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Creative Director leading teams to turn ideas into impact—crafting stories, content, and digital experiences that don’t just engage, they perform. From pitch to production, I build scalable visual systems, mentor creative talent, and oversee integrated campaigns across digital, social, and experiential touchpoints—delivering work aligned with business goals.…

Tarek Shami

Creative Director, Art Director, Animation Director, +2

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Creative Director leading teams to turn ideas into impact—crafting stories, content, and digital experiences that don’t just engage, they perform. From pitch to production, I build scalable visual systems, mentor creative talent, and oversee integrated campaigns across digital, social, and experiential touchpoints—delivering work aligned with business goals.…

Available to hire

Creative Director leading teams to turn ideas into impact—crafting stories, content, and digital experiences that don’t just engage, they perform.

From pitch to production, I build scalable visual systems, mentor creative talent, and oversee integrated campaigns across digital, social, and experiential touchpoints—delivering work aligned with business goals.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Arabic

Fluent

English

Advanced

French

Intermediate

Work Experience

Creative Director at Science & Sunshine - Dubai

June 1, 2025 - Present

Lead creative vision from concept to execution. Direct and mentor art directors, copywriters, editors, and content creators. Drive client partnerships from pitch through campaign delivery. Oversee integrated campaigns and content across digital, social, and experiential platforms, ensuring impactful creative that serves business goals.

Creative Director at Science & Sunshine

June 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026

Led creative vision from concept to execution across integrated digital, social, and experiential campaigns for MDLBEAST. Directed a multidisciplinary team of designers, copywriters, animators, and producers. Translated client briefs into sharp, strategy-backed work built to perform, maintaining brand strategy and creative quality across all touchpoints. Worked closely with strategy and account teams to keep creative commercially grounded at every stage.

Creative Multimedia Director at Netizency - Dubai

December 1, 2020 - June 1, 2025

Led creative multimedia direction over digital campaigns and content from 2020 to 2025, coordinating teams and production to support ongoing creative output across platforms.

Creative Lead at Nerzency

December 1, 2020 - June 1, 2025

Led a creative team across accounts from different sectors, managing high-volume campaign workloads from brief to delivery. Managed full campaign lifecycles from idea and pitch through launch and review. Adapted big-idea concepts into platform-native executions across channels while collaborating with account and planning teams to ensure creative direction matched what clients actually needed.

Senior 2D Animator / Creative Lead at Interesting Times - Lebanon

October 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020

Collaborated on concepts and storyboards, maintaining high-quality standards. Worked with account managers to execute campaigns and supported creative execution across digital and social platforms.

Senior 2D Animator at Interesting Times

October 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Created animations and video edits for digital and social media campaigns. Led and mentored the animation team on creative concepts and storyboards.

Creative Multimedia Director at Nerzency

October 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020

Led designers, editors, and animators to produce high-quality multimedia assets. Managed multimedia production end to end from storyboard through final delivery. Built scalable visual systems and templates to accelerate content delivery.

Senior Multimedia Animator at Nerzency

August 1, 2020 - October 1, 2020

Created animations and video edits across formats for digital and social campaigns. Led and mentored the animation team on concepts and storyboards.

2D Animator & Editor at République - Lebanon

August 1, 2016 - August 1, 2020

Established a video animation and editing department. Created animations for social media, TV, and billboards, ensuring brand consistency across formats, markets, and touchpoints. Adapted concepts across platforms with platform-native thinking and managed full campaign lifecycles from ideation to execution.

Senior Multimedia Animator at République - Lebanon

August 1, 2016 - August 1, 2020

Created animations and video edits while collaborating on creative concepts. Led and mentored the animation team, supporting production across multiple formats and ensuring quality and brand consistency.

2D Animator & Editor at République

August 1, 2016 - August 31, 2020

Established a video animation and editing department from the ground up. Created animation assets for social media, television, and billboard campaigns.