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Şimal Görmüş
Graphic Designer & Communications Specialist, TIAO
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Joined July 2022
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About me

Here's a little bit about me;

- I am a self taught, award winning photographer and visual artist.
- I'm proud to have designed award-winning brands throughout my graphic design career, including wmnsWORK and Ontario Tourism Summit, and Tourism Opportunities Forum.
- I have had the most fun in my career when I designed a bespoke limited edition beer label, Ignite, for Red Tape Brewery.
- I love speaking on topics that matter to me, no matter the size of the audience. Talk to me about media, open education, design, UX and community building!
- My social innovation venture FoodUNITY, bringing together underrepresented populations across Toronto to explore their passions in culinary arts and urban gardening while providing a unique experience for inbound and outbound travelers, has won second place in UNDP's 2020 Global Goals Jam.
- Learning & Development is another purposeful passion of mine. I have been lucky work in instructional design spaces alongside providing consulting services for learning management.
- Throughout my studies in tourism and marketing, I've been a part of various research projects, most notably Centennial College's Ecotourism research trip in Zagora, Morocco.

What is your favorite travel destination?

Turkiye!

Where do you dream of traveling to?

United States! I've never been but I ADORE all of the destination marketing campaigns that their DMOs come up with.

What was your first travel job?

I spent a lot of my early years in the tour and F&B spaces.

What do you want to learn more about?

How tourism can help us build stronger local communities!

Three words that describe why we should travel?

Purpose, respect, understanding