Creative Copywriter & Communication Specialist · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Forty years of finding the right words — in English, French and Arabic.

Georges Chucri Maalouf has written for the Kingdom's biggest brands and agencies — Saatchi & Saatchi, Grey, Impact BBDO, Adrenalin — turning briefs into headlines that sell pizza, mortgages, cars and public policy, in whichever language the audience thinks in.

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Ballpoint-pen sketch portrait of Georges Maalouf with his pipe
Portrait in ballpoint — a colleague's sketch, 2016
40+years in copy, translation & communication
3working languages, native-level Arabic and French
50+brands in the portfolio below
8network agencies — Saatchi, Grey, BBDO, JWT, O&M, Euro RSCG, FP7, Intermarkets

About

A translator who became a copywriter, and never stopped being both.

Georges trained as an interpreter and translator at ISIT in Paris and began his career at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A postgraduate turn at the University of Birmingham's Faculty of Arts pointed him toward creative copywriting, and from Beirut's La Maison du Futur to two decades of agency work in Saudi Arabia, the two crafts have fed each other: copy that is written to be read in Arabic, not merely translated into it.

His portfolio spans quick-service food, retail banking and Islamic finance, automotive, telecom, FMCG, pharma and government communication — from Pizza Hut's tactical press to Samba's brand campaigns and the Saudi Standards Organization's road-safety work. Since 2021 he has worked independently, most recently as copywriter and communication consultant for Wellbeing Vanguard.

Multilingual creative copywriting

Persuasive narratives across print, outdoor, digital and broadcast in English, French and Arabic, with an eye for SEO and digital trends.

Strategic & cross-cultural communication

Communication plans and brand voice that resonate across Gulf, Levantine and Western audiences.

Content development & transcreation

Corporate profiles, press releases, brochures, event copy and long-form content — adapted, not word-swapped.

Project leadership

Concept-to-execution ownership alongside art directors, planners and clients; timelines and resources managed end to end.

Career

From the Quai d'Orsay to the Kingdom's creative departments.

  1. 2023 – 2024Wellbeing VanguardConsultancyCreative Copywriter & Communication Consultant
  2. 2021 – 2023IndependentSaudi ArabiaCreative Copywriter & Content Developer
  3. 2010 – 2021Ad Council (Adrenalin)Saudi ArabiaCreative Copywriter & Content Developer — Pizza Hut, Samba, Autostar, Saudi Post, SASO and more
  4. 2008 – 2010GreySaudi ArabiaCreative Copywriter & Content Developer
  5. 2003 – 2008Saatchi & SaatchiSaudi ArabiaCreative Copywriter & Content Developer
  6. 2001 – 2003Impact BBDOSaudi ArabiaCreative Copywriter & Content Developer
  7. 1990 – 2001FreelanceEuro RSCG, Publi-Graphics, JWT, O&M, BBDO, FP7, IntermarketsCopywriter & Translator
  8. 1986 – 1990La Maison du Futur (CEDRE)LebanonCopywriter & Translator
  9. 1981 – 1984King Abdul Aziz Military HospitalSaudi ArabiaCopywriter & Translator
  10. 1976 – 1980French Ministry of Foreign AffairsFranceTranslator, Interpreter & Guide
  11. 1984 – 1986University of BirminghamFaculty of Arts, UKCreative Copywriting
  12. 1976 – 1980ISIT — Institut Supérieur d'Interprétation et de TraductionParis, FranceInterpreting & Translation

Writing

Long-form work: corporate voice, press and event copy.

Corporate profile · English

Al Shalan Rice

Our family name is on every single product we distribute. Every time, we put it to the test.

Board message, founders' story and brand values for a 60-year-old Saudi rice house — written to sit comfortably beside its Arabic original.

Abdul-Rahman & Muhammad Al-Abdul-Aziz Al-Shalan Co.

Press release · English

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics

Re-imagining healthcare, one diagnosis at a time.

Saudi Vision 2030 positioning for a Danaher diagnostics company: investment story, leadership quotes and a localisation narrative for the Kingdom's health-sector transformation.

Beckman Coulter · Danaher Group

Event marketing · English

Saudi Agriculture 2022

39 years of serving the leaders of the Kingdom's agriculture industry.

Exhibitor invitation for the region's largest agricultural B2B show — 18,000 sqm, 520 exhibitors, 34 countries — under the patronage of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture.

Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Centre

Selected work

Headlines that had to work on a placemat, a bus shelter and a full page.

Twelve highlights from two decades of Saudi advertising below; the full archive — grouped by client, filterable by sector — is one click further. Most pieces are Arabic-first with English adaptations; tap any piece to see it full size.

Contact

Have a brief that needs to land in more than one language?