Independent creative studio Türkiye — Working globally

Clear thinking.
Distinctive creative.
No unnecessary layers.

A senior-led creative studio working across brand, communication and experience.

Fewer layers. Direct access to senior thinking.

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01 — Studio

Strategy that does not stay in a document.
Creativity that does not exist without a reason.

We bring strategy, ideas, language and experience into one connected system. From defining what a brand should say to deciding how it should look, move and behave, every project is led with senior thinking from beginning to end.

Direct access to senior thinking. Strategic and creative continuity. Specialist teams built around the actual needs of each project.

02 — Selected work
All work ↗
01
Zeyrek Çinili Hamam
UX Design / UI Design / Booking Experience

Designing a clearer booking experience for more than one kind of visit.

The Zeyrek booking experience across devices
Guest selection — schedule together or separately

A redesigned booking journey that makes treatments, scheduling and multi-guest reservations easier to understand and manage.

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02
MAAR by Kocamaar
Brand Positioning / Naming / Visual Identity / Packaging

Turning a product extension into a brand of its own.

Creating MAAR by Kocamaar — a new name, identity and packaging system for a natural care range ready for a more contemporary category presence.

MAAR by Kocamaar — range flat-lay
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03
Başka Resort Bodrum
Social Communication / Content Direction / Creative Direction

Building Başka's social language from sea, stone and sunlight.

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Başka Resort Bodrum — main visual
04
TCI Finansal Hizmetler
Communication Strategy / Creative Direction / Content Systems
TCI Finansal Hizmetler — homepage media

Building visibility for a financial brand through a multi-platform content system.

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03 — What we do
Three connected stages of one creative practice.
01

Define the direction.

Where the thinking is set — what a brand should say, to whom, and why it matters.

Brand strategy · Communication strategy · Positioning · Audience and user insight · Brand narrative · Content architecture

02

Design the experience.

Where the thinking becomes visible — how it looks, moves and behaves across every touchpoint.

Creative direction · Campaign development · UX strategy · Information architecture · User journeys & booking flows · Wireframing & interface prototyping

03

Build the system.

Where it keeps working — living systems that stay consistent long after launch.

Content systems · Social communication · Creative production · Prototyping · Ongoing creative direction · AI-integrated workflows

04 — AI, with direction. working file · v04

We use AI to expand the work, not replace the thinking.

AI is integrated across research, creative exploration, prototyping and production. It helps us examine more possibilities, visualise ideas earlier and move more efficiently between strategy and execution.

  1. Understandbrief · research · synthesis01
  2. Exploreroute a · route b · route c — rejected02
  3. Prototypev01 · v02 · v03 · v0403
  4. Produceadapt · scale · versions04
  5. Review human decision05
Strategy remains human-led.
Taste remains human-led.
The final decision remains human-led.
05 — Founder

Jülide Lokman

Founder / Creative Director / Communication Strategist
Jülide Lokman
Jülide Lokman — İzmir

Recreative was founded by Jülide Lokman to keep strategy, creative direction and execution close to one another.

With more than two decades of experience across advertising, communication strategy, creative direction and digital — including work within global agency environments and with established brands — she leads projects from the first question to the final system.

Specialist collaborators are brought in around the needs of each project, while strategic and creative direction remains closely involved throughout.

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Senior-led from strategy to execution.
Core team

A small core team working closely across content, social and design.

Gülsu Karakaş, Social Media & Content Specialist at Recreative Digital

Gülsu Karakaş

Social Media & Content Specialist

Content planning, platform thinking and day-to-day social communication.

Deniz Şal, Art Director at Recreative Digital

Deniz Şal

Art Director

Visual direction, design systems and digital content.

Specialist collaborators are brought in around project needs.

06 — Notes
Thinking that supports the work.
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N°02 The Invisible Work Behind Natural-Looking Content Creative Direction · 24 Aug 2026 · 7 min read N°03 AI Can Produce More. Can It Decide What Matters? AI & Creativity · 24 Aug 2026 · 7 min read N°04 A Social Media Strategy Is Not a Posting Calendar Social Media · 23 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
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07 — Contact

Bring us the brief.
Or bring us the problem
before it becomes one

Tell us what is changing, what is not working or what you are ready to build.