Cannes Lions ended day three with awards given in the PR Lions, Media Lions, Direct Lions, Creative Strategy Lions, Creative Data Lions and Social & Influencer Lions categories. Agencies from the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region and Pakistan added four more Lions on… Read More
Property Finder has chosen J. Walter Thompson as its communication partner targeting the United Arab Emirates with immediate effect, and to manage its upcoming brand launch. The agency was selected among multiple international agencies that participated in its pitch process. “For this brand launch we… Read More
As Asad Rehman, the director of media and digital transformation at Unilever MENA, is named AM Marketer of the Year 2018, industry leaders comment on what makes Mr Rehman a marketer to reckon with… Ghassan Harfouche, Group CEO, MCN For me, Asad is the marketer… Read More
J. Walter Thompson has appointed Sasan Saeidi as CEO for the agency’s Gulf operation, leading the Dubai, Kuwait and Qatar teams. Mr Saeidi took over the role as of 5 September, succeeding Michiel Hofstee, who has been working on network projects, leading on Group pitches… Read More
FP7/DXB has officially won the Dubai brand launch project for Uber. Uber had initiated a full-fledged creative communication pitch process in February 2017, with the objective of identifying a communication partner for its brand launch. Various multinational agencies participated in this pitch process, details of… Read More
The UAE Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) held elections for a new Board of Directors in Dubai. The biennial elections saw members of the industry exercise their right to vote. The newly elected board of directors will steer the UAE chapter of the… Read More
For FP7/MENA, the year might not have started off well in terms of winning trophies at some of the most important award shows including Dubai Lynx Festival of Creativity and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, but it has ended the year with a bang… Read More
J. Walter Thompson, FP7/MENA and Starcom Middle East stole the show at the Effie MENA Awards 2016. In addition to winning the hallmark honors of the evening, the agencies also won the maximum number of awards in different categories. J. Walter Thompson was honored with… Read More
I have worked in advertising for the past 18 years, and have had the proud privilege to work with, and learn from, some of best global minds. Working with some of the most famous and award-winning ad agencies teaches that ‘awards’ is a way of… Read More
