After graduated from ITU Mechanical Engineering, Balkanlı has 20 years of experience working on digital projects as a graphics and multimedia & web designer.

Besides working with various digital design agencies as creative director, Balkanlı also works with leading publishers like Dogan Online as UI/UX Design Manager which led him to learn and specialize on user experience with newspapers like Hürriyet and Radikal, that holds a serious user traffic with blogger networks and verticals together.