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Misch M.

Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

$20/hr
4.5
32 jobs

Hi, I’m Misch and I help brands turn content into growth. With 10+ years of social media agency experience,, I create strategic, high-performing content that looks good and delivers results. From viral reels to full-scale campaigns, I focus on making your audience stop, engage, and connect (all with just a touch of Ai). Expertise: • Social Media Strategy • Social Media Management • Ai Content Creation • Ai Product Imagery • Ai UGC Talking Head Videos • Copywriting • Scriptwriting • Reels Editing and Direction • Branding Strategy • Video Editing • Web Design Get in touch today, and let's create something viral together! 📈🚀

  • Digital Strategy
  • Content Strategy
  • Logo Design
  • Web Design
  • Brand Development
  • Branding & Marketing
  • Concept Design
  • Video Editing
  • Strategic Planning
  • Strategy
  • Social Media Design
  • Hashtag Strategy
  • Social Media Content Creation
  • Branding
  • Ad Creative
McKenna G.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

$150/hr
5.0
4 jobs

I spearhead content strategy, editorial and publishing development with over 17 years of versatile experience in prestigious newsrooms in the UK, US and UAE. Innovative journalism, digital storytelling and editing are my passions and specialties. As Head of Publishing (lifestyle content) at The Telegraph in London and Head of Content for Time Out brands across the Middle East, I excel in creating engaging narratives that resonate across diverse platforms - digitally, socially, events, print and more. My award-winning skills in innovation and digital storytelling have positioned me as a thought leader in the industry, recognised with the top honour at the 30 To Watch: Young Journalism Awards 2018 in London, UK for my work at The Telegraph. I specialise in producing high-quality content that drives engagement, utilising SEO strategies and social media insights to maximise reach and retention. Whether you're looking to enhance your publication's online presence, develop captivating articles or refine your content strategy (or content in general), I have the expertise to elevate your vision. Let's collaborate to bring your content to your dream audience.

  • Content Writing
  • Writing
  • Proofreading
  • Copywriting
  • Marketing
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Editorial Writing
  • SEO Content
  • SEO Performance
  • Journalism Writing
  • Social Media Engagement
  • Social Media Content
  • Social Media Content Creation
  • Instagram
  • Google Analytics 4
Hamed M.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

$20/hr
4.8
82 jobs

Hi, I'm Hamed, an Ecom Email Marketing Expert & Designer helping brands grow with high-converting email marketing services and designs. I deliver full-service solutions at a convenient cost, combining strategy, design, and execution. ✔ Proven results | boosted client revenue by up to 98% monthly ✔ Cost-efficient growth | reducing ad spend reliance through email ✔ Content educator | 100+ YouTube tutorials on ecom email marketing ✔ High-performing designs | 570K+ monthly Pinterest views ✔ Expertise | segmentation, personalization, automation, compliance ✔ Ecom focus | DTC brands and online stores I create emails that are not only beautiful but also drive conversions, retain customers, and scale your brand's revenue—whether you're in skincare, fashion, home goods, supplements, or any competitive ecom space. If you want to get more ROI from email, let's make it happen.

  • Digital Design
  • Digital Ad Campaign
  • Digital Advertising
  • Ad Creative
  • Graphic Design
  • AI Image Generation
  • Copywriting
  • Email Copywriting
  • Sales Copywriting
  • Email & Newsletter
  • Email Campaign
  • Email Design
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Template
  • Email Automation
Ahmed M.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

$15/hr
4.3
39 jobs

⭐ 600M+ VIEWS. 3M+ FOLLOWERS. MILLIONS IN SALES GENERATED. Most of my clients come to me after months of posting content that looks great… but doesn't generate real revenue. I don't just manage social media — I build content marketing systems that turn attention into income. With 10+ years of experience as a Social Media Manager, Content Strategist, and Video Editor, I've helped international brands, e-commerce stores, and creators scale across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Facebook — including Ibrahim El Qurashi, Fam Properties, and influencers with 200K+ followers. ⭐ THE REALITY If your content isn't converting, you don't have a content problem... You have a social media strategy problem. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⭐ SERVICES ▶️ 1. SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT & STRATEGY (SMM) A complete growth system — not random posting. ✅ Social media strategy & positioning ✅ Account setup & optimization ✅ Monthly content calendar & planning ✅ Content creation (posts, reels, carousels) ✅ Captions, hooks & scheduling ✅ Community management & engagement ✅ Competitor analysis & audience research ✅ Influencer marketing & collaborations ✅ Monthly analytics & reporting 📱 Platforms: Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⭐ 2. VIDEO EDITING & SHORT-FORM CONTENT Content engineered for reach, retention, and conversion. ✅ TikTok videos, Instagram Reels & YouTube Shorts ✅ YouTube long-form editing ✅ Scriptwriting & hook development ✅ Subtitles, motion graphics & storytelling ✅ Product videos & brand commercials ✅ UGC-style content & ads ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⭐ 3. PERSONAL BRAND GROWTH & CREATOR STRATEGY For creators ready to scale fast. ✅ Viral content strategy ✅ Storytelling & scripting ✅ Audience growth systems ✅ Personal brand positioning ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⭐ 4. PAID ADS & PERFORMANCE MARKETING Not clicks. Not traffic. Customers. ✅ Meta Ads (Facebook & Instagram Ads) ✅ TikTok Ads & YouTube Ads ✅ Campaign setup, targeting & optimization ✅ A/B testing & conversion tracking ✅ Retargeting & scaling strategies ✅ ROAS optimization ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛠️ TOOLS I WORK WITH Premiere Pro • After Effects • Final Cut • DaVinci Resolve • CapCut • Canva • Figma • Photoshop • Metricool • Buffer • Hootsuite • ManyChat • Runway • Synthesia • ChatGPT • Meta Ads Manager • TikTok Ads Manager • Google Analytics ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ WE'RE A GREAT FIT IF YOU: → Want a Social Media Manager focused on revenue → Need TikTok / Reels growth + conversion strategy → Want paid ads + organic combined system → Are building a serious, scalable brand ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠️ NOT THE RIGHT FIT IF: → You want cheap content with no strategy → You measure success in likes, not sales → You're not serious about scaling ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⭐ FREE CUSTOM AUDIT If you've read this far, you already know something isn't working. Send me a message and I'll record a custom audit video within 24 hours showing: → What's broken → What's missing → What's costing you revenue Stop paying for attention that doesn't pay you back. Let's turn it into income. 📩 Message me to book a free 30-minute consultation.

