I build brands with character: distinctive identities and visual worlds shaped with intention, down to the last detail.

As Founder and Creative Director of Melis Yucat Brand Atelier, a boutique creative studio, I bring more than fifteen years of experience to every project. A graduate of TED Ankara College and of the Department of Graphic Design at Bilkent University, I work at the meeting point of strategy, aesthetics, and storytelling, creating brands with depth and a lasting presence.

For me, every project is an opportunity to shape an entire world, one where every detail has a purpose and every element tells a story.

Over the years, I’ve come to believe that

the brands that last aren’t the loudest. They’re the most deliberate.

I bring that same deliberation to everything I take on, because if I’m doing it, it’s because I believe in it.

Beyond the atelier, I find endless inspiration in travel, art, photography, dance, and ballet. Creativity lives far beyond the studio: in the places we discover, the movements we observe, and the small details we collect along the way.

Education

Graphic Design, Bilkent University · TED Ankara College

Worked with

UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, edelkrone, a New York-based startup

Based

Ankara, working worldwide

I shape ideas into identities, and make sure they hold up wherever they appear.

As a Graphic Designer at Melis Yucat Brand Atelier, I design logos, identity systems, and visual content for client brands. A graduate of the Department of Graphic Design at Bilkent University, I bring hands-on experience across advertising, digital product design, and fashion campaign production. That range taught me that a single idea has to hold up across every format, team, and audience it meets.

My graduation project was a short film about artificial intelligence and loneliness. It let me work across every stage of the image, from camera and art direction to editing and color grading, and showed me that art direction is what ties them all together: the decisions that shape how every frame looks and feels.

Identity, interface, motion. A multidisciplinary practice, held together by a consistent eye.

Beyond the atelier, I’m drawn to photography, editorial work, and cinema. They shape how I think about framing, pacing, and the quiet moments in between, and they find their way into everything I make.

Education

BFA in Graphic Design, Bilkent University — 2026

Experience

Advertising, digital product design, fashion campaign production

Focus

Brand identity, motion, film

At the atelier

Graphic Designer, since August 2026