Product Manager · Merzigo

Experience

Product Manager with a path from media operations into product. I turn friction I see on the ground into strategy, roadmap, and Agile delivery — including Keyvod, Merzigo’s internal app for end-to-end media workflows.

Work experience

  1. Product Manager

    Merzigo

    Jun 2025 — Present · Istanbul

    Leading product strategy, roadmap, and execution for Keyvod — an internal web app that digitizes media production, broadcasting, and operational workflows across Merzigo.

    • Defined and executed long-term product vision and roadmap aligned with business goals
    • Anticipated needs of production, publishing, and operations teams; turned operational friction into high-impact features
    • Bridged executive leadership, video production, publishing, and core operations around a shared product vision
    • Scope and risk management; User Stories and Acceptance Criteria with daily engineering collaboration
    • Tracked North Star metrics and KPIs; analyzed usage reports to measure impact and ROI
  2. Account Manager

    Merzigo

    Jun 2024 — Jun 2025 · Istanbul

    Owned partner and platform account work while carrying operational depth into the transition toward a product-focused role.

    • Partner account management and business development
    • Prioritization and delivery follow-up with operations teams
    • Systematizing field knowledge for the move into product
  3. Head of Operations

    Solar Medya

    Mar 2022 — Jun 2024 · Istanbul

    Responsible for all operations at Solar Medya. With my team we ran agreements with 24+ TV channels, producers, and distributors, and managed hundreds of Facebook and YouTube accounts to generate platform revenue for partners.

    • End-to-end operations leadership
    • 24+ channel / producer / distributor partnerships
    • Revenue-focused Facebook and YouTube portfolio management
  4. Account Manager

    Merzigo

    Dec 2020 — Feb 2022 · Istanbul

    Built a Facebook-focused operation of 30+ people, owned training and algorithm adaptation, and with the team managed 20+ TV / producer / distributor deals and 200+ Facebook pages for partner revenue.

    • Built and led a 30+ person Facebook operation
    • Training, onboarding, and algorithm adaptation
    • Scaled content/revenue ops across 200+ pages
  5. Account Specialist

    Merzigo

    Aug 2019 — Dec 2020 · Istanbul

    Managed TV series, film, and reality content on YouTube and Facebook channels; built skills in SEO, audience analysis, platform analysis, and data analysis.

    • Digital channel content management (YouTube / Facebook)
    • SEO, audience, and platform analysis
    • Adobe tooling for content production support
  6. Videographer

    Merzigo

    Jul 2019 — Aug 2019 · Istanbul

    Adapted TV content for YouTube and Dailymotion using Adobe Premiere.

Skills

  • Agile project management
  • Scrum
  • Product strategy & roadmap
  • Business development
  • Stakeholder management
  • KPI & data-driven decisions

Certifications

  • Conflict Management
  • API & API Testing
  • Me as a Leader
  • Marketing: Copywriting for Social Media
  • Time Masters

Education

  • Anadolu University Bachelor’s · International Relations · 2019–2023
  • Istanbul Arel University Associate · Mechanical Program · 2015–2017

For collaborations or hiring conversations, reach me on LinkedIn or email. See my shipped apps on Apps.