  • Social Media Management
  • Branding & Marketing
  • Brand Management
  • Video Editing
  • Facebook
  • Social Media Content Creation
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Instagram
  • Canva
  • CapCut
  • Social Media Strategy
  • Copywriting
  • TikTok
  • YouTube
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
Jonathanne K.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

$35/hr
4.9
32 jobs

Hi, I'm Jona. I'm a Social Media Manager who helps businesses build stronger brands through strategic content, SEO, social media, and marketing systems that drive long-term growth. Since 2021, I've generated over $80,000 in freelance revenue while maintaining a 100% Job Success Score. I've partnered with startups, entrepreneurs, luxury real estate companies, and growing businesses, many of whom have trusted me with long-term engagements because I take ownership, communicate proactively, and consistently deliver high-quality work. I don't just create content. I help businesses build a marketing presence that attracts the right audience, strengthens their brand, and saves founders valuable time. I can help with: ✔ Brand Management ✔ Social Media Management ✔ Content Strategy ✔ SEO & Website Content ✔ Reels, TikTok & Short-Form Video ✔ Copywriting & Carousel Content ✔ Email Marketing & Newsletters ✔ Community Management ✔ Marketing Project Management Tools CapCut • Canva • ChatGPT • Claude • Meta Business Suite • SEMrush • WordPress • Webflow • ClickUp • ManyChat Clients describe me as proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and easy to work with. Whether you need someone to manage your social media, oversee your brand, or become a reliable extension of your marketing team, I'm ready to help. Let's build a brand people remember.

  • Social Media Management
  • SEO Keyword Research
  • Search Engine Optimization
  • Editing & Proofreading
  • Content Writing
  • UGC
  • Instagram Reels
  • Email Marketing
  • Digital Marketing Strategy
  • Creative Direction
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Web Content Strategy
  • Scriptwriting
  • Real Estate Marketing
  • WordPress
Zahid I.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

$25/hr
4.8
191 jobs

🚀 About Me I’m a performance-driven media buyer specializing in Meta Ads (Facebook & Instagram), helping brands scale with profitable and sustainable strategies. I don’t just run ads, but I focus on what actually drives revenue: ✔️ Data-driven decision making ✔️ Creative testing frameworks ✔️ Funnel optimization ✔️ Scaling strategies 🎯 What I Can Help You With - Full Meta Ads campaign setup & management - Scaling winning campaigns (ROAS-focused) - Lead generation (high-quality leads, lower CPL) - eCommerce growth (Shopify / WooCommerce) - Creative strategy & ad copy - Retargeting & funnel optimization 📈 My Approach Most ad accounts fail because of: - Poor creative strategy - No testing structure - Scaling too early or incorrectly I fix this by using a structured testing & scaling framework to identify winners and grow them profitably. 🤝 Why Work With Me - Clear communication & transparency - Focus on ROI, not vanity metrics - Continuous optimization & testing - Long-term growth mindset 📩 Let’s Work If you're looking for someone who understands both strategy + execution, feel free to send me a message. Let’s discuss how we can scale your business.

  • Campaign Management
  • Social Media Advertising
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Facebook Ads Manager
  • Social Media Marketing Strategy
  • Social Media Lead Generation
  • Digital Marketing
  • Lead Generation
  • Digital Marketing Strategy
  • Media Buying
  • Facebook Advertising
  • Instagram Ad Campaign
  • Ecommerce Marketing
  • Retargeting
  • Campaign Optimization
  • Facebook Ad Campaign
  • Facebook Pixel Setup & Optimization

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