ZEYNEP SELMANPAKOĞLU

Design personalised English programmes for children, teenagers and adults from A1 to C1 level. Develop original teaching materials and individual learning strategies based on each learner's goals and strengths.

Evaluated Turkish synthetic speech and conversational audio for naturalness, fluency, articulation, emotional tone and prompt similarity. Compared audio samples and provided detailed quality assessments based on project-specific scoring criteria.

Evaluated search engine results for relevance, accuracy and user intent. Assessed web pages, news results, blogs, images and question-answer (QA) content.

Delivered arts-based educational activities within a multidisciplinary summer-school programme. Designed creative workshops encouraging observation, imagination and collaborative learning.

Evaluated and compared AI-generated responses for accuracy, relevance, coherence, safety and instruction compliance. Completed rewriting, open-ended question answering, response ranking and conversational AI evaluation tasks.

Led multidisciplinary projects across advertising, branding, documentary production, museums, publishing, public communication and cultural heritage. Directed creative development from concept and research through to content creation, visual communication and project delivery.

Evaluated AI-generated responses for factual accuracy, reasoning quality, instruction following and overall usefulness. Collected, recorded and evaluated real-world conversational data by conducting structured interactions with participants across project-specific scenarios.

Delivered practical art education for learners of different age groups. Designed workshops focusing on creativity, visual thinking and artistic expression.

Created and presented Women in the City, a weekly live interview programme broadcast every Thursday for one year. Developed the programme format and editorial approach around women's lives, social issues and experiences in the city.

Designed book covers, editorial layouts and visual materials for a range of publishing and educational projects. Created illustrations, presentation graphics, instructional visuals and storyboard sequences.

Developed the visual identity for a retrospective edition of the Barbara Cartland Pink Collection. Created retro-inspired cover concepts, patterns and editorial design elements reflecting the period and the author's distinctive visual style.

Contributed to a range of cultural communication, documentary and editorial projects developed for international audiences. Wrote and edited cultural content for projects including Feel the Culture and the Institute's cultural agenda publications.

Conceived and developed the original documentary series exploring Turkic communities living outside Türkiye. Created the series concept, narrative format and visual approach, and wrote the screenplay and led the artistic direction of the first two films.

Design personalised mathematics programmes for primary-school learners. Teach arithmetic, number sense, logical reasoning and early problem-solving through interactive and discovery-based learning.

Coordinated a wide range of cultural events, educational programmes and institutional activities. Managed event planning, scheduling, participant communication, promotion, logistics and on-site organisation.

Led the development of the museum project from historical and cultural research through to concept design and implementation. Created the museum's narrative structure, exhibition content and visual communication framework.

Developed visual communication and exhibition materials for the Alacahöyük Archaeological Site Museum. Designed site maps, orientation materials, information panels, signs and other visitor-guidance elements.

Developed creative, editorial and visual communication materials for public institutions, cultural organisations and government agencies. Produced public service announcements, campaign texts, institutional publications, information panels, exhibition materials, maps, signage, illustrations and graphic design work.

Founding member of the municipality's newly established International Relations & EU Projects Office, reporting directly to the Mayor's Office. Prepared and implemented EU-funded projects and international cooperation initiatives.

Ongoing studies in Management Information Systems.

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Anadolu University, completed between 2022 and 2024.

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts with a focus on Sculpture, completed between 1999 and 2004.

Completed a course in Creative Writing in 2001.

Completed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Specialist Training.

Completed a program in Preschool Child Development & Education in 2025.

Completed a course on Teaching Youth.

Completed a course on Public Speaking.

Attended psychology seminars.

Completed a course in Branding & Copywriting between 2018 and 2019.

Completed a course in Advertising & Public Relations between 2018 and 2019.

Completed a course in Technical Screenwriting in 2002.

Completed a course in Project Cycle Management.

Completed a course in Project Supervision Training.

Completed a course in Photography.