Memac Ogilvy has appointed Arpan Saxena as Strategic Planning Director for its Bahrain office in order to strengthen its department of integrated communications. Mr Saxena would be involved in the creative ‘think-tank’ of the company, and would deal with international and local clients. These include American Express… Read More
J. Walter Thompson has kicked off the second year of its Helen Lansdowne Resor (HLR) Scholarship, an international opportunity designed to support and promote talented, creative, female advertising students. Named after Helen Lansdowne Resor, the industry’s and J. Walter Thompson’s first female copywriter, the HLR… Read More
Fadi Mroue, Founder and Creative Director of Republique, a communications agency headquartered in Beirut, will chair the digital and mobile jury at the Kyiv International Advertising Festival this May. Kyiv is an advertising event of Ukraine and one of the Eastern European festivals in the… Read More
Ooredoo and Nokia have signed a three-year deal in Qatar to enhance the strength, speed and coverage of the Ooredoo Supernet in the market. The agreement, which will see Nokia upgrading and expanding Ooredoo’s existing mobile broadband network across the country, will help meet Qatar’s… Read More
The Arabian Marketer office will be observing Al Isra’a Wal Mi’raj – Ascension day on May 5. The site will hence not be updated till May 8, 2016…
This week has been short as we have long weekend in most Middle Eastern countries starting tomorrow, however this has not affected the trending headlines. The most trending news this week has been the worrying situation in the city of Aleppo. UN Security Council is… Read More
The National Health Insurance Company Daman launched its ‘Daman’ and ‘Thiqa’ apps. “Daman has always been a pioneer in our field. We are a society on the move, and Daman’s smart phone applications ensure our services and staff are available to our members, on their… Read More
Amid concerns about online privacy, social media use in the Middle East is shifting away from Twitter and Facebook and toward direct-messaging platforms such as Snapchat and WhatsApp. According to a study released by Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q), in partnership with Doha Film Institute,… Read More
Everyone deserves a second chance. The Made in Carcere ‘Tweet from Prison’ campaign by Tonic International Dubai takes this message a step forward. The campaign, which is an initiative by the Italian fashion line Made in Carcere, teaches it’s inmates occupational work with the aim… Read More
With hyper-connectivity and e-commerce, Qatar’s business-to-business and business-to-consumer markets are set to grow from USD 2.3 billion in 2014 to USD 4.3 billion in 2019, according to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Leading organizations discussed this growth at the the SAP Qatar Forum, where… Read More
