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About
AHMED NAZZAL
creative director
middle east
if you love what you do you’ll never work
My experience includes board-level agency management, shaping and developing creative departments and processes to accommodate pitch wins, and setting the benchmark for creative excellence.
Currently, the Regional Creative Director at CODE Communications, I built my career on diverse foundations, with beginnings as Art Director for various companies, rising to Creative Director at Ogilvy & Mather in 2012. In 2016, I established and served as Creative Director for Nxxting, using my creative skills in concept development and creative strategy to build a concept from the ground up.
I delivered several keynote talks at major industry events and conducted advertising and creativity workshops in the modern world with clients such as the King Khalid Foundation (KKF), Volkswagen, STC, and Universities such as Princess Nourah Bint Abdul Rahman University and Effat University.
I have also won multiple advertising awards for my contributions to the KKF’s “No More Abuse” campaign.
I always take pride in inspiring others and weaving creative heartbeats throughout the agencies with which I worked for. I have managed and led large creative departments, and successfully executed the brand strategy for many blue chips; firmly standing by the belief that every brand has a creative flow that is the key to success and sustainability. Through my marketable and trusted work, I have built valuable relationships with many renowned companies, including Virgin Mobile, American Express, Volkswagen, Huawei, Saudi Telecommunication Company, Saudi Aramco, Alrajhi Bank, Alinma Bank, Almarai, Rotana Media Group, and King Khalid Foundation.
I enjoy photography, cinematography, drifting, and kickboxing; and take pride in my vinyl record collections which house many limited edition rare and old releases. also inspired by travel, with 68 countries already marked off of my list, and more to come! -
Experience
Regional Creative Director
Code
2019 – Present • Saudi Arabia
Founder/Regional Creative Director
Nxtting
2016 – 2018 • Saudi Arabia
Creative Director
Ogilvy & Mather
2012 – 2016 • Saudi Arabia
Associate Creative Director
Ogilvy & Mather
2008 – 2012 • Saudi Arabia
Sr. Art Director
Ogilvy & Mather
2005 – 2007 • Saudi Arabia
Art Director
POC
2001 – 2003 • Turkey
Education
Applied Science University – ASU
Awards
2014
KING KHALID FOUNDATION WOMEN’S DOMESTIC ABUSE IN KSA, D&AD
2014
KING KHALID FOUNDATION WOMEN’S DOMESTIC ABUSE IN KSA, Cannes Tribute
2014
KING KHALID FOUNDATION WOMEN’S DOMESTIC ABUSE IN KSA, Dubai Lynx
2015
KING KHALID FOUNDATION WOMEN’S DOMESTIC ABUSE IN KSA, Effie
Clients
Saudi Telecommunication companyVirgin MobileAlrajhi BankANB BankAmerican ExpressVolkswagenSeatAudiAlmarai FMCGNadek FMCGHuaweiKing Khalid FoundationCITCAlinma BankSaudi AramcoVolvoLGRotana Media Group
Skills
excellent leadership and interpersonal skillsthe ability to inspire the creative team to give their beststrong written and verbal communication skillspresentation skills in order to make outstanding pitchesplenty of creative ideasan awareness of current trends in advertising and designa self-starting attitude and an open outlookresilience under pressure and against deadlinesknowledge of the software and applicationsskills in managing people, projects and resources.