Oğuz Akın is an award winning designer with concentrations in moving image and interactive

media. His campaign strategies and art direction establish a complementary visual identity that can be utilized across various multimedia. As a senior art director at Ignition Creative his teaser trailer for the movie ‘Hateful 8’ was awarded with Golden Trailer and Clio Awards. His graphic title design for ‘Tarzan, The Legend Of’ was featured in the movie and used across all campaign media, working closely with print as well as digital marketing teams. Since 2010, Oğuz Akın has been leading teams of interactive designers and managing junior members throughout the production phases. At CMYK+WHITE, his team focused on app design & websites for Estée Lauder and coordinated the communications between design and production teams. His mentorship also includes teaching at Bilkent University Graphic Design Department as a Visiting Assistant Professor. His lectures include Graphics for TV and Film, Graphic Design Studio, coding, and post-production courses. AWARDS

2019 Valley of the Boom, Flooz — CLIO KEY ART AWARDS, BRONZE IN TELEVISION/STREAMING: SOCIAL MEDIA

2016 It Comes At Night Trailer — CLIO KEY ART AWARDS, BRONZE IN THEATRICAL TRAILER

2016 Civilization VI Teaser — CLIO KEY ART AWARDS, BRONZE IN BEST MOTION TITLE GRAPHICS

2015 Hateful 8 — GOLDEN TRAILER AWARDS, GOLD

IN BEST MOTION TITLE GRAPHICS

2015 Hateful 8 — CLIO KEY ART AWARDS, SILVER

IN BEST AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNIQUE

2015 DOPE — CLIO KEY ART AWARDS, SILVER

IN BEST AUDIO/VIDEO TECHNIQUE

2015 Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Season 2 Shoot Promo — CLIO KEY ART AWARDS, SILVER

IN TELEVISION/STREAMING: AUDIO/VISUAL

2014 12 Years a Slave — GOLDEN TRAILER AWARDS, GOLD IN BEST INDEPENDENT TV SPOT

2010 Pratt DDA — ADOBE DESIGN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS, SILVER IN MOTION GRAPHICS

Oğuz Akın

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EXPERIENCE

2023-Present Freelance Motion Graphics Artist, Los Angeles 2019–2023 Bilkent University, Ankara — GRAPHIC DESIGN INSTRUCTOR 2012–2019 Ignition Creative, Los Angeles — SENIOR ART DIRECTOR 2010–2012 CMYK+WHITE, New York — INTERACTIVE TEAM LEADER 2006–2008 Oğuz Akın & Boran Güney Partnership, Istanbul — TV COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR 1999–2004 YMPC, Ankara — GRAPHIC DESIGNER

EDUCATION

2011 Pratt Institute, MFA in Emerging Arts, New York — FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP 2005 Bilkent University, BA in Graphic Design, Ankara — TUITION SCHOLARSHIP SELECT WORKS

2023 Deciding Vote, Wheelhous Creative — DOCUMENTARY GRAPHICS, ART DIRECTION 2023 The Portrait, Jonathan Sutak — TRAILER, ART DIRECTION 2021 Ernst & Young Turkey — PROMOTIONAL ANIMATION, CREATIVE DIRECTION 2021 Initiation, Jonathan Sutak — TRAILER, ART DIRECTION 2020 Wrong Turn, Jonathan Sutak — TRAILER, ART DIRECTION 2020 Dice Kayek, Istanbul Contrast — PROMOTIONAL ANIMATION, CREATIVE DIRECTION 2019 U.N. Women, ‘Violence against women’ — EXHIBITION, ARTIST 2019 to 2021 Designed several trailer graphics and animations for Wheelhouse Creative NY, including;

‘Brian Wilson’, ‘The Booksellers’, ‘Pop Big Bang’, ‘First Date’, ‘Whirlybird’, ‘Creem’,

‘WNBA Documentary’, ‘Streetlight Harmonies’, ‘Buffaloed’, ‘The Silk Factory for E One’ IGNITION CREATIVE, LOS ANGELES

2019 Man In Black International, Sony — IDENTITY DESIGN, ART DIRECTION 2019 Valley of the Boom, Flooz — ART DIRECTION, ANIMATION 2018 Den of Thieves — TRAILER, ART DIRECTION

2018 Day of the Dead — TRAILER, ART DIRECTION

2017 Twitter, #whatshappening — GRAPHIC TEASER, ART DIRECTION 2017 The Keepers, Netflix — DOCUMENTARY, CREATIVE DIRECTION 2016 Dons Of Disco, Jonathan Sutak — DOCUMENTARY, CREATIVE DIRECTION 2016 Tarzan, The Legend of, Warner Bros — IDENTITY DESIGN, PRODUCTION, ART DIRECTION 2016 It Comes At Night — TRAILER, ART DIRECTION

2016 Civilization VI, Firaxis Games — TEASER ANIMATION, ART DIRECTION 2015 Hateful 8 — GRAPHIC TEASER, ART DIRECTION

2015 The Defenders, Netflix — IDENTITY DESIGN, GRAPHIC TEASER, ART DIRECTION 2015 DOPE, Sony — GRAPHIC TEASER, ART DIRECTION

2015 Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Season 2 Shoot Promo — VFX 2014 12 Years a Slave — TRAILER, ART DIRECTION

2014 ESPN, Monday Night Football — GRAPHIC TEASER, ART DIRECTION CMYK+WHITE, NEW YORK

2012 Estée Lauder, iOS app — PRODUCTION

2011 Estée Lauder, myESTEELAUDER.com — PRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT 2011 Estée Lauder, Re-Nutriv interactive promotion — DEVELOPMENT, ART DIRECTION 2011 Estée Lauder, Illuminator, Resilience Lift web ads — DEVELOPMENT, ART DIRECTION OĞUZ AKIN & BORAN GÜNEY PARTNERSHIP, ISTANBUL

2008 Western Union, TV Commercial — ART DIRECTION

2007 Ülker, ‘Anneler Günü’, TV Commercial — PRODUCTION, CREATIVE DIRECTION 2007 Toyota Türkiye, TV Commercial — CREATIVE DIRECTION 2007 Coca-Cola, ‘Coca-Cola Festival’ TV Commercial — PRODUCTION, CREATIVE DIRECTION 2006 Akbank, ‘Büyük Kırmızı Ev’ TV Commercial — PRODUCTION, CREATIVE DIRECTION