English copywriter job position in Dubai, UAE for award-winning advertising agency April 16, 2008
Posted by Farrukh Naeem at www.copywriterjournalist.com in : Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Advertising in Arabia, Advertising in Dubai, Advertising in the Middle East, Advertising in the UAE, Copywriter job, Copywriting, Copywriting vacancy, Jobs in advertising , trackbackA hot and creative advertising agency based in Dubai, with a wall full of creative awards and a regional and multinational presence is looking for a full time English copywriter to join them immediately.
You need to have a stunning portfolio of ads across all media, and be an expert in BTL. Long copy should come easy to you. Brochures, leaflets, posters, direct mailers should be your forte.
The agency started out as a creative hot shop around 10 years ago. Swept quite a few coveted awards as it grew, adding PR, events into its portfolio. And very soon, you could be at a good position in its own independent BTL division as its chief copywriter?
Interested?
Rush you CVs to farrukh.copywriter(at)gmail.com and I’ll forward them on to one of the founders of the agency who’s looking to meet the prospective copywriter in Dubai asap.
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Hey ..
Really nice blog .. you were actually just the kind of person i was looking for since i’ve been seriously considering Advertisement as my main career option and i’ve been very curious to know the Ad agency scene around Dubai. I was actually wondering how i could go about a summer internship in an Ad agency .. just for the experience! I’m a year 11 student studying commerce and i’d really appreciate it if you could just let me know .. give me an idea..?! I was aiming for the creative team .. director.. so do i need to major in a particular subject or can i just go ahead with an Arts degree? I’m a little clueless.. a lot actually! will owe you SO much for your help ..
Thanx in advance..
Bhoomika
Hi Bhoomika,
You need to look up the various job profiles in an ad agency and see where you think you fit best - copywriter, art director, graphic designer?
As an intern, you would need to show how good you are at coming up with ideas. Se if you can from a copywriter-art director kind of a team to create a joint portfolio of spec ads. Will help an agency see what kind of ads you can make when given the chance.
See if you can get advertising classics like David Ogilvy’s or Claude Hopkins’ books to read from your local library or a friend.
Hope this helps,
farrukh
Thank you so much .. will get the books ASAP. And the portfolio .. Can i make it myself? .. or do i seek their help? (the Ad Agency i mean)
We had this competition .. Advertisement and the creative director who came on to judge it quite liked my ideas so let’s see .. i’m hoping to get in touch with them and see if i can bag a summer internship ! He said he’d see because they usually offer it to University students.
Thanx a lot..
Hope to keep in touch
Bhoomika
For your portfolio, it’d be good to team up with another person having skills that complement yours. So, if you’re a writer, you need to team up with an art person.
Good CDs can spot ideas even in scribbles but it’d be best to have ads that are closer to a final product if you can manage that.
Hi there,
I’m an experienced copywriter who’s potentially interested in moving over to Dubai. I’ve got a portfolio that covers a wide range of advertising and communication channels with a particular focus on business-to-business. Could you give me any idea of what the job market is like over there in the advertising and communications world? Also, I was wondering if there were any companies I could approach directly? In an ideal world I’d intially like to do a 6 month contract with a company that was building a brand and putting together a suite of communications.
Many thanks for your help.
Ben
Hi Ben,
The job market for advertising is always open for good talent here. Most of the global advertising agency networks are here. More and more branding firms are coming in too.
Contracts are usually unlimited or for 3 year periods which is the normal duration of a residence visa for an expat worker here.
You can approach agencies directly - in fact, I think that’s a good way as it saves the advertising agency money by recruiting direct rather than through middlemen.
Go for it!
farrukh
Hi Naeem!
I have been a full time copywriter since 2004. Based in New Delhi, India, I have worked with international ad agencies like Publicis, BBDO and Grey Worldwide.
I am very much interested in prospects with Dubai ad agencies.
Would love to hear from you. Please do reply.
Thanx!
Hi Shadab,
You could do well here in the UAE I think. Mail me with a link to your good stuff and I’ll see if I can help.
farrukh