Bülent Erdogan
Copy, PR, Social Media,
Community Building
Good Content. Still King and Queen of Our Times
Nationality: German
Date of birth: 27 July 1974
Place of birth: Düren
Family status: divorced, 1 son (8) in current relationship
Driving license, sport boat license
At a glance
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16 years of experience in daily and magazine journalism
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10 years of experience in PR and editing for a self-governing institution / understanding of political decision-making processes of a public entity, moderation of a committee of volunteers (interim 2017/2018)
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Press relations: Spokesperson for EDU. A degree smarter in 2020. Click here for PDF with work samples. Consultant in the communications department: Contact with inquiring journalists, research, answering enquiries, advising and accompanying mandate holders during TV shoots or sound bites, writing press releases
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Approximately 250 newspaper articles in English language in the fields of logistics, insurance, shipping, CO2 certificates, gas market in the years 2004 to 2006; approximately 1,000 articles as correspondent in Berlin for Ärzte Zeitung
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Since 2010, six to eight cover stories per year for Rheinisches Ärzteblatt, plus about 600 articles of various lengths and genres
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Strong in implementation even under time pressure. Click here for PDF with work samples
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Expertise from planning to final editing of a magazine. Anticipation of content for covers and cover stories, specials, interviews, features. Supervision and editing of articles of colleagues and third parties. Concepting images and title covers (imagery/illustration and headline)
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Mentoring of editorial trainees. Moderation and active listening
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Experience in HTML and CMS (Wordpress, Wix: this website)
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Training as a Social Media Manager in 2018; administrator and editor of a welcome initiative for refugees in Köln-Kalk on Facebook in 2016/2017
Work experience (extract)
Since January 2024
Senior Consultant Politics, AOK Rheinland/Hamburg, Düsseldorf
April 2022 until August 2023
Dayfather of 4 kids, self-employed, Cologne
From 2021 until April 2021
Content and PR Manager, BARMER Health insurance, Wuppertal
From 15 February 2020 until 14 August 2020
Senior Manager Content and Communications / Press Spokesman
EDU. A degree smarter, https://medical.edu.mt
From January 2010 until 14 February 2020
PR Editor / Press Officer
North Rhine Medical Association, Düsseldorf; editing and co-production of Rheinisches Ärzteblatt, substituting the press spokesman during vacancies (2010-2017), handling press enquiries, writing press releases and invitations, press reviews, editing of the annual report
Fro February 2007 until 31 December 2009
Capital city correspondent / editor
Ärzte Zeitung, Berlin; reporting with another colleague from all relevant political and social events in Berlin
From September 2004 until December 2006
Volunteer (and editor), Press Office Herbert Fromme, Cologne; Journalistic training in German and English for Ärzte Zeitung, Lloyd's List (logistics), Financial Times Deutschland, Frankfurter Rundschau, Point Carbon, International Gas Report
Student activities
Assistant in the Bundestag office of a member of parliament in Bonn (1997/1998)
Assisting a city council faction in Frechen (1998/1999)
University
From October 1994 until February 2003 (with interruption)
Study of Political Science, Islamic Studies,
Constitutional, Social and Economic History at the University of Bonn
Studium Generale: 2 semesters Polish, 3 semesters Public Law
Degree: Magister Artium, grade: 1.6
Continuing education and Skills
Training as a Social Media Manager, certificate course at the Technical College of Cologne (TH Köln); seminar on video editing (VHS Cologne), both in 2018, training as a day-care father according to the DJI curriculum in 2020
Language skills
German (native language)
English (applied as an editor)
Turkish (Good level)
French (4 years of schooling)
Norwegian (meanwhile B2 level)
Polish (2 semesters, but no longer trrained)
Computer&Media
PC/Mac, Adobe InDesign, HTML / CMS, Xing, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, publisher of an online local magazine about the city of Wesseling (2000)
Social activities
Founder of a skater club (1995), soccer coach (1999-2002), founder of a welcome initiative (2016) willkommeninkalk.wordpress.com, neighborhood work (2014-2016), founder of neighborhood and artist group www.geschwister-t.de
Interests
Arts, architecture, blogging, cycling, writing, reading