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Robert Helou

Executive Director

Pulse Arabia

Location:
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Education:
Bachelor's degree, BA Communication and Marketing
Experience:
29 years, 8 months

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Total Years of Experience:  29 Years, 8 Months   

October 2007 To Present

Executive Director

at Pulse Arabia
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Who is Pulse Arabia?
Pulse Arabia is a young, dynamic and sharp communication management and consultancy agency with highly reputable media and communication veterans on the frontlines.

Achievements & Exposure:
• Co-founding Pulse Arabia from scratch
• Positioning pulse “against the industry trend” as a full-service communication agency in:
o Corporate communication
o Strategic (Marcom) Planning
o Advertising Design (ATL/BTL/branding)
o Reputation Management
o Media Sales
o Media Management (planning & buying)
o Media Monitoring
o E-communication (interactive, new & social media, e-commerce & digital media/arts).

NOTE: for more details please refer to the original CV document.
April 2005 To September 2007

General Manager

at iCom - Integrated Communications Group
Location : Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Who is iCom?
iCom is an integrated communications solutions company. It is the first fully Saudi owned communication agency in the Middle East where major Saudi agencies and investors pooled their Media scale under. iCom enjoys outstanding marcom and media expertise through its people and regional network. It provides depth of holistic marketing and communication services in strategic media planning, buying, mastery, monitoring, operations, implementations, traditional mass media and new contact tools.

Achievements & Exposure:
• Joined iCom one month after its official launch (it was a fresh startup, although born as a giant company) to:
o Setup and structure the company
o Lead and manage iCom’s clients marcom businesses
o Present, defend and sell huge media deals and regional strategies
o Supervise the account handling process
o Recruit and train executives
o Take major responsibility over the P&L
o Pitch and grow the business
o Expand the company in Saudi and the GCC … and that is what I succeeded in delivering profitably and impeccably.

NOTE: for more details please refer to the original CV document.
April 2000 To March 2005

Director, Communications & Business Development

at Saatchi & Saatchi
Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Who is Saatchi & Saatchi?
Saatchi & Saatchi is a full service, integrated communications network that has grown from a start-up advertising agency in London in 1970 to a global creative communications company headquartered in New York, with 140 offices in 80 countries. Saatchi & Saatchi is part of the Publicis Groupe, it is the world’s third largest communications group.

Achievements & Exposure:
• Joined to head, manage and revitalize the communications department (marcom, media and public relations), within S&S and to lead the business development and pitching team to grow the business and profit of the agency.

NOTE: for more details please refer to the original CV document.
May 1998 To March 2000

Accounts Manager

at Fortune Promoseven
Location : Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Who is Fortune Promoseven (FP7)?
Fortune Promoseven is part of MCN - the largest group of advertising, marketing, public relations and media agencies in the Middle East and North Africa. Promoseven, being part of MCN, is part of the Interpublic Group - one of the largest agency groups in the world; FP7 is the affiliate of McCann Worldgroup.

Achievements & Exposure:
• Handled the advertising and marketing communication businesses of some international and major local brands.

NOTE: for more details please refer to the original CV document.
July 1995 To April 1998

Arabic Script Writer & Executive Producer

at HotZones - Reps. for CBS News USA (Levant Bureau)
Location : Lebanon - Beirut
Who is HotZones?
Established by a former CBS News employee, HotZones is one of the first news production desks in Lebanon. Soon after its establishment, HotZones became the official operations/news suite -in the Levant region- for CBS News Station of the USA.

Achievements & Exposure:
• I was in charge of writing Arabic TV scripts for documentary films and daily Arabic news reports/feeds about Lebanon and some other Levant countries.

NOTE: for more details please refer to the original CV document.
July 1994 To June 1995

Photography Lab Supervisor

at Lebanese American University
Location : Lebanon - Beirut
Achievements & Exposure:
• Responsible for training the fine arts students on the latest photography and photo lab techniques.

NOTE: for more details please refer to the original CV document.

Education

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June 1994

Bachelor's degree, BA Communication and Marketing

at Lebanese American University
Location : Lebanon
Grade: 3.2 out of 4

Specialties & Skills

Creative and analytical with strong management skills.

Visionary leader and pragmatic professional.

Skilled writer with excellent command of both Arabic and English.

Creative media planner/practitioner (conventional and unconventional media).

Unashamed workaholic, yet above all a people’s person at heart.

Microsoft Office (Latest Version - English & Arabic)

Marketer by nature and by practice over the past 16+ years.

Public Relations expert who enjoys senior (local, regional and Int’l) media connections.

New and social media specialist.

Experienced/well-trained business developer and tough negotiator.

Integrated communication strategist with local, regional (GCC & MENA) and international expertise.

Brands’ advocate and passionate stager/presenter.

Media Planning

Media Arts

Media Monitoring

Languages

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English

Expert

Arabic

Expert

French

Beginner

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