Yasser Abdel Basset Executive Creative Director, Consultant Executive Creative Director/ Director

Yasser Abdel Basset Executive Creative Director

Consultant Executive Creative Director/ Director

Consultant

Location
Egypt - Cairo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accountant
Experience
16 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 9 Months

Consultant Executive Creative Director/ Director at Consultant
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since October 2014

Working with some Advertising Agencies in Egypt, Qatar and Jordan
Look Advertising, MeMark, Inspire (Egypt), PCC Advertising (Qatar), Media Plus (Jordan)
And finally shooting my first feature movie as a Script Writer

Consultant Chief Creative Officer at VIN Group
  • Iraq - Erbil
  • June 2014 to September 2014

A consultancy contract for two month that was exceeded 15 days more, as Consultant Chief Creative Officer to coach the Creative, Art and Production teams and also work on some projects

Consultant Executive Creative Director at Tarek Nour Sudan
  • Sudan - Khartoum
  • November 2013 to January 2014

I am responsible to train the creative team and work with the agency in the upcoming pitches as a Consultant Executive Creative Director

Consultant Creative Director/ Film Director at Self Employed
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • September 2012 to November 2013

Free lance Film Director with Henkel, Directing DAC film for gulf market, ISIS (Persil) Algeria

Free lance Director with Al Eslah wa Al Tanmeya Party (Rami Lakah)

Free lance Consultant Creative Director with DaDeDo advertising agency in Bahrain to give creative sessions to the creative team (Laddering, Thinking Techniques and Consumer Insight)

Free lance Creative Director/ Film Director with Talking Pictures MENA, directing Bahrain Woman Supreme Council film and also Bahrain Development Bank TV campaign

Consultant Creative Director with Black Dot Advertising Group (Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnet and Puplicis) in Zambia to give creative sessions to the creative team (Laddering, Thinking Techniques and Consumer Insight).

Finally working with MSA University as a judge in one of the comity that works on evaluating the projects of the students in the final year of Mass-Comm Faculty

Regional Creative Director/ East Africa at Creative Eye/ Draft FCB
  • Tanzania
  • May 2012 to August 2012

It's a short term consultancy contract to lead the agency's offices in Tanzania, Kenya and Nairobi as per the agreement between the agency and it's biggest client in the last few month before the contract end between the client and the agency.

Brands In Tanzania: Tigo cell phone network, Stanbic Bank, Engin Oil, NBTS (National Blood Transfusion Service).

Brands in Kenya: Venus Skin Cream, Fidelity Bank

Brands in Rwanda: Great Virunga Day, Ameki Paints

Free Lancer Creative Director/ Director at Free Lancer Creative Director/ Director
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2011 to May 2012

Mainly with Henkel client and one of the political parties before the parliament elections in Egypt

Creative Director at TBWA
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • January 2009 to February 2011

My Portfolio 2009/2010: Henkel MENA Region Portfolio (Pril, General, Xtra, Dac, Combat).
MARS (Galaxy, Flutes), Alex Bank, EGB Bank, EDBE Bank, Asfour Crystal, Dream Land, Mina Garden City.
My Portfolio 2011: Energizer and Everready for Egypt, Gulf and North Africa, Visa for Egypt and North Africa, Carrefour, also Cook Door, Nissan and Alex Bank

Creative Director at Look Grey Egypt
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • March 2007 to November 2008

• Generating concepts of the advertising campaigns in different categories. This includes TV Commercials, Radio Ads, Press Ads, Outdoors, POS materials.

• Supervising the Creative Department.

• Supervising the Art Department.

• Presenting the final work to the client.

• Briefing the chosen production houses.

• Briefing the chosen Director.

• Evaluating the Director's interpretation and discuss it according to the communication objectives.

• Directing and supervising my team in every single detail in the execution process; including both production and post production.

• Presenting the off line to the client.

• Working on the client amendments.

• Presenting the final on-line to the client for approval.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accountant
  • at Faculty of Foreign Trade & Business Administration
  • November 1996

Specialties & Skills

TV production
Creative Work
Creative Writing
Film Industry
Writing
Film Directing

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate