Edmond Moutran, founder and chairman of Memac Ogilvy, will step down as CEO, a role he has held for 34 years, since Memac’s inception in 1984.Ogilvy’s EMEA Chief Digital Officer and 22-year company veteran, Patou Nuytemans, will succeed Moutran, effective September 17, while he shifts his full focus to the...
J. Walter Thompson announced the appointment of Sasan Saeidi as CEO for the agency’s Gulf operation, leading the Dubai, Kuwait and Qatar teams. Saeidi took over the role as of 5 September, succeeding Michiel Hofstee, who has been working on network projects, leading on Group pitches and WPP Horizontality initiatives...
Hotelity, a dynamic hospitality distribution company in the UAE, has appointed DGtal CYBERKOMS as their digital partner, to metamorphose their brand on the digital canvas. A B2B oriented brand, Hotelity provides clients with extensive expertise in food & beverages and housekeeping products. Their clientele includes Atlantis-The Palm, Burj Al Arab, Jumeirah, Hilton, Emirates...
The new billion-dollar revenue, media, content and technology agency to be created from the merger of MEC and Maxus will be named ‘WAVEMAKER’. The brand mark WAVEMAKER is said to reflect the agency’s heritage, born from WPP and GroupM. Tim Castree, global CEO of MEC and Wavemaker, said: “Our purpose is to provide...
Augustus, a ‘New Media’ company and publisher of Lovin Dubai, has announced its expansion into the Saudi Arabia market with the launch September 8 of Lovin Saudi.Augustus, based in Dubai, is the area developer franchisee for the Lovin Group in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The company’s mission...
CNN, who has been on the Snapchat Discover platform since its launch, has recently unveiled “The Update” – a brand new daily Snapchat show that provides a rundown of the biggest news from CNN reporters and bureaus around the world. CNN will provide a daily show that runs at 6:00 pm ET,...
Publicis Groupe Chairman and CEO Arthur Sadoun announced the nomination of Emmanuel André to the newly created position of Chief Talent Officer (CTO), with effect from September 18, 2017‎. Emmanuel André will be in charge of talent management and recruitment, working directly with the Solutions CEOs and their respective CTOs, who will be functionally...
Global communications agency Grayling announces its latest automotive client win, McLaren Automotive for the Middle East, Africa and Latin America region, adding it to a prestigious lineup of global and regional accounts.Grayling will have the responsiblity to strengthen McLaren’s PR footprint in the region.McLaren Automotive is the British manufacturer of luxury,...
Sophey Layton joins MEC MENA as Regional HR Manager effective August 2017, and she will be based in Dubai, UAE.Sophey joins the Dubai office from London, where she was a Senior HR Business Partner for BT, bringing with her experience from Dixons Carphone and Samsung Electronics. During her career, she has...
Grayling, a leading global communications firm, has announced the appointment of Arian Hashemi as the new Creative Director, and Khalid AlAtrash as Client Service Director for their Middle East creative arm, GCreative.“Arian’s innovative and strategic experience in executing award winning projects, branding and production, coupled with Khalid’s expertise in building...
Grey Group has acquired a majority stake in hug digital, a leading independent regional digital marketing agency, based in the Middle East. Founded in 2009 by Oussama Jamal (Chairman) and Tim Baker (Chief Executive Officer), hug digital is one of the largest and fastest growing 360°digital agencies in the MENA...
The Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA), an organisation dedicated to spreading public awareness of intellectual property rights in the UAE, has appointed marketing and public relations company, CommuniGate Middle East, to handle its public relations (PR) strategy and media activities.The association exerts extensive efforts to protect trademarks, patents, and copyrights....
Leo Burnett Dubai has won an 18-month assignment with Big Ticket Abu Dhabi. The Publicis Groupe ‘Power of One’ approach was favored by Big Ticket Abu Dhabi and played an integral part in their decision. The new partnership will see Leo Burnett along with Optimedia and Prodigious provide strategy, creative,...
Cadillac approached Carat to increase awareness of CT6, CTS and XT5 with a multiple video asset brand campaign to be employed across elevated receptive fashion, music and technology content. The Carat Cadillac team needed to ensure this campaign would only appear across the highest quality YouTube channels.The campaign dubbed, “Why”...
Research company Ipsos has appointed Joseph El Habre as the new CEO of Ipsos Interactive Services (IIS) & Operations in MENA. The role of IIS-Operations at Ipsos is to prospect and implement innovative and interactive data collection methods for online and offline researching.The goal is to create information that is...
