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Mohamad Mahmoud Baalbaki (born November 10, 1982 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Riyadh based Creative Director and Artist. Baalbaki co-founded an advertising & design firm called Bold Creative Boutique.

Biography

Baalbaki studied graphic design at the Lebanese International University, Lebanon. He began his design career at the age of 20 at Media Works, a Lebanese Web design firm. In 2004, he founded with other design students, Celementine design firm for 2 years before the Israeli war against Lebanon. In 2006, he moved to Riyadh City where he joined J.Walter Thompson to work on the Saudi Telecom, HSBC, Shell and other global accounts. In 2010, he moved to Albert Promoseven Agency, where he worked on Ford, Danone, Rajhi Bank.

Baalbaki proceeded to form the Riyadh based Bold Creative Boutique. in 2012 and has since designed branding, graphics, campaigns for clients as diverse as Sagia, ABTF, Mobily telecom, GE Healthcare, EMS along with his art. Baalbaki is a long-standing artistic collaborator, He is the author and photographer of the book “ Bouyout Beirut “.

Awards Baalbaki received a Dubai Lynx Golden Award in 2011, Mena Cristal Award and Clio Awards shortlisted work. His work was featured in lurzer's archive, advertising age and Consumer behavior book by McGraw-Hill publishers