Portfolio | Sally Alzaza
Creative Director
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CV

Senior Art Director at J. Walter Thompson MEA since 2011

 

Resume

Date of Birth: 21.04.1988
Nationality: Syrian
Home Base: Dubai, UAE
Email: alzaza.sally@gmail.com
Phone Number: +971 58 52 92 871

 

| Work Experience

  • Creative Director at Interesting Times - DUBAI (December 2021 - Present)
    Leading the creative teams working on:
    - Red Bull Mobile in KSA, Oman, Kuwait, and Austria
    - Ras Al Khaimah tourism in the UAE
    - Abu Dhabi Digital Authority & TAMM in the UAE
    (Based in Dubai, UAE)
    Product and Services: Telecom, Tourism & Government.

  • Associate Creative Director at MIRUM MEA - DUBAI (November 2019 - November 2021)
    Opening and growing the Communication & Content department. And leading the creative team that works on digital-led creative communication and content solutions for our portfolio of local, regional and international clients in Dubai.
    (Based in Dubai, UAE)

    Product and Services: Healthcare, FMCG & Automotive.

  • Associate Creative Director at MIRUM MEA - BEIRUT (May 2018 – October 2019)
    Leading the creative team that works on digital-led creative communication and content solutions for our portfolio of local, regional and international clients: Lebanon, Bahrain, UAE, KSA & UK.
    (Based in Beirut, Lebanon)

    Product and Services: Telecommunication, Banking and Finance, NGO, Governmental, Food & Beverages, Automotive, FMCG & Real Estate.

  • Senior Art Director at J. Walter Thompson MEA (January 2011 – May 2018)
    Worked for several markets in the region: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and KSA.
    Product and Services: Banking and Finance, NGO, Automotive, Telecommunication, Governmental, Public Advocacy, Food & Beverages, FMCG, Travel & Aviation, Shipping and Feminine Hygiene.

    • Only representative of the Middle-East in the Global Young Creative Council of J. Walter Thompson Worldwide (August 2016 - August 2018)

 

| Awards & Recognition

Click Here to view 34 Local & International Awards

 

| Workshops & Seminars

  • Cannes Lions, SEE IT BE IT Participant 2019
    An initiative that addresses the gender imbalance in senior creative leadership in the communications community and an active attempt to change the industry and the world for the better.
    15 women selected were selected from a pool of more than 760 global applicants.

  • Creative LIAisons 2016 (Click to view my page)

  • Cannes Lions 2016

  • D&AD Workshops

  • JWT University

 

| On the side

Certified Theta Healer (Since June 2017)

 

| Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Communication, Major: Graphic Design
    from The American University in Dubai (December 2010)

  • French Baccalaureat from Lycée Charles de Gaulle (June 2006)

 

| Languages

  • Arabic (Fluent/Professional)

  • English (Fluent/Professional)

  • French (Fluent)

  • Spanish (Beginner)

  

 

Passionate about advertising from an early age, I moved to the UAE to get my BFA in Visual Communication from the Amercian University in Dubai. I graduated in 2011 and went back to Syria to start my advertising career at J. Walter Thompson Damascus, only to pack up again a year after the war started and move to Lebanon to continue my career at J. Walter Thompson Beirut. Lastly, In 2018, I moved to Mirum and made the shift to digital-led communication and Content first in Beirut and then in Dubai.Today, I’m a creative director at Interesting times Dubai.

During the 11 years of my career, I have worked on several markets including: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, oman, austria, poland and the UK.