Campaign’s Creative Faces to Watch 2024 – Omar Elgamal, Arabic Copywriter, VML Dubai
Age: 30
Nominated by Fernando Miranda, Executive Creative Director:
What makes Omar special is his proactive spirit. Always going beyond scheduled tasks to think of fresh ways to surprise and delight clients.
Career highlights
Omar is an Arabic Copywriting maestro from Egypt at VML, with 7 years in the creative industry.
Omar has worked with many international brands like BMW, Porsche and SONY. He has a dream to write his own film one day. He’s penned Arabic magic for the first Porsche Taycan in the MENA region and nabbed a Cannes Lions for the #driveZextremes campaign. He was also the mind behind the concept and script of Aramex’s Ramadan campaign raising awareness on mental health diseases, which garnered recognition on Campaign Middle East.
Beyond words, he’s a budding swimmer with quirky penchant for pool water. Switzerland beckons him with its natural wonders, and he’s named PC RC (Relationship Crusher). If food choices ruled, it’s Japanese Ramen year-round. With a knack for film talk, he’s your go-to for cinematic chat, currently raving about “Beef” and savoring Naguib Mahfouz’s “chose of Autobiography”. In short, Omar is a creative guru, the aqua enthusiast, and a movie buff rolled into one.
Guiding principles
He’s penned Arabic magic for the first Porsche Taycan in the MENA region and nabbed a Cannes Lions for the #driveZextremes campaign. He was also the mind behind the concept and script of Aramex’s Ramadan campaign raising awareness on mental health diseases, which garnered recognition on Campaign Middle East.
Side hustle
He has a dream to write his own film one day. Beyond words, he’s a budding swimmer with quirky penchant for pool water. Switzerland beckons him with its natural wonders. If food choices ruled, it’s Japanese Ramen year-round. With a knack for film talk, he’s your go-to for cinematic chat, raving about “Beef” and savoring Naguib Mahfouz’s “chose of Autobiography”. In short, Omar is a creative guru, the aqua enthusiast, and a movie buff rolled into one.
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