Ahmet Terzioglu

Bio

Ahmet joined 4129Grey as a copywriter in 2011 and worked for four years there. Then he took charge as a creative group head in Tribal Worldwide Istanbul, between 2015-2016. During his service, Tribal Worldwide won 7 new brands and more than 30 awards. In 2016 he returned to 4129Grey as a creative group head, and after 2.5 years he currently takes charge as creative director. During his 3.5 years as creative director, he re-structured the agency and turned it into the most creative and award-winning agency in Turkey. He worked at DDB Istanbul as a ECD about 3 years. Ahmet is currently working as Partner&ECD at Sharpcake indie agency.


Experience


Sharpcake / Oct 2025-

Partner&Executive Creative Director

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DDB Istanbul / Jun 2024 – Oct 2025

Executive Creative Director

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DDB Istanbul / Feb 2023 – Jun 2024

Creative Director

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s‿ and us / Feb 2025-Mar 2025

Freelance Creative Director

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‿ and us / Jan 2023-Mar 2023

Freelance Creative Director

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Freelance / Sep 2022 – Feb 2023

Creative Director – Creative

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4129Grey / Jan 2019 – Aug 2022

Creative Director

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4129Grey / Sep 2016 – Jan 2019

Creative Group Head

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Portfolio Stalker / Apr 2020 – Present

Creator & Podcaster

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BrandAge Magazine / Jul 2020 – Sep 2026/

Writer

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Beykent University / Aug 2019 – Aug 2025 /

Lecturer & Supervisory Board Member (Advertising Analysis Lesson)

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Tribal Worldwide Istanbul / Jul 2015 – Aug 2016

Creative Group Head

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BBDO Proximity Istanbul / Apr 2015 – Jul 2015

Sr. Creative

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4129Grey / May 2010 – Apr 2015 /

Sr. Creative

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Altyazı Cinema Magazine /

Mar 2007 – Jan 2014

Writer & Critic


Brands

IKEA, Algida, Pladis, Unilever, OMO, Snuggle, Dove, P&G, Fairy, Always, P&G, Mastercard, Renault, BeIN Sports, Pepsi, Castrol, Colgate, Fanta, Volvo, Spoticar, Adidas, TFF, Lay’s, Volkswagen, UNICEF, Nike, Fenerbahçe SK, Garanti Bankası, Denizbank, Akbank, Bitpanda, Yapıkredi, Socrates Sports Magazine, KFC, Redbull, Yapı Kredi Publishing, Can Publishing, Tohum Autism Foundation, Greenpeace, TEMA Foundation, WWF… And more.


Awards

D&AD – 2 Wood pencils

Cannes Lions – 1 bronze, 4 shortlists

Clio – 1 gold, 4 bronze

New York Festivals – 5 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze, 3 finalists

Eurobest – 1 gold, 2 shortlists

Epica Awards – 1 bronze, 2 shortlists

Golden Drum – 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze, 4 shortlists

Adstars – 1 silver, 2 bronze, 10 finalists

Loeries – 1 silver, 1 certificate, 2 shortlists

Smarties – 2 gold, 1 silver, 5 finalists

Adweek Project Isaac – Bronze

WPP Cream – 1 Highly Commended

Caples Awards – 3 finalists

Adforum PHNX Awards – 2 Silvers, 5 Shortlists

Webby – Gold FWA – Site of the day


Kristal Elma – 2 Grand Prix, 45 Gold, 39 Silver, 47 Bronze

Felis Awards – 5 Grand Prix, 84 Gold, 70 merit

Smarties – 1 Grand Prix, 3 gold, 4 Silver, 5 finalist

Mixx – 1 Grand Prix, 2 Gold, 1 Bronze

Effie – 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze

Sardis – 2 Gold, 3 Silver

Prida Awards – 3 Gold, 2 merit

Brandverse – 2 Gold, 7 Silver, 5 Bronze

Kirmizi Awards – 3 merit

Young Lions Turkey – Gold (Cyber)


