Houbara Communications

09/12/2022

🎉🏆 INDEPENDENT AGENCY OF THE YEAR 🏆🎉
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🏆BEST CRISIS COMMS🏆

We’re delighted and honored to win Campaign Middle East’s ‘Independent Agency of the Year’, and Middle East Public Relations Association’s ‘Best Crisis Communications/Issues Management Strategy’ last night.

Thank you to both organizations, all the judges, and congratulations to our fellow winners. Roll on 2023!

02/12/2022

Dear UAE, Happy 51!

14/11/2022

As a communications agency advising our clients on the importance of their ESG commitments, we are delighted to share our inaugural ESG Report for 2021. This marks a milestone in our efforts to be transparent about the ways we integrate ESG principles into what we do and how we operate.

We are grateful to our strategic partner, elementsix, who supported us with one of the key elements of this report - measuring our carbon footprint. It will serve as a baseline upon which to measure further impact, with the aim of continual improvement.

Learn more about our ESG efforts on the blog with a note from our Founder & CEO Loretta Ahmed https://bit.ly/Houbara_2021_ESG_report

To view the full Houbara ESG 2021 report, please visit https://bit.ly/Houbara_2021_ESG_Report_PDF

10/11/2022

🎉 FINALISTS! 🎉 We're very proud to be shortlisted in the following categories:

🏆 Best Crisis Communications/Issues Management Strategy

🏆 Best Use of Content - Creative, Editorial or Video

🏆 Small Agency of the Year

🏆 Best Home-Grown Agency

Thank you to all the judges, and good luck to everyone shortlisted!

The full list of award categories is available here: https://www.instagram.com/mepra_org

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Image courtesy of Middle East Public Relations Association

25/10/2022

We’re looking for two people to join our team!

*Intern*
If you’ve recently graduated or embarked on a career in communications, we want to hear from you. Our internship programme offers hands-on experience with client remits, new business with an experienced and supportive team to help you gain invaluable experience with a broad range of clients.

*Account Executive*
We’re looking for account executives with a grounding in integrated communications remits, and hungry for an opportunity to be in a team with a supportive culture and a great range of clients. Experience with both traditional earned media and digital and social media communications is required.

More than anything you must have a positive spirit, collaborative nature and love what you do! Email [email protected] with your CV and cover letter.

25/10/2022

Our client, Caroline F***j VP and Editor-in-Chief of CNNArabic was featured in Harper’s Bazaar Al Arabiya as a trailblazing Arab Woman sharing her rich journey as a journalist and how CNN Arabic aims to support young female Arab storytellers through trainings.

06/07/2022

We’re thrilled to announce our collaboration with elementsix, a Dubai-based carbon consulting firm, to support clients in taking a holistic view of all their actions and processes through the lens of sustainability.

The partnership will leverage Houbara’s expertise in communications and PR with 's knowledge and experience in carbon management. This will empower clients in developing and implementing ESG solutions that produces real impact, resulting in a communications programme rooted in hard evidence of their commitments to the planet.

21/04/2022

Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, Chief Commercial Officer, Seddiqi Holding discusses the everlasting rarity in the luxury watch industry in the latest issue of CEO Middle East.

Watch demand continues to grow even as collectors turn digital, says Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, Chief Commercial Officer, Seddiqi Holding. Rarity prevails in the growing demand for luxury watches. Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, luxury brands, luxury watches, UAE retail. Business.

07/04/2022

We are on the lookout for fresh new graduates who’d like to kickstart their career in PR with an amazing, extraordinary nest. Does it sound like you? Email your CVs at [email protected]

Tag a recommendation in the comments below or share away!

28/03/2022

We’re looking for a graphic designer to join our sassy PR team.

Work will include supporting visualization of our content output including infographics, social media posts, newsletters and powerpoint decks through to design of annual reports and other creative assets for our amazing client portfolio.

Must have an in-depth knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign (Premiere Pro and After Effects is a plus), be able to create designs in Arabic language, comfortable in creating presentations using Powerpoint, knowledgeable in Mailchimp and have at least a basic HTML knowledge.

More than anything you must have a positive spirit and love what you do! Email [email protected] and shoot us your best work.

18/03/2022

We are so honored to be the recipient of Highly Commended in the Best Integrated Campaign at the PRCA MENA 2022 Awards for Volkswagen Middle East's T-Roc 'Born Confident' campaign.

Thank you PRCA MENA for organizing a great awards night and recognizing some of our industry’s best work.

14/03/2022

Our Impact Programme, Twobara, is an initiative we began earlier this year to mark our second anniversary and to pay it forward individually and collectively in our community.

Kick-starting the personal series is our Founder and CEO Loretta Ahmed who spent a day showering love and care to rescued horses with Ride to Rescue in Abu Dhabi. Ride to Rescue is Yasmin Sayyed's labour of love to help horses heal from situations of abandonment, neglect, and abuse.

If you'd like to support this heartwarming cause, you can book a session to spend time with any of the rescue horses - be it just from the ground because they are too old to be ridden or taking them on hacks and beach rides through the area. All proceeds raised work to keep the project running and raise money to pay for their stability, food, and treatments.

Do you have a cause that you support or would like to in the community? We would love to hear in the comments.