Professional Experience
Paragon International
Managing Partner & Chief Creative Officer
2001 - Present
Paragon International is an award winning integrated marketing & communications agency that provide its clients with creative marketing and design solutions.
International Advertising Association (IAA) - Kuwait
President
2010 - 2012
Relaunched the local chapter and brought the industry back together while inspiring
them to excel
Paragon M&C Saatchi - Kuwait
Managing Partner
2001- 2003
It was a good relationship while it lasted but we decided to focus on our own brand rather than flying the flag of M&C Saatchi. I hold Mr. Mohamad Abdul Hadi in great respect for entrusting me with the brand and for taking me under his wing.
Bozell Worldwide - Kuwait
Managing Partner
1999- 2001
I founded the Kuwait office which merged with FCB as decided by the holding company True North. Key accounts: Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep.
Impact/BBDO - Kuwait
Account Manager
1998- 1999
Manage the Integrated Marketing Communication for the following automotive brands; Chevrolet, Cadillac, Opel and Daewoo
Spot - Kuwait
Media Director
1995- 1997
Spot was the first ever privatization project undertaken by the Kuwaiti Government. The goal was to restructure the media and advertising departments of Kuwait Television and make them profitable. My role was to infiltrate into the system, check for existing loop holes, bottlenecks, hurdles and produce a modus operandi to prevent them from reoccurring. in addition i was tasked to anticipate or predict any similar occurrences and place systems to ensure they would not happen. After putting the system in place I became In charge of media planning, scheduling, monitoring and editing the TVC's into Kuwait Television program grid.
Alpha Boushihri - Kuwait
Media Director
1992- 1995
Managed media relations, ATL media planning and buying in addition to Media Research