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Musarat Ali
Musarat AliGlobal Brand & Communications Strategist — 15+ years

Global Brand &
Communications
Strategist

I've spent 15 years building and protecting brand reputations across the US, UAE, and international markets. What makes my background unusual is the range: deep traditional media buying, modern digital strategy, global PR, and creative direction all in one place. And I write every word and design every visual myself.

$50M+
Media campaigns
managed
12+
Countries with
active campaigns
15+
Years of senior
experience
100+
PR articles
placed globally
Areas of Expertise
Brand StrategyGlobal PR Media BuyingCrisis Communications Creative DirectionDigital Marketing Campaign ManagementCopywriting
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Available for senior roles & freelance engagements
About

Strategist. Creative. Media Leader.

I'm a brand and communications strategist with 15+ years of experience across the US, UAE, and international markets. Over that time I've done everything from developing brand identities and writing PR articles that landed in Forbes, The Economist, The Entrepreneur, and the Times of India, to personally negotiating and placing multimillion-dirham media campaigns across every major outdoor, print, transit, and cinema format in the UAE.

Most senior marketers I've come across are either strategic or executional. I'm genuinely both, and I work globally. At Pritt Investment Partners I've run PR and media campaigns across 12+ markets including the US, UK, Australia, Canada, India, South Africa, the Netherlands, UAE, South Korea, Malaysia, and China. Every time Pritt acquires a new business, I come in and rebuild the brand from the ground up: new logo, new website, new communications strategy, new social media. All of it, personally.

On the creative side, some of my best work is sitting on supermarket shelves. I redesigned Al Ain's entire frozen food range as a freelance project: fruits, vegetables, herbs, chicken, and ready meals. I also rebranded their olive oil, Turkish coffee, and tomato paste lines, and did the same for Carrefour's own-brand tomato paste and home care range. These aren't portfolio mockups. You can pick them up in a supermarket today.

I hold an MBA, have managed media portfolios worth over $50M, and use IPSOS and Nielsen research as a starting point for every campaign I work on. I'm based in Dubai and looking for the right senior role or freelance brief.

12+
Countries with active PR & media campaigns — US, UK, Australia, Canada, India, UAE, South Africa, Netherlands, South Korea, Malaysia, China, Egypt & more
On shelf
Al Ain frozen foods, olive oil, Turkish coffee & tomato paste — and Carrefour home care & tomato paste — physically in supermarkets today
Forbes
+ The Economist + The Entrepreneur + Times of India + Business Wire — all from a single Instoried global PR campaign
AED 2M+
Single campaign managed for Beko — billboards, bus, metro stations, radio & print across Dubai
What I Do

Six pillars of senior expertise

Each capability is built on years of real-world delivery — not theory. This is what I bring to a senior role or a freelance engagement.

01
Brand Strategy & Development
From logo to positioning to website to investor communications, I handle the full build. At Pritt Investment Partners every newly acquired business gets rebranded from scratch. Clients have included Pritt itself, Instoried, Al Ain, Carrefour, and others.
PositioningIdentityRebrandingWebsites
02
Global PR & Earned Media
I've run PR campaigns across 12+ countries simultaneously. The Instoried campaign got coverage in Forbes, The Economist, The Entrepreneur, Times of India, and Business Wire all at once. I specialise in CEO profiling, interview placement, and keeping brand reputations intact when things get complicated.
Multi-Country PRCEO ProfilingCrisis Comms
03
Traditional Media Buying & Planning
Every campaign I've run starts with IPSOS and Nielsen research. From there I handle the full cycle: planning, negotiation, buying, and execution across print, outdoor, transit, mall, and cinema. I managed $50M+ in traditional media for 50+ clients, wrote all the copy, and designed every visual myself.
OOHPrintCinemaIPSOS & Nielsen
04
Digital & Integrated Marketing
Paid social, SEO, PPC, email and content, all running together. I work across Google Ads, Meta, DV360, HubSpot, Klaviyo, and Marketo, and I test everything properly before calling it done.
Paid SocialSEO/SEMEmail
05
Creative Direction & Packaging Design
Brand campaigns, product packaging, brand magazines, UI/UX, digital assets. My packaging work for Al Ain frozen foods, olive oil, Turkish coffee, and tomato paste, and for Carrefour's home care range, is on UAE supermarket shelves right now.
PackagingArt DirectionAdobe SuiteOn-shelf Brands
06
Copywriting & Content Strategy
I write everything myself: PR articles, brand magazines, campaign copy, social content, website copy, radio scripts, email. Nothing gets briefed out to a copywriter. The strategy and the words come from the same place.
PR WritingBrand CopyRadio Scripts
Case Studies

Work that moved markets

Eight campaigns across corporate rebrands, global PR, consumer packaging, F&B launches, and city-wide media. Every one of them started with IPSOS and Nielsen research. Every piece of copy and every visual was produced in-house.

