“Your mind is your first enemy, if you challenge it you can challenge others”
Shadi Al Hroub
Winner Name: Shadi Al Hroub
Winner Title: Sr. Creative Director
Winning Organization: Gate 10 LLC (Muscat)
Nomination Category: Marketing Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Most Innovative Advertising or Marketing Agency of the Year
Brief Biography about the Winner:
Shadi Al Hroub has 16 years’ experience in design and communications, including over 7 years of research in branding and advertising specifically. Al Hroub won more than 23 international awards at the prestige level. His experience ranges from creative direction, packaging, branding, and multimedia (both traditional and digital). Shadi worked as a professor in creative design in various American universities and creative consultant at Leo Burnett, Hilton Worldwide, Jordan Aviation, Royal Falcon, Jordan Duty-Free, Samsung, Macdonald, G2000, Hublot, The One, International Trade Centre (UN), and various international NGOs such as UNRWA, Global Health Development, and USAID. He was a final judge for the Stevie Awards for Creative Communications & International Business Award, final judge for Future Ideas Amsterdam, Adobe Achievements Awards 2014 until now, the A’ design awards, and grand jury panel at Vega digital awards, global trend awards 2018 and muse creativity awards. Al Hroub currently working as Sr. Creative Director and Creative Partner at Gate10 for marketing, Oman, and Chair the Media Awards Judging Committee of our 2020 (17th annual) Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
Stevie Award Winning Case Study:
We established our creative philosophy, objectives, and strategies that will lead us to have a creative output. It doesn’t matter how good you are today. What really matters is how fast you progress and what steps you take every day to improve your creative thinking. Therefore, our purpose is to make life better by design.
Our vision is a world where the role and value of design are recognized as a fundamental creator of value, enabling happier, better products, better processes, and better performance, setting us “apart from the crowd.”
It also gives our team morale a boost by highlighting team and individual achievements, plus help to cement our credibility. The creative industry has been driven by changing consumer behaviors and expectations, especially among younger generations who demand instant access to content, anytime, anywhere. So, the creative industry is growing and will continue to play an important part in the future. The uniqueness in the industry is the diversity of people making it happen.
More about Gate10 Story
Every company has a story that makes it unique, and that story should be compelling and inspiring. Across the industry we are known for our expert ability to simplify complex processes and promote clarity. Our beliefs and core competencies in user focused design across multidisciplinary areas allow for seamless consistency and a greater focus on the details that matter.
Gate10 has received many awards and honors throughout 2019 for our work from Italy three awards, and US two awards. We are very proud of all we have accomplished over the last years. We even more excited and passionate about the next years. We have come a long way, and we are looking at reaching many more milestones and achievements. We continue to improve in every area of our business and our goal is always to anticipate our customers’ needs and exceed their expectations. We are a company built on people and great ideas.
Needless to say, on our team, we have some of the brightest minds and talented team players that are a valued part of our success, even though many of them are working in the background. If you’re just hearing about Gate 10, we welcome you to further explore our reputation from our past clients and projects. We are looking forward too many more years as we continue to grow and improve together.
We grow our business beyond any possible limits
Our reputation is one of excellent customer service and exceptional creative solutions. We have experience custom designing everything from market research and marketing data analysis, full branding & communication strategizing, creative writing, advertising campaign strategizing & Execution, Digital Marketing strategizing & Execution. We have the skills and passion to deliver only the best. User-centered design is just a starting point. Equipped with insights from best practices to analytics, our solutions are strategic and based on analytical discovery. Driven by both skill and magic, the result is a cohesive product that spans both print and digital.
Common sense creativity
We think common sense is really special. That sweet spot where all our common values align. That’s why we create things that make sense to the people who share it, to the people who work on it, to the people who skip over it, and to the times we live in.
Our client’s corporate image and content are represented consistently, effectively, and accurately with every project we engage in. However, we do accept clients from all over the world. Our team’s expertise, combined with our unmatched creativity and problem-solving experience, ensure our clients receive professional and reliable service regardless of geographic location.