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Dubai Lynx names Chafic Haddad as 2025 Advertising Person of the Year

Anup Oommen — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 05:40:43 +0000

Dubai Lynx, MENA’s leading platform for creative excellence and effectiveness, has named Chafic Haddad, Chief Creative Officer, VML MENA, as its 2025 Advertising Person of the Year. One of the most prestigious Awards at Dubai Lynx, the Advertising Person of the Year accolade celebrates an individual who has made a significant contribution to the MENA […]

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Ramsey Naja: ‘Crossing the line’

Campaign Staff — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 04:38:52 +0000

Of all the terms in the advertising lexicon, few are as denigrating as “below-the-line”. To work below the line, back when the expression was practically invented by Procter & Gamble accountants, was to operate in the shadowy zone that lay at the foothills of television, radio, outdoor and print. More than a metaphorical one in […]

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Bezerra named ECD of J. Walter Thompson Dubai

Campaign Staff — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 10:32:29 +0000

Marco Bezerra has been named executive creative director of J. Walter Thompson Dubai. The agency says the hire reflects the office’s ‘client portfolio and global brand-building culture’, with Bezerra filling the position left vacant by the departure of Seyoan Vela early last year. A Brazilian national, Bezerra was most recently creative director at DM9DDB in […]

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KitKat – Celebrate the Breakers

Campaign Staff — Sun, 31 May 2015 11:01:24 +0000

KitKat Arabia has rolled out a regional version of the chocolate brand’s new global advertising campaign. ‘Celebrate the Breakers’ provides a fresh take on the iconic Nestlé chocolate brand’s sign-off line, ‘Have a break, have a KitKat’, by celebrating the many different types of breaks that ‘breakers’ take. Shot in Beirut and Cape Town, the […]

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UAE agencies land 15 D&AD pencils

Campaign Staff — Sun, 03 May 2015 10:44:14 +0000

The UAE has won 15 pencils at this year’s D&AD Awards in London. Amongst the winners are Leo Burnett Dubai, Impact BBDO, DDB, Saatchi & Saatchi and Y&R Dubai, although they will have to wait until the awards ceremony on 21 May to find out what type of pencil they have won. It is the […]

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Cannes Lions 2015: JWT Dubai’s Seyoan Vela to judge Press Lions

Campaign Staff — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 05:16:46 +0000

Will represent UAE on the juries at this year’s festival.

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JWT Cairo’s Mohammed Sabry moves to head Dubai office

Campaign Staff — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 06:33:27 +0000

Deputy Mai Azmy promoted as managing director in Egypt. JWT has announced the appointment of Mohammed Sabry, who has been heading its Cairo office since 2010, as the managing director of its Dubai office. He will report to Michiel Hofstee, JWT’s CEO for the Gulf region. The agency has also announced the promotion of deputy […]

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Kraft – Brothers

Campaign Staff — Wed, 21 May 2014 08:12:05 +0000

In this new TV commercial for Kraft by JWT Dubai, consumers are reminded of their childhood favourite and the memories that are associated with the brand. Project Brothers Client Kraft Agency JWT Dubai Chief creative officer Ramsey Naja Executive creative director Seyoan Vela Regional creative director Adham Obeid Associate creative director Dalia ElMenhall Production house […]

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The year ahead for… Creativity

Campaign Staff — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:23:22 +0000

Increased pop cultural relevance, endlines entering the vernacular, and the increased importance of branded content all await the ad industry in 2014 William Goldman, the genius who wrote such classics as Butch Cassidy, Heat and A Few Good Men, once famously said: “No-one knows anything.” He was referring to Hollywood, but this could equally apply […]

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Region wins two silvers and a bronze at Cannes

Campaign Staff — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:51:54 +0000

JWT Cairo and Memac Ogilvy Label both won silver Lions last night at the first awards ceremony of this year’s festival. The silvers were awarded in the promo & activation category, with JWT Dubai also picking up a bronze. There were no winners in the creative effectiveness, direct or PR categories. JWT Cairo’s silver came […]

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