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KSA Senior Marketers' Effectiveness ThinkLab

powering Brand Impact

with Purpose, Performance & Creativity

17 November, 2025

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ABOUT THE THINKLAB

As Saudi Arabia accelerates toward Vision 2030 and prepares to host landmark global events like Expo 2030 and FIFA 2034, the role of marketing has never been more critical or more complex. The Senior Marketers Effectiveness Session – KSA Edition brings together the Kingdom’s top brand leaders to explore how marketing can drive real, measurable value in a time of national transformation.

In this exclusive ThinkLab, we dive into the evolving expectations of modern marketing – from purpose-led storytelling to performance-driven strategy. Through a curated mix of keynotes, panels, and interactive sessions, senior marketers from GIGA projects, government bodies, and the public sector will uncover how to build effective campaigns that inspire, convert, and endure.

This is not just about creativity. It’s about effectiveness that matters – to your brand, your stakeholders, and your nation.

  • Date: 17 November 2025
  • Time: 3.00 PM – 6.00 PM
  • Location: Beast House, Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Speakers
Adel Baraja

Adel Baraja

Chief Business Officer

Publicis Groupe KSA

Tahaab Rais

Tahaab Rais

Chief Strategy Officer

Publicis Groupe ME&T

Fizo Younis

Fizo Younis

Chief Creative Officer

Publicis Groupe Middle East

Hamza Jeddawi

Hamza Jeddawi

Chief Experience Development Officer

Saudi Tourism Authority

Mohammed Jifri

Mohammed Jifri

Chief Marketing Officer

Hungerstation

Mohammed R. Abaalkheil

Mohammed R. Abaalkheil

VP Corporate Relations

STC

Arifa Hussain

Arifa Hussain

RTD Growth Officer

Nestlé MENA

Rebecca Cousins

Rebecca Cousins

Chief of Outreach & Global Communications

Digital Cooperation Organization

Agenda
  1. 3.00 PM - 3.30 PM

    Welcome and Networking

  2. 3.30 PM - 3.40 PM

    Opening Remarks

  3. 3.40 PM - 4.10 PM

    Keynote Session: A.I.RCHETYPES: When Human Imagination Meets Artificial Intelligence

    Welcome to a new kind of ideation workshop.

    This isn’t about prompts or platforms. It’s about patterns – the deeper strategic archetypes that can help brands and marketers think beyond automation and towards augmentation.

    A.I.rchetypes is a proprietary ideation tool from Publicis Groupe’s Strategy & Insights network that’s designed to help you unlock ideas at that solve brand and business problems in a new-age way.

    In this session, with Tahaab Rais, Group Chief Strategy Officer & Film Director at Publicis Groupe, the world’s most awarded strategy leader for strategy and effectiveness, we’ll explore how AI can become your next creative partner – not by replacing intuition, but by amplifying it. You’ll see how different archetypes can be applied to real marketing challenges: From predicting human behavior to personalizing experiences, from reimagining brand storytelling to solving problems that humans alone couldn’t see.

    Think of this as a fusion lab where we combine human intelligence with artificial intelligence, and create smarter, more emotionally resonant and importantly, effective marketing ideas.

    Tahaab Rais, Publicis Groupe ME&T

  4. 4.10 PM - 4.45 PM

    Panel Session: Precision in Practice: Building Brand Equity Through Measurable Marketing

    As Saudi prepares for global mega events and scales its GIGA ambitions, marketers must move from broad messaging to precision-driven impact. This panel explores how senior marketers are using data, segmentation, and performance strategies to build brand equity that’s measurable and meaningful. Learn how to turn national opportunities into targeted campaigns that deliver real results.

    Adel Baraja, Publicis Groupe KSA · Mohammed R. Abaalkheil, STC · Mohammed Jifri, Hungerstation · Rebecca Cousins, Digital Cooperation Organization · Hamza Jeddawi, Saudi Tourism Authority

  5. 4.45 PM - 5.00 PM

    Coffee Break

  6. 5.00 PM - 5.30 PM

    Fireside Chat: The Creative Legacy: Measuring the Emotional Impact of Big Ideas

    This intimate conversation explores how creativity plays a pivotal role in national campaigns and GIGA initiatives, not just in grabbing attention, but in building emotional connection, shaping public sentiment, and creating enduring value. We’ll dive into how to track and benchmark the intangible: brand love, cultural resonance, and the long arc of impact that creative excellence leaves behind. From high-profile cultural moments to destination brand storytelling, this session will spotlight how powerful ideas aren’t just remembered – they’re measured.

    Fizo Younis, Publicis Groupe Middle East · Arifa Hussain, Nestlé MENA

  7. 5.30 PM - 5.50 PM

    Open Discussion: Effectiveness in Action: What Does Marketing Success Look Like in the New Saudi?

    Hands-on, peer-led discussion tables focusing on different marketing challenges and use cases.

  8. 5.50 PM - 6.00 PM

    Closing Remarks

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    This is an invite-only event for senior marketers from brands. Registrations are not accepted for professionals from agencies. NordStella reserves the right to refuse registrations that do not meet the criteria for the event.

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