Thursday Creative

What Thursday Creative does

Thursday Creative is a Dubai-headquartered creative agency operating under the legal entity Thursday Creative Marketing Management Co. It delivers six integrated service lines — branding, social media management, event management, campaign development, content development, and creative/marketing consultancy — to brands seeking culturally resonant marketing across the GCC region (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain). The agency serves a diversified client base spanning beauty and cosmetics, wellness, fashion, financial services, industrial, and education verticals, with named enterprise clients including GROHE, Western Union, Tetra Pak, Charlotte Tilbury, American Eagle, and iHerb, alongside startup and emerging-brand clients such as Asteri, Vimi Joshi Beauty, and ROOH.

The company's offering is built on human-driven creative production — strategy, identity, photography, videography, event design, and content creation — with no proprietary technology platform, software product, or disclosed AI capabilities. The team is small (~8–9 members visible), led by Founder/Creative Director Zamin Dharsi and Co-Founder/Head of Content Reda Aknouz, with dedicated roles across social media management, graphic design, production, and video editing. The agency is founder-owned with no disclosed external investment, institutional backers, or parent company.

Revenue is generated through custom-scoped professional services projects priced on a per-engagement basis, with longer multi-year engagements referenced and no publicly disclosed pricing tiers. The go-to-market is sales-led and direct: prospective clients initiate engagement via the website contact form or email outreach, with a Business & Growth Manager (Amr Elwan) handling pipeline development. Marketing relies primarily on the agency's public project portfolio, client testimonials, and the implied expertise demonstrated through its social media management service line. Geographic reach is regional (GCC), with no global footprint claim.

Name

Thursday Creative

Legal name

Thursday Creative Marketing Management Co.

Website

https://thursdaycreative.io

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Thursday Creative is a Dubai-based creative agency offering branding, social media, events, campaign, and content services to enterprise and startup brands across the GCC, including beauty, wellness, fashion, finance, and education verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative Agency Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (541430), Graphic Design Services (54143)

SIC

Services-Advertising Agencies (7311), Services-Advertising (7310), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Creative Concepting & Campaign Development (BPAFAEAD), Graphic Design & Visual Content Production (BPAFAIAC), Creative Boutique Agencies (MPAAAAAB), Event Theming, Mood Boards & Concept Design (HSACAOAH), Creative & Brand Campaign Development (BPAFAAAB)

Keywords

• Creative agency services
• Brand strategy consulting
• Social media management
• Campaign development
• Event management

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Creative Agency Services: Professional services revenue from branding, social media management, event management, campaign development, content development, and creative/marketing consultancy. Projects are likely scoped per engagement with custom pricing based on scope and complexity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Thursday Creative is a Dubai-based creative agency that crafts integrated branding, social media, event, campaign, and content deliverables for brands operating in or entering the GCC region. Its six core service areas—Branding, Social Media Management, Event Management, Campaign Development, Content Development, and Creative & Marketing Consultancy—are sold as custom-scoped engagements to enterprise and mid-market clients across beauty, wellness, fashion, finance, industrial, and education sectors.

Product overview

Thursday Creative is a brand strategy and marketing agency that offers a unified suite of creative services rather than a software product. The core offerings include six interconnected service areas: Branding Services (brand strategy, identity, packaging, websites, social media), Social Media Management, Event Management, Campaign Development, Content Development, and Creative & Marketing Consultancy. These services work together to deliver integrated campaigns for clients across the GCC region, serving industries including beauty, wellness, fashion, finance, and industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Branding Services Strategic brand development covering brand strategy, identity, packaging, websites, and social media to build bold, cohesive brands from the ground up for clients in the GCC region.
• Social Media Management Full-service social media management covering strategy, content creation, account management, community engagement, and performance reporting to help brands grow and connect with audiences.
• Event Management End-to-end event design, planning, and production, from concept development and creative direction to full-scale execution of immersive, memorable experiences.
• Campaign Development 360-degree campaign development from ideation to execution, covering strategy, creative direction, packaging, influencer seeding, shoot production, and full campaign delivery for seasonal and cultural moments such as Ramadan and Black Friday.
• Content Development Authentic UGC and high-quality photoshoot content creation including product and model photoshoots, UGC, reels, TikToks, static content, and GIFs tailored to target audiences.
• Creative & Marketing Consultancy Expert consultation services covering business, creative, marketing, social media, and brand consultancy to boost client projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered campaigns for brands achieving regional recognition including features in Cosmopolitan ME

Named customers12 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Grey Group Middle East: Grey Middle East operates as the regional arm of Grey Global Group with offices across the Middle East. Broad incumbent offering full-service advertising, branding, and digital creative capabilities to multinational and regional enterprise clients in the GCC.
• Leo Burnett Middle East & North Africa: Leo Burnett MENA is a regional arm of the global Leo Burnett network operating across the Middle East and North Africa. Broad incumbent offering full-service creative, brand, and campaign capabilities competing for the same enterprise brand budgets in the GCC.
• Havas Middle East: Havas Middle East is the regional operation of the global Havas network, headquartered in Dubai. Broad incumbent offering creative, media, and communications services to enterprise clients in the GCC, comparable in service mix but operating at significantly larger scale.
• VML (formerly VMLY&R): VML is a global brand and customer experience agency with established Middle East operations. Broad incumbent offering integrated creative, brand strategy, and digital experience capabilities overlapping with Thursday Creative's full-service model, but operating at much larger scale globally.

Regional players

• Elephant Cairo / Elephant Dubai: Elephant is an independent Cairo-headquartered creative agency with MENA regional presence. Comparable as a regional independent creative agency offering branding, campaigns, and content services to enterprise clients across the Middle East.

Direct peers

• Impact BBDO: Impact BBDO is a major Middle East creative agency network headquartered in Dubai, serving multinational and regional brands across the GCC. Directly comparable as a full-service creative agency competing for the same enterprise brand mandates in the region.
• FP7 McCann (MullenLowe Group): FP7 McCann is one of the leading full-service creative agencies in the Middle East, headquartered in Dubai. It is directly comparable as a full-service creative and brand agency serving enterprise clients across the GCC region with similar campaign, branding, and social capabilities.
• Socialize Agency: Socialize is a Dubai-based social media and digital creative agency. Direct peer as a similarly-sized boutique agency in the same geography with comparable social media management, content creation, and community engagement offerings.
• Chain Reaction: Chain Reaction is a Dubai-based digital and creative agency serving enterprise clients in the Middle East. Direct peer as a similarly-positioned GCC creative agency offering digital, social, content, and campaign capabilities to brands in the region.
• Serviceplan Group Middle East: Serviceplan is a major European-headquartered independent agency group with strong Middle East operations. Directly comparable as a full-service creative and brand strategy agency serving enterprise clients across multiple categories in the GCC.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

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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