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Mohammad Hijazi

A career of marketing leadership across the GCC, the Levant, Europe, and North America. Currently Head of Marketing at Badami Holding, Dubai.

What I do
01Brand & marketing strategy
02Growth & demand generation
03Team leadership & training
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About

Marketing built on results, not slogans.

Mohammad Hijazi outdoors in a wool coat

Mohammad Hijazi has spent his career building marketing that works, across the GCC, the Levant, Europe, and North America. He now heads marketing for Badami Holding, running A-MAP Group and ASIMCO Global across the UAE and more than eighty international markets, covering everything from batteries and lubricants to service centers and mobile automotive services.

His work has reached 175 clients in over forty six countries, spanning automotive, retail, technology, government, and non-profit sectors. Before moving into corporate marketing leadership, he worked as a journalist and editor, ran communications for EU crisis response programs, and led a regional youth organization across nine countries. He also trains marketers directly, having taught more than twenty five thousand professionals through workshops backed by Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

175+
Clients served
100+
Events delivered
25K+
Professionals trained

"Marketing is not decoration on top of a business. Done right, it is the business: the clearest, fastest way to turn what an organization builds into something people actually choose over everything else competing for their attention. Most companies treat it as the last thing they fund and the first thing they cut. I've spent my career proving it deserves the opposite, and building the teams and strategy to show it."

Mohammad Hijazi
Reach

International experience.

A career built across five regions and more than forty six countries.

United States Canada Uganda Rwanda Kenya Ethiopia Nepal Panama Mexico South Africa Kazakhstan Iraq Oman China Indonesia United Kingdom Germany France Netherlands Estonia Belgium Lebanon Syria Jordan UAE Qatar Kuwait Egypt Turkey Saudi Arabia Japan India Malaysia Sri Lanka Taiwan Tunisia Djibouti Benin Cameroon Cote d'Ivoire Madagascar Mauritius Niger Nigeria Ghana Togo
Middle East

Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE

Europe

Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

East Asia

China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan

Africa

Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda

Americas

Canada, Mexico, Panama, United States

Services

What an engagement covers.

Nine areas Mohammad works in, on their own or combined into a full program.

Building a program? Click any service below, and any training topics further down, to combine them into one message for Mohammad.

01

Strategy development

A structured plan, not a series of random posts. This covers market research and competitor analysis, target audience and voice, a yearly content and campaign calendar, a posting schedule, and the measurement points to track it all.

02

Content creation and production

Content calendars built weekly through yearly, copywriting and translation, graphic design supervision for posts and campaigns, video production oversight, and management of editorial teams of any size.

03

Channel management

Running Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and TikTok day to day. Community outreach, building groups around an industry, and live coverage of events as they happen.

04

Monitoring

Setting up monitoring for a project and its keywords, daily tracking of communities and web mentions, and escalating anything that needs attention the moment it comes up.

05

Online advertising

Certified campaign management across Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google Ads, built around a set budget and the audience most likely to respond to it.

06

Public and influencer relations

Campaigns built on a network of 300+ influencers, bloggers, and media contacts across TV, print, radio, and online. Press releases and articles written in Arabic and English and sent to 500+ outlets.

07

Event management

Events built from scratch, conference booths, sponsorships, press conferences, and competitions, plus online events on Zoom and similar platforms, from webinars to press meetings.

08

Team building

Hiring and structuring a marketing team, setting workflows and responsibilities so everyone knows exactly what they own.

09

Training

Hands-on workshops and training sessions that get a team executing at a higher level, the same programs covered in the Training section below.

Training

Topics Mohammad trains on.

More than 25,000 people trained across 20+ countries. Sessions run for companies, agencies, startups, or individuals, and topics can be combined or built around a specific request.

Mohammad Hijazi presenting a 'What is Marketing?' training session

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Marketing strategy
Effective use of AI
Growth marketing
Performance marketing
Brand strategy and positioning
Storytelling for brands
Automotive aftermarket and B2B trade marketing
Marketing for startups and founders
Freelancing and building a consulting practice
Online personal branding
Social media strategy
Influencer marketing

Other topics available on request.

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Experience

Roles that shaped the work.

A selection from across corporate marketing, media, and public affairs.

01
Head of Marketing
Badami Holding (A-MAP Group & ASIMCO Global), Dubai
Running multi-brand B2B and B2C marketing across the UAE and 80+ international markets, covering batteries, lubricants, auto parts, and service centers.
2025–Present
03
Growth Marketer
MarketerHire, San Francisco (Remote)
Consulting for clients across the US, KSA, UAE, and Qatar on multi-channel digital strategy, paid social, and lead generation.
2023–Present
04
Marketing & Communications Manager
United Planet, Boston (Remote)
Led communications and paid marketing for a global non-profit's volunteer and education programs, including grant-funded work with the US Department of State and the Aspen Institute.
2022–2026
05
Growth Director
Descifer, Doha (Remote)
Led growth strategy and conversion rate optimization for a performance creative agency.
2024–2025
Earlier career: Growth Marketer at Good Cosmos, Chief Marketing Officer at U Production & Consulting, Editor in Chief at Cloud961 Magazine, and 15+ additional roles across media, government, and hospitality since 2010.
Certifications

Trained and certified by the organizations that matter.

Google
Digital Marketing, Analytics, Ads, Campaign Manager

Used daily to run and optimize paid search and analytics across multi-market campaigns.

MetaMeta
Meta
Official "Boost with Facebook" Trainer

Qualifies him to deliver official Meta-branded training sessions to businesses.

MicrosoftMicrosoft
Microsoft
Advertising Certified Professional

Covers planning and optimizing campaigns across Search and the Audience Network.

Apple
Search Ads Certified

Focused on Apple Search Ads placement and App Store visibility.

LinkedInLinkedIn
LinkedIn
Certified Marketing Insider

Recognizes expertise in B2B and professional-audience marketing.

HubSpot
Social Media Certified

Covers inbound marketing and organic social media strategy fundamentals.

X (Twitter)
Flight School Certified

X's official advertiser training program for campaign management.

ReutersReuters
Reuters
Writing a Press Release

A journalism-grounded course in writing clear, newsworthy press releases.

Pinterest
Advertising Essentials

Covers Pinterest ad formats and visual discovery advertising.

US Department of StateUS Department of State
US Department of State
International Visitor Leadership Program

A US government exchange program connecting emerging global leaders.

Junior Chamber InternationalJunior Chamber International
Junior Chamber International
JCI Leadership Academy, Japan

Regional leadership training completed through JCI's global network.

Anthropic Academy
AI Fluency Certification, 10 courses completed

Ten courses covering practical AI fluency for real marketing workflows.

Dubai Future FoundationDubai Future Foundation
Dubai Future Foundation & DCAI
One Million Prompters, AI & Prompt Engineering

A Dubai-wide initiative training residents in applied AI and prompt engineering.

McKinsey & CompanyMcKinsey & Company
McKinsey.org
Forward Program

A McKinsey-designed program in personal and professional development.

Recommendations

What colleagues and clients say.

Mohammad Hijazi outdoors near a mural
Blog

Recent posts from Mind Soup.

Mohammad's writing on marketing, strategy, and everything in between.

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