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Mohammed Abulkhair, Creative Director

Mohammed Abulkhair

Creative Director·Esteem Communications

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, Visual comunications

Work experience

Total years of experience: 32 years, 4 months

Creative Director

November 2012 - Present

Esteem Communications

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2012 - Present

• Provided leadership, guidance and coaching for the creative team
inspiring them to fulfill their potential and meet their targets
• Consistently delivered inspiring and concept-driven designs through
all phases and projects
• Collaborated and communicated productively across all levels and
disciplines ranging from print, digital and physical media
• Presented visual designs, concepts, and storyboards internally as
well as to clients to gain their buy in

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Associate Creative Director / Creative Group Head

November 2009 - November 2012

O2 MARKETING

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

November 2009 - November 2012

• Managed concepts and led all creative development processes and
executions
• Provided quality control over concepts and projects to ensured
brand consistency
• Worked closely with the production team and Digital team to align
progress and concept of desired creative products both for print &
digital platforms
• Motivated staff and led the teams to achieve their targets
• Recruited, mentored and coached new employees of the Creative team
• Cooperated with digital team in planning & executing digital campaigns

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Senior Art Director

August 2006 - November 2009

Expression

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

August 2006 - November 2009

• Worked with art directors, designers, production artists, copywriters,
and client services teams in order to ideate and develop design
direction and conceptual territories
• Created creative concepts for a variety of projects, B2B, B2C clients
and brands, working closely with copywriters, digital and social
media teams to ensure copy and visual direction deliver compelling
and strategically sound solutions
• Designed for a diverse range of media, from traditional - print, direct
mail, tradeshows, TV - to all things digital, including websites, email
campaigns, banner ads, mobile sites, apps, social media experiences
• Led various projects and saw them through from start to finish,
including hands-on design and execution

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Art Director

May 2003 - August 2006

Air Arabia

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

May 2003 - August 2006

• Formulated concepts and overall design of visual presentations in close concert with copywriters and customers depending on the source of project
• Led content, style, audience, techniques, and budgetary considerations discussions with the related teams
• Reviewed samples and approved or suggested changes to graphic designers. Often consulted with copywriters before further action is taken
• Acted as a key asset in the development and execution of communication concepts
• Source of creativity toward the marketing brain storming toward projects
• Created compelling and effective designs, for digital media in particular

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

senior graphic designer

July 2001 - May 2003

Ogilvy & Mather

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

July 2001 - May 2003

• Provided concept designs in response to a client briefs
• Worked seamlessly with other disciplines (3D, interactive, audio- visual, lighting, artifact display etc)
• Briefed production on the specification and print requirements
• Prepared print-ready artwork for production
• Collaborated well and executed design directions provided by the senior art director/creative director contributing to producing overall quality artworks

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Senior Graphic Designer

February 1994 - July 2001

Dunes Marketing Communications

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

February 1994 - July 2001

• Thought creatively, generated new ideas, designs and concepts all in line with brand guidelines.
• Designed and prepared various marketing collaterals in line with client requirements.
• Effectively managed multiple tasks at a time, prioritizing where necessary and providing updates when required.
• Participated in new idea brainstorming sessions with Art Director and Copywriter and the possible development and execution of those ideas
• Created, delivered, edited, and optimized marketing materials

Company industry:
Advertising
Job role:
Design, Creative, and Arts

Education

ACADAMYA DELLA ARTE

April 1997

April 1997

Bachelor's degree, Visual comunications

Italy

Skills

Advertising
Expert
Advertising
Expert
Art Design
Expert
Art Design
Expert
Media & Creative
Expert
Media & Creative
Expert
Creative Work
Expert
Creative Work
Expert
Art Direction
Expert
Art Direction
Expert
Art Direction
Expert
Art Direction
Expert
Creative Direction
Expert
Creative Direction
Expert
Design
Expert
Design
Expert
Advertising
Expert
Advertising
Expert
Art Design
Expert
Art Design
Expert
Media & Creative
Expert
Media & Creative
Expert
Creative Work
Expert
Creative Work
Expert

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Italian
Intermediate

Memberships

Links Awards

Senior Art Director

May 2006

Training and Certifications

Training
Visual Communications & Fine Arts
Academia Della Arte, Rome, Italy.
Jan 1993

Recommendations

Hani Dajani

Jun 2011

Jun 2011

Sr. Account ManagerManager

Mohammed is a very creative person who is passionate about his work, advertising and creativity. He takes his work and responsibilities extremely seriously which makes him a reliable and highly productive person. He also has good managerial skills hence he can ensure his team remain productive and happy at the same time, working as one team towards the same goals.