Elephant Creative Agency

What Elephant Creative Agency does

Elephant Creative Agency is an independent, founder-led creative agency operating primarily in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a documented presence in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The firm delivers professional creative services spanning brand strategy and identity, advertising, UX/UI and graphic design, packaging, illustration, animation, photography, video production, and end-to-end social media management including content creation, community management, paid media, and influencer marketing.

The agency's client base is horizontally diversified across industries and company sizes, including luxury hospitality (Rixos Hotels, The Address Hotels & Resorts), fashion and e-commerce (Elabelz, Creo, St-yl), food and beverage (Operation Falafel), media and entertainment (Comedy Central/Viacom for MENA launch), and technology (Amazon for KSA social media operations). Approximately seven of the eight documented client engagements appear to be enterprise-scale briefs, while the remaining engagements target product launches or early-stage brands.

The business model is professional services: revenue is generated through project-based and likely retainer-based creative engagements priced via quote (no public pricing is disclosed). The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, relying on direct outreach, referrals, and a portfolio-led content marketing approach via the itselephant.com website and a single founder LinkedIn contact point. The agency is bootstrapped with no external investors, parent company, subsidiaries, or disclosed funding rounds, and no management team is publicly listed. All client contact funnels to one identified founder (Rand M., per LinkedIn handle randmaeeni), reinforcing the boutique, owner-operated profile.

Name

Elephant Creative Agency

Legal name

Elephant Creative Agency

Website

https://itselephant.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Elephant Creative Agency is an independent, founder-led creative agency in MENA providing branding, design, advertising, and social media services to a mix of startups and Fortune 500 brands including Amazon, Comedy Central, and Rixos Hotels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative and Advertising Services

NAICS

Advertising Agencies (541810)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Creative & Experience Design Agencies (Web/App/UX) (MPAAAAAD)

Keywords

• Branding services
• Creative strategy
• Social media management
• Advertising design
• UI/UX design

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Creative Agency Services: Elephant Creative Agency generates revenue through providing professional creative services including branding strategy, advertising, web/app design, and social media management. Revenue is likely project-based or retainer-based, typical for creative agencies serving enterprise clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Elephant Creative Agency is an independent creative agency that delivers integrated branding, creative strategy, design, and social media services to clients ranging from innovative startups to Fortune 500 companies. Its work covers brand workshops, brand identity, creative strategy, art direction, graphic/visual design, UI/UX design, illustration, animation, photography, video creation, and full social media management including strategy, content creation, community management, influencer marketing, and paid media.

Product overview

Elephant Creative Agency is an independent creative agency providing integrated branding, creative, and social media services. The agency offers a portfolio of service offerings including branding (brand workshop, strategy, positioning, messaging, identity, collaterals, packaging, guidelines), creative services (strategy, art direction, graphic/visual design, UI/UX design, illustration, animation, photography, video creation), and social media (strategy, management, content creation, community management, campaign development, influencer marketing, paid media, analysis). Their service offerings span across multiple client projects including St-yl (personalized styling), Creo (digital fashion), Operation Falafel (restaurant chain), Amazon (social media), Comedy Central (social media), Elabelz (fashion retail), Rixos Hotels (luxury hospitality), and The Address Hotels & Resorts (luxury hospitality).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Branding Services End-to-end branding service covering strategy, identity, and design system creation for brands seeking to define or refine their market positioning.
• Creative and Advertising Services Creative strategy, art direction, and design services for advertising campaigns across digital and traditional channels.
• Social Media Services Full-service social media offering including strategy, content creation, community management, campaign development, influencer marketing, paid media, and analytics.
• Creo Branding, Web Design and Advertising Client engagement delivering branding, web design, and advertising for a digital fashion brand targeting urban wear enthusiasts.
• St-yl Branding and App Design Client engagement delivering branding and app design for a personalized online styling service that pairs customers with personal stylists.
• Operation Falafel Full-Service Creative Full-service creative engagement covering branding, advertising, web design, and social media for a Dubai-born casual restaurant chain.
• Amazon KSA Social Media Management Social media communication engagement for Amazon's KSA market operations including strategy, content creation, and culturally aligned brand persona management.
• Comedy Central MENA Social Media Launch Social media communication strategy engagement for Comedy Central's MENA region launch including strategy and culturally relevant content development.
• Elabelz Branding, App and Web Design, Advertising Branding, UX/UI design, and advertising engagement for an online fashion retailer seeking to elevate local brands globally.
• Rixos Hotels Advertising Brand communication and advertising engagement for a luxury hotel group's Dubai property, targeting millennials with creative strategy and visual design.
• The Address Hotels and Resorts Advertising Launch campaign engagement for a luxury residences and resort development, including creative strategy, advertisement design, and multi-channel execution.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Socialize Agency: MENA-based independent creative and social-media agency with offices in Dubai that offers branding, content, and influencer services to enterprise and startup clients - directly comparable regional peer to Elephant.
• Tarek Atrache Design: Boutique creative/branding studio based in Dubai serving fashion, hospitality, and lifestyle brands across MENA - comparable in size, niche creative focus, and regional client mix to Elephant.
• Chain Reaction (MENA): Dubai-based creative and digital agency producing branding, advertising, social, and content for regional and international brands - directly comparable regional peer in size and service scope.

Broad incumbents

• Leo Burnett MENA: Regional operation of Leo Burnett/Publicis offering creative, digital, and media services to multinationals entering MENA - comparable end-to-end service scope but with holding-company scale.
• Impact BBDO MENA: BBDO/Omnicom network agency operating in MENA offering advertising, branding, and digital services to large regional clients - comparable end-market but at holding-company scale.
• FP7 McCann MENA: Large McCann Worldgroup network agency operating across the MENA region with full-service advertising and brand-building capabilities - serves the same enterprise client segments as Elephant but as part of a global holding-company network.
• Liquid (now Digitas Liquid): MENA-focused digital and creative agency (now part of Publicis/Digitas network) serving enterprise brands across the Gulf - a once-independent full-service peer that illustrates the holding-company consolidation path.
• Serviceplan Group Middle East: European-headquartered independent agency network with MENA presence offering integrated branding and communication; comparable independent positioning at larger scale versus Elephant.
• Wunderman Thompson MENA: WPP-owned digital and creative agency operating across MENA serving enterprise tech, retail, and entertainment clients - a broader, network-scale peer to Elephant's branding and digital work.

Others

• Unilever Creative Studios (UAE): In-house creative arm of a major CPG/consumer multinational, relevant as both a competitor model (captive creative at scale) and a buyer signal for independent agencies in MENA.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/randmaeeni

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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