Ala'a Al Maktoum
Founder & Creative Director at Akwan Productions- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Akwan
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Saudi Arabia
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder & Creative Director
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maj 2010 - –nu
Business Responsibilities:• Determine and communicate the organization’s strategic direction.• Constantly addressing risks, challenges, opportunities, strengths to insure high performance.• Dealing with budgets and allocating resources according to the firm goals.• Hiring, supervising, and motivating a staff of 30 to increase their efficiency; ensuring staff was knowledgeable regarding clients' requirements and expectations.• Setting project action plans and working closely with project management to insure an efficient team pipeline.• Reporting to stakeholders quarterly to summarize what's been done and what should be done.• Having a good understanding of all business aspects: Legal, financial, HR, creative, sales to be able to take the right decisions.Creative Responsibilities:• Lead creative sessions for project kick-offs.• Manage multiple projects from concept through completion.• Develop creative workflow that meet the business objectives of the organization and that advance our strategy.• Having a general skill in copy, sketching, storyboarding, design, editing, sound design and music.• Supervised graphic designers, an art director and support personnel.• Managed the work of freelance artists and outside design services.• Dramatically reduced average media cost up to 50% by utilizing cost effective outside resources and repurposing existing designs.
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Education
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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Architecture