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Bou Nassif

Copywriter. Strategist. Builder.

Fifteen years writing for governments, building production software, and treating both as the same discipline. Communications strategy for national programmes, brand architecture for multinationals, editorial work across two languages — then AI tools and full-stack applications built from scratch. The through-line is structural thinking. The materials change.

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Selected Work
Content Strategy · EdTech

Crossover: GT School, 2Hr Learning, Alpha School

Senior Content Writer

Three EdTech brands scaling simultaneously, each with a distinct voice, audience, and product philosophy. Built AI-assisted production workflows to cover launch campaigns, landing pages, product messaging, and video scripts across all three without sacrificing coherence.

Creative output scaled 3×
Ooredoo Group — Content Strategy
Content Strategy

Ooredoo Group

Leo Burnett · GCC Telecom

Strategic content framework for a major GCC telecommunications group. Three communication registers (Connecting, Caring, Challenging) with monthly calendar structures and tone guidelines.

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Pitch Strategy · New Business

Agency Portfolio

UM MENA · Omnicom Group · Leo Burnett · DDB

Two of the earliest full-strategy pitch wins. Sadia (2016) and Sprite (2015): each a complete strategic document with positioning, audience architecture, content pillars, channel logic, and campaign calendars built from scratch. Content strategy developed independently across both engagements. The broader portfolio spans a decade of campaign copy across the region; samples available on request.

2 pitches written · 2 pitches won
  • Sadia: Brand Strategy Pitch UM MENA / IPG View →
  • Sprite: Content Strategy Pitch UM MENA / IPG View →
Government Comms · Digital

Ministry of Communications & IT, Qatar

Communications Consultant

The brief: translate Qatar’s digital transformation agenda into clear, authoritative communications for multiple audiences — policy stakeholders, industry partners, and the public. Speeches, strategic decks, and briefing materials on TASMU Smart Qatar and the broader digital industry roadmap. Press releases, video scripts, and social content for flagship events including the TASMU Accelerator Demo Day.

Brand Voice · Cultural Institution

Department of Culture & Tourism, Abu Dhabi

Al Sayegh Media · Senior Copywriter

Built the brand voice for DCT Abu Dhabi from scratch. The brief covered press offices, cultural leadership, international tourism campaigns, and heritage programming simultaneously. Press communications, speeches, and video scripts across Arabic and English over five years.

Five-year engagement
PR & Comms
WSM Events — Company Profile
Company Profile

WSM Events

Company profile for event production firm. Qatar Film Festival, Formula 1, and concert production.

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Naseem Al Bahar — Company Profile
Company Profile

Naseem Al Bahar

Brand narrative for international livestock trading firm. Supply chain, global operations, and values-driven positioning.

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Journalism
Mommy, I Want To Be A Critic — quint
Cultural Criticism

Mommy, I Want To Be A Critic

quint

An essay on the formation of critical voice: what it means to want to judge, and what criticism asks of the person who practices it.

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Jay Wud — World of Red Bull
Artist Profile

Jay Wud: He (Kind of) Walks The Line

World of Red Bull

Profile of Lebanese rock guitarist Jay Wud, navigating a regional music scene with almost no infrastructure for his art.

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Counterfeit Products — Time Out Beirut
Investigative

Could Your Pepsi Be a Fake?

Time Out Beirut

An investigation into counterfeit consumer products in Lebanon.

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  • Don’t Say But, Shake Your Butt! quint Read →
  • Arabs in Mokum: Our Little Secret Brownbook Magazine Read →
  • Book Reviews quint Read →
Fiction
An Ordinary Day — quint
Short Story

An Ordinary Day

quint

A single day, rendered with the precision and weight it almost never receives. Quiet, close, and deliberately paced.

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Academic & Editorial
MA Thesis — Graphic Design History
MA Thesis

Graphic Design History’s Adulthood

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

A historical survey of the birth and adolescence of graphic design history through a study of discourses and published texts.

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  • Western Australia YTG Travel Guide Read →
  • The Transnarrative Novel Mini Symposium Read →
  • Walking from New York to Universal Urbanism quint Read →
  • Identity & The Insult among Marginalised Queer Minorities PhD Proposal Read →
AI Platform

Brew

A suite of AI applications for work and creative production. Multi-model councils for complex ideation, a companion tuned for culture and conversation, and a production toolkit that treats AI as a structural collaborator rather than a shortcut.

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