Ehad Kamal, Creative Director - Digital & Technology

Ehad Kamal

Creative Director - Digital & Technology

OMD

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, 3 Year Diploma in Graphic Design
Experience
21 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 2 Months

Creative Director - Digital & Technology at OMD
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since February 2014

Heading the digital discipline of the creative team which consists of creatives, developers and a producer, responsible for providing technical support and creative guidance to teams from different disciplines at the Agency.

Continuously working with the team to stay up to date with technologies and trends required to develop effective ideas. I am also responsible for leading ideation sessions, and lead on the development of both creative and digital strategies.

Developing concepts and creative strategy.

Provide mentorship and guidance to teams from different disciplines on new digital trends and technologies
Support brand teams in selling technology lead ideas
Supervise the development team, managed all support and QA operations.

Facilitate the integration of the creative, planning, performance, analytics and media operations teams and executed a number of dynamic and programmatic campaigns.

Formulation of Digital Strategy to sell technology lead ideas that help our client improve conversion rates.

Sr. Digital Art Director at Face to Face
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2013 to February 2014

Integrated digital ideas with traditional advertising. Developed ideas and stories that were translated into different social and digital platforms. Managed digital creative deliverables and maintained high standards across all digital campaigns.

Developed a high-performing creative team to successfully execute digital projects.

Increased business by effectively managing the development of campaigns from concept to completion.

Creative Director at Cypher Digital Media
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2009 to December 2012

I founded Cypher Digital Media to pursue my passion in digital creations, I provided my clients with a full range of digital services to help them attain measurable business results and enhance the value of their brands.

Launched a business and in a very short period of time secured a client base that allowed for hiring the necessary staff to hold the business together and produce awesome work.

Identified and cultivated new prospects.

Art Director at Madison Digital/Publicis Graphics
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2007 to August 2010

Headed the creative department, provided creative leadership, idea generation and ensured the successful development of interactive solutions, websites, microsites, social and online display ad campaigns.

Worked with members of other disciplines to ensure campaign integrations with digital were done efficiently and accurately.

I started working at Madison Digital as a Senior Art Director and was promoted to Creative Director beginning of 2010.

Art Director at Dakkin Advertising & Design Consultancy
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2006 to June 2007

Developed creative strategies under the Creative Director’s supervision, oversaw the creative output for designers and finalizers working on ATL campaigns, BTL and Branding layouts.

Was responsible for introducing digital to the agency, took lead on the on a number of digital projects some of which were websites, microsites, digital display ads and interactive content.

Design Team Leader at Integrated Technology Group (ITG)
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2003 to April 2006

Collaborated with the Business Development and Marketing teams to identify business goals and worked along with the development team to create outstanding user experiences and interfaces for a number of solutions that are meant for enterprise, government and learning purposes.

I started off as a web designer in 2002 and my role evolved to Team Leader in 2006 to lead a team of designers, illustrators animators and front end developers working on a number of projects varying from web solutions, eLearning enrichments, UI/UX, branding and BTL projects.

Education

Diploma, 3 Year Diploma in Graphic Design
  • at Fanshawe College
  • June 2002
High school or equivalent, International Baccalaureate Certificate
  • at Amman Baccalaureate School
  • May 1998

Specialties & Skills

Digital Marketing
New Media
Social Media Marketing
BTL advertising
Branding
Adobe XD
CRM (Salesforce)
Conceptualizing
CRM (ProCampaign)
CMS (Sitecore)
CMS (Joomla)
Adobe Dreamweaver
Nurturing Talent
Brand Development
Wireframing
Creative Strategy
Social Media
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
HTML/XHTML
Digital Marketing
Leadership and Mentorship
Project Management
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Premiere
Google Web Designer
CMS (Wordpress)
Print Production
InVision Studio

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Memberships

TCA The Canada Alumni - Jordan
  • Founding Member
  • March 2009
TCA The Canada Alumni - Jordan
  • Chairman
  • July 2010
TCA The Canada Alumni - Jordan
  • Treasurer
  • January 2011

Training and Certifications

Youtube Certified (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2018
Valid Until:
August 2019
Google Marketing Platform - Creative Certification Exam (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2018
Valid Until:
November 2019
DoubleClick GWD Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2017
DoubleClick Custom Lightbox Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
DoubleClick VPaid Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
DoubleClick Dynamic Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
DoubleClick Youtube Masthead Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
DoubleClick HTML5 Studio Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015
DoubleClick QA Certification (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2015