEO

- Conduct meticulous scoping, planning, costing and timing of projects
- Oversee the entire delivery and execution process, ensuring and facilitating effective team communication and collaboration
- Evaluate and improve delivery practices and techniques
- Ensure aims of the project together with quality standards are met
- Use AKQA’s software and systems to keep track of people and progress
- Carry out risk assessment
- Where relevant, recruiting, managing and monitoring specialists and sub-contractors to ensure quality and guidelines are maintained
- Ensure a collaborative ‘One Team’ approach comprising both client and agency representatives

- Rigorous in organisation and management, conscientious and adept in solving issues at all levels of a project
- Ability to inspire, support and understand the interplay between people, processes and systems
- Sharp attention to detail and a drive for perfection
- Excellent analytical and numeracy skills

AKQA

Project Manager

Responsible for the management of multiple end-to-end, full life-cycle client projects (project
value of up to £150k). Key responsibilities include scheduling, budgeting and authoring requirement 
definition documents. Client-facing role requiring effective communication and facilitation 
skills.

- Successfully delivers projects with high quality project deliverables, meets deadlines and works 
within project estimates.

- Authors well-crafted Project Status Reports, ensuring they are submitted on time, every week 

- Understanding and application of best practice project management.

- Thoroughly understands and applies the AKQA Delivery framework and use of associated 
documentation.

- Makes a positive contribution to the team and receives positive feedback.

- Receives a consistently high level of internal and external client satisfaction.

- Achieves personal and team billability and utilisation targets.

Associate Project Manager

AKQA is one of the world’s most respected agencies: we help global brands win in the digital age.

We bring ideas and innovation to the most forward-thinking companies such as Audi, Diageo, Gap, Google, Nike, Verizon Wireless and Xbox. We have earned numerous international accolades, including Agency of the Year a record 19 times. At the end of 2011, AKQA was named Agency of the Year on both sides of the Atlantic by Adweek and Campaign magazines. 

We have 1,120 employees around the world, with offices in Europe, North America and Asia.

Programme Coordinator

Be On, a division of AOL Networks is a truly global branded entertainment platform that brings together content production, syndication and real-time insights to provide advertisers with an end-to-end platform for long-form branded content across all devices.

Be On creates and syndicates content across 16 key verticals to 40,000 publishers in over 90 countries around the world. It has offices in the UK, US, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, The Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.

Conduct Media Planning
Account Management
Resource Allocation
Maintain and develop part of the international publishing network by building relations to potential partners, websites and blogs
Researching the online media space to find local and international publishers
Contact and negotiate with new and existing publishers
Deliver campaigns in your local market
Write campaign reports summarizing key results

Be On, a Division of AOL Networks

International Publishing Manager Intern

• Put together the promotions plan for Pukka Up’s biggest ever event, Pukka Up 10th Birthday, 10 events around the world on one night, with the showcase event being a boat Part on the River Thames and the afterparty in Pacha, London.
• Created invoices and contracts for events - Approached and negotiated a deal for Fatsoma to sell Pukka Up tickets on their platform, involving a 7 % booking fee in comparison to 10% Pukka Up currently use with clubtickets.
• Took over 2013 Ibiza recruitment, implemented the idea of putting potential staff into a Pukka Up Online team and made them complete tasks and sell tickets using Fatsoma to identify those who had the skills to do a good job in Ibiza
• Tour managed one of the 10 parties around the world for Pukka Up’s biggest every event, Pukka Up 10th Birthday at Thompsons, Belfast 27th April. Also tour managed at GLAM nightclub in Cardiff and Halo nightclub in Leeds.
• Artist Liason - Communicate with all DJ’s performing at Pukka Up events to ensure their rider was up to their expectations and to ensure that they had received any tickets whilst also answering any queries they had about the upcoming events. 
• Press Liason - Whilst Working in Ibiza, i would meet members of the press and liase with them to make sure their every need is fulfilled to the best of my ability from the start of the day right through to the end. Press liason includes Ibiza Spotlight, Cluboverload.com, Datatransmission amongst others. 
• In Charge of all Social Media, regularly ran competitions that saw engagement with fans rise significantly, recently celebrating 10,000 fans on Pukka Up Fan page, facebook. Also built up brand new Instagram for Pukka Up with over 1000 fans in a month including doubling the Twitter followers in 4 months.

• Other tasks included, event coordination, Designing new promotional artwork, Boat Set Up, booking flights and hotels, chasing payments, replying to emails and general assistance to upper management

Pukka Up

Events Manager

Invasion

Event Sales & Marketing Manager

Complete weekly tasks sent by the event organisers, promoting news, links, updates about events, or interacting with artists via social media networks to generate a buzz and attract attention from peer group.
Use initiative and social media knowledge to communicate information in an appealing and interesting way to build brand awareness. 
To attend meetings with the Digital Marketing Manager every morning of the festival to plan out the day ahead, which parties i would be covering and what specific photo shots Hideout Festival were keen to have
To upload shots as soon as the party has finished directly onto the Hideout social media streams.
To increase interactions and amount of followers for the brand.

Hideout Festival

Digital Online Team

Complete weekly tasks sent by the event organisers, promoting news, links, updates about events, or interacting with artists via social media networks to generate a buzz and attract attention from peer group.
Use initiative and social media knowledge to communicate information in an appealing and interesting way to build brand awareness. 
To increase interactions and amount of followers for the brand.

The Warehouse Project

Crowd Management
Liaise and Assist Performers/Artists to fulfil their needs/requirements whilst on the boat 
Check everyone in safely onto the boat by checking names with a list of ticketholders.
Report any problems to Boat Party Supervisor

Outlook Festival

Boat Party Volunteer

Selling tickets for Outgoing event ‘Fresherdam’ on a commission based payment structure 
Sold £1,500 worth of tickets for 'Fresherdam'
Attend Fresher’s Fayres and show customer service skills to entice potential customers into a sale
Promote trips using Social Media 
Self-Motivation was key as it was up to me to drum up interest
Tenacity in following leads that have responded to my advertisements
Confidence and Likability

Outgoing Ltd

Sales Representative

Leeds Festival 2010
    
    Assisting festival goers with directions.
    Helping festival goers carry their belongings and pitch their tents.
    Answering questions about performances and line-ups.
    Reporting any problems e.g. a build-up of litter or faulty facilities, Fires
    Working with Fire Safety, Medical and Security teams.
     Visible presence in and around the campsite

Hotbox Events

Campsite Assistant Volunteer

•	All aspects of marketing our own nights, involving offline and online marketing, social media, flyering, putting up posters, dropping off tickets
•	Had to stay self-motivated whilst working with a much smaller budget than rival nights as well as juggling a degree and a part time job
•	Problem Solving
•	Created financial costing spread sheets
•	Employed and paid workers on the night – Photographer, Shot Girls, Bouncers, DJ’s
•	Acquiring over 1,380 Facebook Fans and more than 100,000 hits on our YouTube Channel
•	Interviewing up and coming artists on the phone and in person 
•	Hosted a Love The Dub radio show on the university Radio Hudd every 2 weeks