Leyla Akcan

Background

About Leyla Akcan

Leyla Akcan joined dentsu in 2011 as Digital Integration Director at Resolutions R&D Business Unit handling coodrinaditon between digital and offline teams, new business pitches and all digital systems needs. Having a pivotal role during the Coca-Cola pitch in 2012, she moved on to lead all the digital services for the team. Post her role with Coca-Cola, she also managed one of the biggest accounts within Dentsu Aegis, BDF & Eczacıbası along with some other global clients. She has served as the Head of Digital overseeing all the digital services within Carat and Vizeum for 5.5 years. Currently she is Managing Director at Carat. Leyla started her career at OMD in 2002 at Research, TV planning, and Client Services teams respectively. In 2005 she moved on to a Client Services Manager role in TV Planning and Buying at Mediacom. She started her digital career at one of the first digital outsourcing agencies in the market that serviced many global agencies, Zap Medya as Digital Media Director in 2007. She continued her career at Mediacom overseeing some of the biggest accounts in the agency. She graduated from Istanbul University department of Labour Economics and holds an MBA from Istanbul Bilgi University.