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Open to new opportunities · Istanbul / Remote

I turn budgets into measurable growth.

Hi, I'm Hasan. For 12+ years I've been running performance marketing for brands with Google Ads, Meta Ads and SEO — campaigns in 6 countries from the US to Thailand, 20+ brands. My psychology degree helps me see the person behind the numbers. This site exists to tell everything a résumé can't.

Hasan ArasHead of Performance Marketing
2013 — Present12+ years of experience
TR · ENWorked across international markets
Hasan Aras
🌍 Campaigns in 6 countriesUS, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Thailand
📈 20+ brandsGoogle & Meta Ads, SEO
🎓 BA in PsychologyBahçeşehir Univ. · full scholarship
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Roles, one continuous climb

About

I studied psychology and built my career in performance marketing. Their intersection is my job: understanding why people click, why they drop off, and turning that into a better budget decision every month. I rose from intern to senior manager in the same discipline; I still learn something on every campaign.

What I do well

Building and scaling Google & Meta Ads accounts end to end, and connecting SEO with paid channels into one growth system that feeds itself.

How I work

I don't spend budget without proper measurement: GTM, GA4, pixels and conversion tracking first. Then hypothesis, test, scale. Weekly reporting, clear targets.

What I'm looking for

A performance marketing / growth leadership role; ideally a brand expanding into international markets or a strong team. Hybrid or remote.

My toolbox

Google Ads, Meta Business, GA4, GTM, Search Console, Merchant Center, Semrush, Ahrefs, WordPress, HTML/CSS/JS, Photoshop, Excel.

Experience

Twelve years, summarisedline by line.

Full experience
2023 — PresentIstanbul

Head of Performance MarketingAdsaturn Digital Marketing Agency

Agency-side Google & Meta Ads, SEO and web management for 16 brands: six international (Goldia, Saloni, Retrobird, Riola Travel...) from the US to Thailand; ten in the Turkish market (Hepa Alerji, Luckyart, Mizalle, Mare Deluxe, Magazin Burada...) across e-commerce, health, hospitality, media and legal.

  • Google Ads
  • Meta Ads
  • SEO
  • E-commerce
  • Multi-market
2025 — 2026Istanbul · Parallel

Senior Marketing ManagerEduhub Solutions

Student-acquisition marketing for two international universities (Bay Atlantic University · US, Berlin International University · Germany): Google Ads, Meta Ads and SEO under one strategy. Completed in 2026.

  • Google Ads
  • Meta Ads
  • SEO
  • Higher education
  • International
2022 — 2023Remote · US

SEO AdviserWeb20Ranker

Advisory role at a US-based SEO agency; technical SEO, authority building and strategy for client accounts.

  • Technical SEO
  • Link Building
  • Semrush
  • Ahrefs
2015 — 2022Istanbul · Global

Digital Marketing Specialist → Senior Digital Marketing ManagerConcentrix (Webhelp)

From specialist to senior manager in seven years. Digital marketing operations for global clients, team management and performance reporting.

  • Team Management
  • Google Ads
  • Meta Ads
  • Reporting
2013 — 2015Istanbul

Intern → Junior Digital Marketing SpecialistUnity · BAU COOP

The start of my digital marketing career within the Unreal Engine Turkey collaboration; campaign operations and content.

  • Career start
  • Social Media
  • Contents
Skills

Not a percentage bar, the real level.

For each skill I note the years and the last context I used it in; I believe that's more meaningful to HR than "85%".

My SEO expertise

Paid Media01

Google Ads
12 years · Search, Shopping, PMax, YouTube
Meta Ads (Facebook · Instagram)
10 years · Business Manager, Pixel, CAPI
Retargeting & Remarketing
Standard on every account
Programmatic · TikTok · LinkedIn Ads
Selected campaigns

SEO & Measurement02

SEO (technical + content)
10 years · Web20Ranker, Adsaturn
Google Analytics 4 · Tag Manager
Measurement stack setup
Search Console · Merchant · Business Profile
Daily use
Semrush · Ahrefs
Keyword & competitor analysis

Technical & Other03

WordPress
Setup, themes, landing pages
HTML · CSS · JavaScript
Landing pages & tracking code
Photoshop · Excel
Creative & reporting
English
Advanced · degree taught 100% in English
AI & Automation

I wire AI into the workflow.

All AI skills

Agent-style work

I use Claude beyond chat: Projects for persistent context, Artifacts for report and dashboard outputs, Scheduled tasks for routines that run on their own at set times, Cowork for tasks connected to files and tools.

Generative assistants & prompt design

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini; a reusable prompt library written with role–context–format–criteria; output verification discipline.

The ad platforms' own AI

PMax, Advantage+, AI Max, automated bidding: feeding the systems the right signal and keeping the control points.

Creative production

Multi-variant creative testing with Midjourney, Firefly, Canva, Runway, ElevenLabs; brand and rights checks with human approval.

Data analysis & automation

Sheets/Excel + AI, GA4 insights, Python/Apps Script; lead, report and alert flows with Make, Zapier, n8n and Google Ads Scripts.

SEO in the AI era, bots, ethics

Content architecture for AI Overviews/GEO, lead qualification with WhatsApp and site bots, GDPR/KVKK and verification principles.

Certificates & Education

I never stopped learning.

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BA in Psychology (English)

Bahçeşehir University · 100% merit scholarship

2011–15
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Google Ads Search Certification

Google Skillshop

2025
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Google Analytics 4 Certification

Google Skillshop

2024
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Meta Certified Media Buying Professional

Meta Blueprint

2024
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Semrush SEO Toolkit

Semrush Academy

2023
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BAU COOP · Unity / Unreal Engine TR

University–industry cooperation programme

2013–15
Q&A

Questions I've been asked before.

Here I answer, openly, the questions I get asked most in interviews. Short video answers to some of them are coming soon.

BehaviouralTechnicalMotivationLeadershipExpectations
I didn't really change direction; I kept asking the same question somewhere else: why do people behave this way? Advertising is a lab where that question gets measurable answers every day. Psychology taught me to form hypotheses and to look at data with healthy scepticism — both core tools of a good performance marketer.
Measurement first: are GTM, GA4, conversion tracking and pixels correct? Optimising on wrong data is wasted time. Then an account-structure and search-term audit, then a map of where the budget actually goes. By the end of month one I have a "stop, scale, test" list.
▶ Video answer coming soon
Assuming the same creative and offer will work in every market. A message that performs in the US doesn't get clicked in Germany; Thailand's seasonality is completely different. I set up each country with its own account logic and keep measurement and reporting centralised.
I've lived both: 7 years of global operations at Concentrix, agency pace at Adsaturn, brand-focused depth at Eduhub. Agencies teach speed and variety, brand side teaches patience and depth. For my next step my priority isn't the company type but a clear growth goal.
It depends on the scope and level of the role; but to speed things up I share my expected range openly in the first conversation. I believe transparency is the most efficient path for both sides.

Let's talk ?

I'm always open to a conversation about the right role. I reply within 24 hours; you can also book a 20-minute intro call directly from my calendar.