walid chelala, Creative Director

walid chelala

Creative Director

Leo Burnett

Location
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education
High school or equivalent, Computer Science
Experience
21 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 11 Months

Creative Director at Leo Burnett
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • August 2015 to October 2016
Creative Director at Flip Media, Part of Leo Burnett
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2014 to August 2015

•Leading a team of talented creatives to respond to the most challenging account in KSA, the STC Telecom.

•Establishing an effective relationship with the client to understand their business needs and act accordingly.

Creative Director at Integer, part of TBWA\RAAD
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2012 to December 2013

•Founded the new creative hub in Lebanon that has grown into a team of 25 talented creative members.

•Headed the Creative dept. of the shopper-marketing sister agency INTEGER Middle East with a portfolio of some of the multinational brands such as Kellogg’s, Nestle, Pepsi, Grand Cinemas, du Telecom, Jacky’s Electronics, Maritime and Mercantile International (MMI)..

Associate Creative Director at TBWA\RAAD
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • January 2009 to April 2012

•Managed full creative team as well as multiple outside partners and production agencies.

•Worked with clients to resolve marketing management issues.

•Participated and led client meetings to present deliverable.

•Managed major project work streams as well as small client engagements.

•Led complete development of marketing and promotion campaign for product launch of new consumer product.

Associate Creative Director at Intermarkets Advertising
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • October 2003 to December 2008

Associate Creative Director as a main job. Promising work, new challenges... that's what I always search for

Head of Art Department / Art Director at TBWA\RIZK
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 1997 to October 2003

Studio deptartment manager
art director/visualizer.

Chief Computer graphics animator at Cutting Edge - Signature Production
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • August 1995 to November 1996

Director of the 3D graphics & special effects department.

Assistant Art Director at SNOB ALHASNA
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 1994 to August 1995

SNOB ALHASNA magazine's dummy creation and art direction.

Education

High school or equivalent, Computer Science
  • at NDU, Louaize
  • March 1993

Specialties & Skills

Graphics
Web Design
Management
Science
Audio and Jingles composing ( Protools, Cubase, SoundForge...), Emu samplers, sequencers...
PhotoshopCS, IllustratorCS, computer 3d graphics applications, 2D compositing, video editing,...
computer troubleshooting
Internet web design
Team management

Languages

Arabic
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English
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French
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