calsinclair

Senior Product Marketing Manager

Product marketing and brand voice for complicated products. Ten years agency-side, mostly in the Gulf. Some of what I launched didn't exist yet.

Four years as head copywriter on NEOM, where I built the tone of voice from scratch, wrote the guidelines the company worked to, and grew the audience from 2.1 to 4.28 million.

Agency-side across all three Gulf carriers: Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways. Global launch copy for Qsuite, the product that reset Business Class, and campaign work for Etihad that helped drive a 118% revenue increase.

Senior copywriter on First Abu Dhabi Bank, including Payit, the UAE's first fully-featured digital wallet, and its Digital Marketplace launch, all through bank compliance. In Web3, an NFT project with Warner Records and Bose.

I also grew my own Instagram from zero to 30,000 in six months, peaking at 2 million monthly views, with no team, no budget and no brand behind me.

Crypto's biggest marketing problem is that almost nobody can explain their own product in plain English. That's what I've done for a decade.

Open to permanent remote roles in product marketing, content and brand. 


Experience: 10 years

Yearly salary: $150,000

Hourly rate: $0

Nationality: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Residency: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom


Experience

Head Copywriter
Monks
2022 - 2026
Led the copy function on NEOM for four years: two junior writers, a revolving cast of freelancers, and interns I trained myself, on a budget that never stretched further. Built the tone of voice from nothing and wrote the copy guidelines the whole organisation worked to, then governed them as the last word on brand copy across multiple agencies, regional teams and senior stakeholders. Held one standard across seven social channels. Audience grew from 2.1M to 4.28M, up 104% in four years. Concepted and wrote the destination launches: Trojena, Sindalah, Oxagon, Elanan, plus brand platforms, campaigns and every word on NEOM.com. Six Flags (2024): built a new tone of voice and design language to take the brand into Saudi Arabia, then wrote the launch campaign for its first park in the Kingdom.
Senior Copywriter
MullenLowe MENA
2020 - 2021
Head writer on First Abu Dhabi Bank, across print, radio, digital, social and internal comms. Also wrote for Unilever, Vimto and Majid Al Futtaim.
Senior Copywriter
Publicis (Leo Burnett & Saatchi & Saatchi)
2019 - 2020
Campaign and brand copy for Emirates, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrero (Kinder), Jeep and Vodafone. Concepted and wrote integrated campaigns across TV, print, digital and experiential, inside two of the world's most awarded networks.
Senior Copywriter
MullenLowe Open
2016 - 2019
The Etihad Holiday Machine. A steampunk installation at London Paddington, rolled out as a 360 campaign. Etihad Holidays' best sales year ever, revenue up 118%. Brand and campaign copy for Etihad Airways, Mercedes-Benz and Hyatt Hotels.

Skills

brand
content-marketing
crypto
gtm
marketing-strategist
product-marketing
social-media
web3
marketing
english