Jury Experiences

Kristal Elma (2026, Print&OOH)

Baku Flames Awards (2026, Digital)

Adforum PHNX (2026, Digital)

Felis Awards (2025, Data/AI Jury President)

Young Lions Turkey (2025, Digital Jury President)

Creative Circle (2025, Digital)

Adforum PHNX (2025)

Genç Kristal Elma (2024)

Arvak A Awards (2024, President)

Adforum PHNX (2024)

Adstars (2024, Branded Content)

Creative Circle (2024, Gaming)

Kristal Elma (2023, Digital)

Adstars (2023, Interactive)

Adforum PHNX (2023)

Arvak A Awards Jr. (2023, President)

Adstars (2022, Media)

Future Lions (2022)

Adforum PHNX (2022, Digital)

Martech (2022)

Adstars (2021, Film)

Kristal Elma (2020, Integrated)

Kristal Elma (2019, Digital)

Young Lions Turkey (2019, Digital)

Felis Awards (2021, Social Media)

Felis Awards (2020, Integrated)

Felis Awards (2019, Health)

Felis Awards (2018, Digital)

Arvak A Awards (2019)


Other

Recognitions


Advertiser of the Year – The Magnum Company (Smarties Business Impact Index, Europe, 2025)

Advertiser of the Year – The Magnum Company (Smarties Business Impact Index, 2025)

2nd Best Advertiser of the Year – The Magnum Company (Smarties Business Impact Index, MENA, 2025)

Brand of the Year – The Magnum Company (Smarties Business Impact Index, 2025)

8th Best Agency of the Year – Medina Turgul DDB (Smarties Business Impact Index 2025, Europe)

7th Best Agency of the Year – Medina Turgul DDB (Smarties Business Impact Index 2025, Turkey)

8th Best Advertiser of the Year – Sigortam.net (Cat Report, 2025)

4th Best Advertiser of the Year – The Magnum Company (Cat Report, 2025)

10th Agency of Turkey / Medina Turgul DDB – Cat Report (2025)

2nd Agency of Turkey / Tribal Worldwide DDB – Cat Report (2025)

Advertiser of the Year – The Magnum Ice Cream Company (Smarties, 2025)

Brand of the Year – Nogger (Smarties, 2025)

Creative Advertising Agency of the Year – Medina Turgul DDB (Smarties, 2025)

Creative Advertiser of the Year – The Magnum Company (Felis Awards, 2025) 

Creative Brand of the Year – Algida (Felis Awards, 2025)

Creative Agency of the Year – Tribal Worldwide Istanbul (Felis Awards, 2025)

Brave Brands of Turkey- Mastercard Turkey (Crystal Apple, 2022)

Top 10 Campaign of the Year (Mastercard, Calculating Hope, 2021)

Brave Brands of Turkey- Socrates Magazine (Crystal Apple, 2021)

8th Best Advertiser of the Year – Mastercard Turkey (Cat Report, 2021)

3rd Best Advertiser of the Year – Socrates Magazine (Cat Report, 2020)

3rd Best Advertiser of the Year – Tohum Autism Foundation (Cat Report, 2019)

Cesaret Veren Markalar – Mastercard Turkey (Kristal Elma, 2021)

D&AD Annual Top 100 Agency (2020)

Agency of the Year – (Smarties Business Impact Index, Europe, 2020)

4th Best Brand of the Year – Yapı Kredi (Smarties Business Impact Index, Europe, 2020)

7th Best Advertiser of the Year – Yapı Kredi (Smarties Business Impact Index, Europe, 2025)

Loeries Creativity Report (2020) 10th agency at overall

Loeries Creativity Report (2020) 6th in digital

New York Festivals Creativity Report (2015) 5th Agency at overall

4th Agency of Turkey – Cat Report (2021)

2nd Agency of Turkey – Cat Report (2019)

1st Agency of Turkey – Cat Report (2018)

1st New Age Agency of Turkey – Cat Report (2017)

Campaign Türkiye – New Age Agency of the Year (2019)