Financial Services
Pritt Investment Partners
2021 · United States (Remote)
From
Scratch
Full Corporate Rebrand
Corporate Rebrand · Brand Identity · Website · Investor Communications
Rebuilding an investment firm’s entire brand identity and communications infrastructure from the ground up
When I joined Pritt in 2021 there was no brand to speak of. I started from nothing: designed the logo, built the visual identity, put the website together, wrote all the collateral, and rewrote how the firm communicates with its investors and clients. Since then, every company Pritt acquires goes through the same process. I come in, assess what's there, and rebuild it properly. That's happened across businesses in 12+ countries now.
Logo DesignVisual IdentityWebsite DevelopmentMarketing CollateralInvestor CommunicationsSocial Media StrategySerial Rebranding
AI · Technology
Instoried
Pritt Portfolio · Global
Global
Coverage
5 Outlets · 3 Continents
Global PR Campaign · CEO Profiling · Multi-Country Media Relations
A single PR campaign that broke across three continents — Forbes, The Economist, Times of India and beyond
Instoried is an AI content intelligence platform in Pritt's portfolio. I ran the global PR campaign around their funding round, and the coverage it generated was genuinely exceptional. Forbes wrote a dedicated story. The Economist and The Entrepreneur both followed independently. In India, the Times of India and Business Wire picked it up separately. Three continents, five publications, one campaign. Every pitch was written differently for each market and journalist. Nothing was copy-pasted or distributed through a wire service.
↗ Forbes (US) ↗ Economic Times ↗ The Entrepreneur ↗ Business Wire Times of IndiaCEO Interview PlacementFounder ProfilingMulti-Country PR
5
Major international publications
3
Continents — US, Europe, Asia
FMCG · Retail · Freelance
Al Ain Foods & Carrefour
2018–2020 · UAE
On
Shelf
Products in Stores Today
Freelance · Packaging Redesign · Category Rebrand · Retail FMCG
Redesigning an entire frozen food category — packaging that sits on supermarket shelves today
This was freelance work I took on independently. Al Ain needed their entire frozen food category redesigned: fruits, vegetables, herbs, chicken, ready meals. Each product needed its own packaging while still sitting coherently as a family on the shelf. After the frozen range I worked on their olive oil, Turkish coffee, and tomato paste packaging too. Separately I redesigned Carrefour's own-brand tomato paste and home care products. Walk into any major UAE supermarket today and you'll find this work on the shelves.
Frozen Fruits & VegetablesHerbs & ChickenReady MealsOlive OilTurkish CoffeeTomato PasteCarrefour Home CarePackaging DesignCategory Strategy
Consumer Electronics
Beko
2014 · Dubai, UAE
AED 2M
Total Campaign Budget
Brand Campaign · Outdoor · Transit · Print · Radio
Full-city brand domination across Dubai’s highest-traffic corridors
This was a AED 2 million campaign and it covered the city. Sheikh Zayed Road billboards, full bus body branding, taxis, metro stations, bus stops, Gulf News, Khaleej Times. Radio on Virgin FM, Radio One, and Hum FM at the same time. The whole thing was researched through IPSOS and Nielsen before a single dirham was committed. I wrote the copy and designed every visual myself across every format.
Sheikh Zayed Rd BillboardsBus BrandingTaxi BrandingMetro StationsBus StopsGulf NewsKhaleej TimesVirgin FMRadio OneHum FMCopywritingVisual Design
100%
Copy & visuals created in-house across every format
Automotive
Subaru XV
2012 · Dubai, UAE
Launch
Product Launch Campaign
Product Launch · Media Strategy · Outdoor · Print · Radio · SMS
UAE market launch of the Subaru XV — from competitive research to full media execution
I handled the UAE launch of the Subaru XV from research to execution. Started with IPSOS and Nielsen to understand what the competition was doing and where the gaps were. Developed the media plan, presented it to the client, then personally bought and placed everything: Gulf News, Khaleej Times, GN Friday, Wheels magazine, billboards on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Road, radio, and SMS. I wrote the copy and designed the ads myself.
IPSOS & Nielsen ResearchGulf NewsKhaleej TimesGN FridayWheels MagazineSMBR Road BillboardsRadioSMSCopywritingVisual Design
FMCG · Home Care
Al Ain Home
Kenz Era · Dubai, UAE
14
Products Designed & Developed
Product Design · Brand Development · Category Launch
Designing and launching an entire home care product category from the ground up
Al Ain needed an entire home care category built from scratch: 14 products, all new. I handled naming, packaging design, visual identity, and positioning for each SKU. Before any of that I went through IPSOS and Nielsen data to understand the competitive landscape and make sure every product had a clear reason to exist on the shelf.
Product NamingPackaging DesignBrand IdentityCategory Strategy14 SKUsIPSOS & Nielsen Research
Premium Consumer · Netherlands
Quooker
2018 · Dubai, UAE
Brand
Magazine
End-to-End Production
Brand Content · Magazine Design · Copywriting · Editorial
Full brand magazine — researched, written, designed, and produced entirely in-house
While at Talkeffective I took on the full production of a brand magazine for Quooker, the Dutch premium boiling water tap brand. Editorial strategy, content research, copy, layout design, photography direction, production. The whole thing. It was the kind of brief that usually involves a full agency team. I did it alone.
Editorial StrategyCopywritingMagazine DesignBrand StorytellingProduction
Food & Beverage
Habbit Burger Grill
2017 · Dubai, UAE
Launch
Full Brand Launch Campaign
Brand Launch · Influencer Marketing · OOH · Digital · Radio · PR
Launching Habbit Burger Grill — from IPSOS & Nielsen research to a city-wide campaign with Kris Fade
I ran the full launch campaign for Habbit Burger Grill's first Dubai location. Started with IPSOS and Nielsen research to map the competitive landscape and figure out where the media opportunity was. The highlight of the campaign was bringing in Kris Fade, who was at the time the most listened-to morning radio host in Dubai on Virgin FM. He came to the opening, made burgers for customers on the day, and talked about it on air and on social media. That kind of genuine endorsement was rare and valuable. The rest of the campaign covered the mall, metro station, SMS, Facebook, Gulf News, Time Out, and radio. I wrote all the copy and designed every visual across every channel.
IPSOS & Nielsen ResearchKris Fade (Virgin FM)Influencer & ExperientialMall BrandingMetro StationSMS CampaignFacebook AdsGulf NewsTime Out MagazineRadio AdvertisingCopywritingVisual Design
Career

