YIGIT EYGI

Audi-Visual Designer

Experience

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  • Freelance Sound Designer, Consultant, Cevelyn, Izmir — 2020 - Present

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Design of new sounds for AI made midi melodies and Musical data development. 

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  • Research Assistant, The New School, Barry Salmon New York — 2020 - 2021

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Support for current research tasks and continuing his own research topic about sonic narrative and sound scape.

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  • Audio Production & Post Production, Weighted Words Podcast, New York — 2019 - Present

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Audio post-production for Cheyenne Davis’s podcast series

 

(https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/weighted-words-podcast/id1507991335)

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  • Audio Production & Postproduction, RedDog Productions,
    New York — 2019 - Present

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Worked with Macha Beard Harper, had experiences on live recording sessions and live-broadcasts which includes Student Emmy awards. Also did field recording.

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  • Teaching Assistant, The New School, Sound Design Course, New York — 2019 - 2020

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Course assistant (for Barry Salmon’s Audio production and Sound Design class.)

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  • Sound Design & Audio Post-Production, The Exchange Short, New York — 2019

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Designer and mixer (produced the FX sounds and mixed the advertisement that produced by The Exchange Short for CocaCola company and Regal Cinemas.)

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  • Field recording, Student Short Movies, New York — 2018

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After starting New School, collaborated with four different student directors in their short movies as a field recorder. 

   

  • Sound Designer, Bir Varmis Bir Yokmus Theatre,
    Izmir, Turkey — 2013 - 2018

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Sound effects, technical equipment, Fx performer (Setting up mixer, microphones, instruments).

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  • Film for Fashion Workshop, Izmir University of Economics, Izmir, Turkey — 2017

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With Rohat Turk ,Composer, workshop speaker (about how the audio-visual design is working for fashion movies and which elements are affecting sound design process.)

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  • Composer & Sound Designer, IKSV International Jazz Festival,Izmir, Turkey  — 2017

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Collaborated with video artist Aras Ozgun, performed a live audiovisual performance  and did an installation for the opening.

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  • Sound Designer & Field Recorder, Kontrpie (Short Movie), Izmir, Turkey — 2017

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Field recording, audio post-production and sound designs. 

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  • Organizer & Speaker, Hack’oMusic Sound Design Hackathon — 2017, 2018, 2019. 

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Founding & event design (with Aysun Demirdogen,) organization (with Originn.)

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  • Composer, Miço The Short Movie, Izmir, Turkey — 2016 - 2017 

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Composer.

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  • Composer & Sound Designer, Theatre Gestus, Izmir, Turkey — 2014 - 2016

 

For the ‘Out at Sea’ play, composition, sound design, mixing, live performance.

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  • Composer, IKSV Izmir Music Festival, Izmir, Turkey — 2016

 

Collaborated with Aras Ozgun, his video mapping installation for the opening night of the International Izmir Music Festival: Composition and sound design. 

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  • Head Manager, Eygi Kerestecilik, 

 

Manisa, Turkey - 2009 - 2014 Production control, administrative position. 

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  • Tog (Social Volunteers Foundation), Teacher, Volunteer Work and Photography, Izmir Turkey  — 2003 - 2014

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Coordinator, volunteer as a teacher in a social responsibility project that was helping kids of the low income families to succeed in their education life. 

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  • Guitar Teacher in Hedef Learning Centre, Manisa, Turkey  — 2003 - 2014

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Teacher (Young adults between 14-25 ages.)

Education

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  • New School — Master of Arts in Sound Studies, 2018-2021 

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  • Parsons School of Design- Design Minor 2019-2021

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  • Izmir University of Economics — Master of Arts in Media and Communication, 2016

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  • Izmir university of Economics — Bachelor of Arts in Economics, 2010

Skills

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Computer: 

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  • Audio Programs: Logic Pro X, ProTools, Ableton, WWISE, NativeInstruments Tools,  Isotope Tools, 

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  • Edit programs: DaVinchi Resolve, Premiere, Photoshop, Light Room

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  • Computer: Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Words) Apple Office Tools (Pages, Keynote, Numbers) 

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  • Project Coordination: Trello, Slack 

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Social: 

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  • Volunteered in TOG (Society Volunteers) between 2003-2014. Worked in, Oral History, Climate Change, Discrimination and Homophobia, Education and Village projects. 

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  • Playing Guitar and Keyboard in bands since 2003 

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  • Reading about philosophy, art and personal development 

References 

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  • Macha Beard Harper -Ask for communication details 

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  • Aras Ozgun -Ask for communication details 

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  • Cheyenne Davis -Ask for communication details 

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  • Barry Salmon -Ask for communication details 

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  • Cheyenne Davis -Ask for communication details 

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  • Ally Sway- Ask for communication details 

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  • Robby May-Syliannteng -Ask for communication details 

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  • Feilin Yang -Ask for communication details 

by Yigit Eygi