NameYahya Hautamaki
Job TitleChief Creative
OrganizationAl Haqq Agency
Member LevelBronze
Member Since23 Jul 2009
Areas of ExpertiseContent Marketing and Strategy, Multichannel Marketing, Strategy and Planning, Web Design, Web Project Management
Contact Details
Email:
Address: P.O. Box 1160, Jabroo, Hay Al Mina, 114, Oman

About Me

 

“To combine aesthetics, technology, usability, effectiveness and ethics in to a single solution.”


Yahya Hautamäki is one of the topmost talented and experienced multimedia creatives in the business. He started as a printer’s trainee in the late 80’s in Finnish Lapland only later to achieve the first ever executive level position in new media industry in the country.

He has gained reputation as a very skillful team player/leader who can handle pressure and still deliver. Hautamäki has been seasoned on both sides of the table, as a demanding client and as a creative professional presenting solutions.

His work has been described as being technically on the cutting edge, in the same time holding simplicity over core messages and managing subtle design in interactions.

During his 20 years as a professional Hautamäki has worked with a broad range of key accounts ranging from automobiles, airline carriers, beverages, jewelry and fast food into telecom, insurance, government offices and several publications.

After embracing Islam Yahya migrated to the Sultanate of Oman in 2007 and joined TBWA\ZEENAH where he brought the company numerous new business wins and first awards in the agency history, namely nine category wins from OmanWebAwards and first ever award for Oman from Dubai Lynx, which is the de facto event in marketing communications sector in the Middle-East and North Africa.

Today he is the founder of Al Haqq Network and works as a Chief Creative at Al Haqq Agency, an award winning digital design and creative consulting agency focused on the Arab World and global Islamic markets.

Keywords: websites, intranets and extranets, social networks, online publishing and campaigns, product launches, market entry, content management, internet marketing and consulting.

My Links

Al Haqq Agency
Digital design agency focused on Arabia and global Islamic markets.

Al Haqq Agency Twitter

Al Haqq Society
Digital movements from the Arab World and global online marketplace.

Al Haqq Society Twitter

Al Haqq Network
Networking from Mashriq to Maghreb. Building a global reach.

Career History

Chief Creative at Al Haqq Agency

An up-and-coming pan-arabic digital design agency focused on the Arab World and Islamic markets. We are working side by side with IT-houses, advertising and PR-agencies producing high-end solutions for selected clients in the digital domain.

Head of New Media, TBWA\ Media Arts Leader at TBWA\ZEENAH

Associate Creative Director at TBWA\ZEENAH

Creative Director (on assignment) at W3JHC

Independent creative director and new media business consultant for several advertising and digital agencies in London, U.K. and Helsinki, Finland.

Art Director at TBWA/PHSi

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