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Freelance is no longer a trial run, says TLA Consulting’s Tatiana Laudati

Agencies still want senior talent. They just aren’t in a hurry to put it on the payroll. Tatiana Laudati, Marketing and Communications Strategist at TLA Consulting,…

AGENCIES

Current Global’s Peter Jacob: “Doing the job isn’t a differentiator”

We spoke with Peter Jacob, Managing Director, MENAT at Current Global, while researching industry salaries for Communicate’s 2026 GCC Advertising & Marketing Salary Survey earlier in…

AGENCIES

MCN’s Ricarda Ruecker: “You define your destiny with how you actually skill yourself”

We spoke with Ricarda Ruecker, Chief Talent Officer at MCN MENAT, earlier while researching industry salaries for Communicate’s 2026 GCC Advertising and Marketing Salary Survey in…

NEWS

Incubeta MENA’s Chelly Megale is hiring for the agency of five years from now

Tell a candidate it’s two days a week in the office and no meetings on Fridays, and Chelly Megale can watch their face change. Megale is…

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Communicate GCC Agency Salary Survey

By Communicate Staff

BYD and Twitch brought electric vehicle innovation into Saudi Arabia’s gaming culture

By Communicate Staff

Transparency in the storm: How the GCC managed crisis communication

By Hoda Rizk

Ounass expands into physical retail activations with Stage

By Communicate Staff
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Mindset’s Natalia Edde on burnout, Gen Z and the promotion-every-six-months candidate

Not long ago, every third candidate made it past Natalia Edde’s first screening. Now it’s every fifth. Edde is a Partner at Mindset an integrated marketing…

AGENCIES

Havas’ Oliver Elobeid: “People are not chasing title bumps”

When a crisis hits, agencies feel it first. Oliver Elobeid, VP of Human Resources at Havas, has been here before. We spoke to him at the…

AGENCIES

Meshbak’s Khansa’a Abu Naji: “Retention won’t be solved by salaries alone”

Saudi Arabia’s agency boom built teams at speed. Now the market is recalibrating, and Khansa’a Abu Naji doesn’t think it’s going back. The Managing Director of…

AGENCIES

Salary alone doesn’t win or keep our best people anymore: Sewar Azzouni

When Communicate fielded its 2026 GCC Advertising & Marketing Salary Survey in Q3, the numbers came back with some surprises. C-suite titles cluster at the same…

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Omnicom Media MENA’s Joumana Hathout: “Our scales remain the same”

Most agencies keep their pay grades close. Omnicom Media MENA shares them with its staff. That openness is part of why Joumana Hathout, General Manager, People…

AGENCIES

Communicate GCC Agency Salary Survey

Ask an agency HR head in Dubai what a Chief Creative Officer earns versus a Managing Director, and you’ll get a confident, specific answer. Ask the…

INSIGHTS

Managing People in a Demanding Business Landscape

Joumana Hathout, GM of People and Culture at OMG, explains the challenges and solutions to maintaining a happy and productive workforce. 

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Building Company Culture in a Hybrid World

By Sara Paye, Communications, Culture and Engagement Manager at Dentsu MENA

NEWS

Great Expectations: Can You Meet Them?

In an increasing race for talent and with rising employee expectations, Lara Hadjetian, Head of Employee Experience Practice at Edelman, explains how organizations can stand out…

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