MEPRA announces date for Annual General Meeting

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The Middle East Public Relations Association (MEPRA) has announced that it will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on February 25, 2015 at Middlesex University in Knowledge Village, Dubai.

The agenda of the meeting will include all of the business transactions pertaining to the administrative functioning of MEPRA. The talking points will cover the key achievements of the industry body for the year of 2014, following with the strategy for the year of 2015. The board will also discuss the financial structure regarding the future activities for the year ahead.

The Chair of the MEPRA Board and Managing Director of Ketchum RAAD Middle East, Nicola Gregson, along with Brian Lott, Vice-Chair of MEPRA and Executive Director of Group Communication at Mubadala will go over prior activities and provide an overview of the upcoming events. Honorary Treasurer of MEPRA, Mazen Nahawi and President of News Group International, will be presenting the audited financial report and budget for the year 2015.

“We strongly encourage those involved in the PR industry throughout the region to attend this year’s meeting,” says Nicola Gregson, Chair of the MEPRA Board. “As an industry body we are committed to setting standards of excellence in the communication industry and providing platforms for members to come forth and present their views on past activities and contribute to the planning and action of future events as well.”

For more information please visit www.mepra.org.

Drum Content Design launches in Dubai

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Drum Content Design, a full-service, global content design agency that provides multi-channel content, has launched in the UAE to provide government, luxury, consumer goods and travel entities a better way to connect with their audience.

Drum Content Design offers clients services in two major categories based on its pillared approach:

  • Content Strategy, which provides content design, content analytics and content archival
  • Content Production, which offers clients brand generated, interactive and user generated content – all focused on developing multi-platform content to engage consumers across markets

“Content plays a major role in a brand’s transformation,” says Detria Williamson, Founder and CEO, Drum Content Design. “It is also a catalyst enabling them to establish long-term, involved relationships and unprecedented loyalty and sales. With the incredible amount of content pollution, it is imperative that clients understand how to express and leverage the emotion that content provides, as well as create a conversation to enable them to achieve their business goals. Our talented team is positioned to ensure that brands connect with audiences on a whole new level. The opening of Drum in the Middle East is a major development for this region and our global team is positioned to enable Drum to accelerate.”

In addition to the launch, a number of strategic appointments have been made to the Drum Content Design team. This includes Carolyne Nailer, who has been appointed as Content Journalism Director; Iman Abu Alia, who joins the team as Junior Content Program Designer and Noor Amhaz, who has taken on the role of Junior Content Creative Designer.

Alexandra Bull steps down at Motivate Publishing

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Alexandra Bull is moving on from her position as Picture Editor for Emirates Woman Group. A part of the team since 2013, Alexandra has managed the picture desk across various titles including Emirates Woman, Emirates Bride and Emirates Woman Mini, as well as producing content for emirateswoman.com. She now returns to Cape Town in South Africa, where she will work in custom publishing in an expanded role as Picture Editor and Designer working across print and digital.

“It’s been an absolute pleasure to work here at Motivate,” says Alexandra. “It’s a company which carries so much clout in the industry but still feels like a big family – one that I am definitely going to miss.”

Leah Simpson joins Time Out Dubai

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Leah Simpson has been appointed as the new Digital Editor at Time Out Dubai. With experience across a number of editorial positions in the digital sector, Leah’s previous roles include Online News Editor for Hello! Magazine in the UK, and Showbiz Reporter at Daily Mail in the US. As Digital Editor at ITP Publishing Group, Leah will oversee content for the digital section of the Time Out Dubai brand.