ÇağatayOkutan

2015 to 2017

Freelance Photographer

Portrait, editorial and commercial

West New York, New Jersey, USA

• Delivered tailored photography services for diverse, international clients.
• Specialized in portrait, editorial and commercial photography work.

2016 to 2020

TurkOfAmerica

Director of Photography

New York, USA

• Managed overarching editorial photography direction.
• Photographed TOA award nights and industry events, capturing honorees, keynote moments and the atmosphere of the evening for publication.
• Shot both cover features and in-article story photography, coordinating complex shoots and developing cohesive visual themes across issues.

2021 to 2023

Atlas Lab Solutions

Creative Director & General Manager

Ankara, Türkiye

Wallniture group's Ankara creative operation.

• Built and led the operation, managing over 9 people across listing and visual teams.
• Led a small team of creatives spanning 3D visualization artists and graphic designers, directing creative projects and visual development initiatives.
• Generated agency revenue through Fiverr and other online marketplaces, serving over 20 clients, and helped the agency become Amazon Ads certified.
• Ran operational management alongside the creative work, deciding on raises and leading recruitment of new talent.

2023 to presentcurrent

Depthcrafts.agency

Owner

Ankara, Türkiye

• Provide high-end 3D animation and rendering to a select client portfolio, built on years of exacting technical work in consumer products, real estate and defense.
• Created product launch animations for companies in the defense industry, plus the marketing materials and catalog visuals supporting each launch.
• Build the websites clients sell from and the internal tools behind them: Shopify and Wix storefronts, custom themes and migrations where a platform fits, and database-driven web applications, B2B portals and bespoke internal software where it does not.

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2015 to 2026

Wallniture

Creative Director, remote (2023 to 2026) · Visual Content Creator, on site (2015 to 2020)

New Jersey, USA · Ankara, Türkiye

• Lead global brand direction and creative strategy across visual content, campaigns and 3D visualization workflows, managing a small team of creatives under the Wallniture brand for over five years.
• Created and manage wallniture.com and b2bwallniture.com plus internal tools in daily use, growing organic traffic through SEO, automated blog tooling and Google Ads.
• Supported growth of the product line from around 50 to 450 products with the visual assets behind them, contributing to a 20× increase in sales over ten years.
• Scaled render output to meet demand, producing over 15,000 renders in varied room setups and helping Wallniture dominate Amazon, Overstock, Wayfair and Etsy.
• Produced high-end commercial product photography and e-commerce, branding and advertising visuals for Wallniture and its sub-brands.

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