15 years of progressive leadership

JAN 2021 — PRESENT
Director of Media & Press Relations
Pritt Investment Partners · Financial Services · United States (Remote)
Joined Pritt with a blank canvas and rebranded the firm from the ground up: logo, website, collateral, and investor communications all built fresh. That's now become a standing brief; every business Pritt acquires gets the same treatment. I've run campaigns across 12+ countries and directed the Instoried PR campaign that landed in Forbes, The Economist, The Entrepreneur, the Times of India, and Business Wire simultaneously. Investor engagement is up 35% and online reach has grown 50% across key brands.
2018 — 2020 · FREELANCE
Senior Brand & Packaging Consultant
Independent · FMCG & Retail · UAE
Between agency roles I took on packaging and branding projects independently. Redesigned Al Ain's full frozen food range, their olive oil, Turkish coffee, and tomato paste lines, and separately rebranded Carrefour's own-brand tomato paste and home care products. All of it is on UAE supermarket shelves today.
JUL 2016 — FEB 2020
Digital Campaigns Manager
Talkeffective Media Agency · Advertising · Dubai, UAE
Ran integrated digital campaigns across paid social, SEO, PPC, and email, always starting from IPSOS and Nielsen research. Produced the full Quooker brand magazine during this time. Also launched Habbit Burger Grill with an integrated campaign that brought in Kris Fade of Virgin FM as the celebrity partner on launch day.
JAN 2012 — JUN 2016
Manager, Brand Strategy & Media Buying
Kenz Advertising Agency (UM7) · Advertising · Dubai, UAE
Managed 50+ client accounts with a combined media value of over $50M. Every campaign started with IPSOS and Nielsen research. I planned and negotiated all traditional media personally across print, outdoor, transit, mall, and cinema, then wrote the copy and designed the visuals myself. The Subaru XV launch, the AED 2M Beko campaign, and the Al Ain Home product range all came out of this period.
JUN 2007 — DEC 2012
Marketing Officer
SZABIST University · Education · Dubai, UAE
Managed advertising across print and radio, coordinated events and exhibitions, and conducted market research and competitor analysis to support institutional brand positioning and campaign planning.
Skills & Tools

The full toolkit

Strategy
Brand Development
Global PR
Media Planning & Buying
Crisis Communications
Integrated Marketing
Audience Segmentation
IPSOS & Nielsen Research
Creative
Art Direction
Copywriting
Graphic Design
Packaging Design
UI/UX Design
Editorial Design
Radio Scripting
Platforms
Adobe Creative Suite
HubSpot / Klaviyo
Google Ads / DV360
Meta Business Manager
Figma / Canva
WordPress / SEO
Claude AI / Cursor AI
Education
MBA — University of Sindh
BBA — University of Sindh
Accessibility for Designers
Deque University · 2025
English — Professional
Urdu — Native
Contact

Let’s build something exceptional

Available for senior brand, marketing and communications roles across the GCC — and for freelance engagements worldwide.

Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Open to senior roles & freelance briefs
Whether you’re looking for a brand and communications leader to join your team, or need a senior strategic partner for a campaign, brand project, or PR mandate — I’d welcome a conversation. I bring the strategy, the creative, and the media expertise under one roof.
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