A dedicated educator and English Translation & Interpreting graduate (2019) with a strong foundation in language instruction, currently delivering online English lessons to diverse learners. Combining early teaching experience with a 7-year track record as an Executive Assistant across leading corporate and academic institutions including Sabiha Gökçen Airport, Koç University, and Mercedes-Benz Türk - I bring advanced communication, cross-cultural competence, and high-level organizational skills to the educational domain.
Leveraging native-level fluency, curriculum adaptability, and strong corporate discipline, I foster engaging and result-oriented learning environments. I am seeking to fully transition back into full-time English teaching, where I can apply both my linguistic expertise and professional background to empower students in their language acquisition journey.
MS Project / Asana / Trello / Monday.com (Entry-Level / Working Knowledge)
MS Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook (Advanced)
SAP / ERP Systems (Proficient)
JIRA / Confluence (Foundational / Basic Proficiency)
Curriculum & Lesson Planning
Online & Interactive Teaching
Adult & Young Learner Education
Business English & Conversational Fluency
Student Assessment & Progress Tracking
Served as a key strategic partner and operational anchor for two high-level R&D Directors (Director of Bus Product Development and Expat Director of R&D Electric & Electronic), driving efficiency across PML and PME departments.
Strategic Calendar & Agenda Management: Proactively managed highly complex, volatile calendars across multiple time zones and international teams, optimizing directors' focus on strategic priorities.
Cross-Functional Liaison: Acted as a primary point of contact between executive leadership, cross-functional departments, and international expat stakeholders, ensuring seamless flow of communication.
Operational & Financial Tracking: Managed invoice tracking, system entries, and operational procurement processes to ensure departmental budgets and entries aligned with corporate policies.
Multicultural & Fast-Paced Adaptability: Successfully managed executive operations in a high-density, fast-paced environment requiring strong crisis resolution, discretion, and problem-solving skills
Provided comprehensive operational and strategic partnership to the Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Agenda & Leadership Support: Managed the Dean’s strategic agenda, scheduled high-impact academic and administrative meetings, and coordinated university-wide strategic initiatives.
Meeting Ownership & Action Planning: Facilitated faculty meetings, compiled board documentation, and followed up on strategic initiatives across diverse academic departments.
Departmental Operations: Overseeed student affairs administrative flows, faculty communications, and records management, enhancing departmental productivity.
Action Item & Execution Tracking: Attended managerial board meetings, recorded comprehensive minutes, and proactively tracked action items across departments to guarantee deadline adherence and project progression.
Communication & Operational Alignment: Facilitated internal cross-departmental communication, reducing operational bottlenecks during high-activity periods.
Stakeholder Negotiation & Meeting Facilitation: Facilitated real-time bilingual translation (English–Turkish) and cross-cultural communication during high-level meetings between executive management and international business partners/stakeholders.
Content Localization & Scope Execution: Managed the translation, cultural adaptation, and quality control of promotional assets, lyrics, and artist communications, ensuring brand messaging aligned with diverse target audiences and global market standards.
Cross-Functional Communication: Acted as a key communication bridge between internal teams and external international partners to ensure accurate information flow and timely delivery of localized project materials.
Delivered English Language instruction to adult learners, focusing on conversational fluency and business English.
Conducted assessments, provided feedback and tailored lesson plans based on individual learning needs.
Taught general English to learners of various age groups and proficiency levels.
Turkish (Native)
English (Fluent)
German (Beginner)