Umar Yaqoob

Sharjah Sustainable City is the first fully integrated, Net Zero Energy community in the Emirate of Sharjah. The momentous mixed-use project pursues the goal of creating another world-class, sustainable and happy community in the Middle East and North Africa.


Working as Graphic Design Manager, I am responsible of all marketing collaterals, such as HTML Emailers, Social Media Posts, Video Editing, Motion Graphics, Website Design, Brochures & other print media.

Eagle Hills works with the latest technologies and smart innovations to develop sustainable communities that are built with future generations in mind. Eagle Hills is currently developing a range of mixed-use, mega-projects in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

I manage and coordinate graphic design projects from concept through completion. Develop and implement original design concepts for promotional ads, brochures, social media channels, reports, logos, front end development, animation, videos & other collateral.

Work closely with senior management to create vision, conceive designs, and consistently meet deadlines and requirements. Coordinate consultants and vendors to meet all project requirements. Create and conduct highly persuasive sales and marketing presentations. Expertly convert features to benefits to achieve company objectives.

Based in Riyadh (KSA), DAAR is a public shareholding company listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul). With 10.8 billion SR in the capital and 25 billion SR in assets, spanning 36.4 million square meters, we are one of the Middle East’s leading real estate companies.

Responsible for all digital creative output e.x. emailer, websites, video editing and motion graphics. Managing the creative process from concept to completion. My core responsibility is to determine the best way to visually represent an idea online and produce high-level concepts for design projects, across every digital platform. Working closely with multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring visual communication and brand standards are met.

Face to Face was formed back in 1991 when Nelson Mandela had just taken over the Presidency of South Africa and Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of what was then The Soviet Union.

Since those days we've grown a fledgling ad shop into the region's largest and most successful privately owned communications agency.

As a digital art director, I am designing web & social media graphics using Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator and also work on web tools such as Flash, JavaScript, Banner flow, and HTML. I have experience of working with brands like Legoland, Yakult, Honda, Vimto, and Senaat.

One.com is an innovative supplier of web hosting services. One.com (B-one) was established in 2002 in Denmark and is today one of the leading companies in Europe within the provision of domain names and sales of web hosting services.

I am part of creative team since 2006 and I am responsible for

- Thinking creatively to produce new ideas and concepts
- Using innovation to redefine a design brief within the constraints of time
- Presenting finalised ideas and concepts to product mangers & CEO
- Demonstrating illustrative skills with rough sketches
- Working on layouts and art working pages ready for print
- Keeping abreast of emerging technologies in new media, particularly design programs such as Photoshop, Edge Animate, After Effects, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver and Google Web Designer

I started as a junior web designer in tornado computers and worked on several websites, animation, graphic, newsletters and also done data entry jobs.

Key responsibilities:

- Meeting clients or account managers to discuss the business objectives and requirements of the job
- Interpreted the client's business needs and developing a concept to suit their purpose
- Estimated the time required to complete the work and providing quotes for clients
- Developed design briefs by gathering information and data through research
- Worked as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists.