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Arabic-first launch for a UAE beauty brand

A regional cosmetics challenger

Arabic transcreation, influencer-led UGC creative, and a Meta growth programme tuned for Gen-Z buyers — a region-specific brand voice that doubled followers and broke even inside two months.

5.8x
ROAS
+96k
Followers
2 months
Break-even

Challenge

What we walked into.

The brand was a regional challenger entering an Arabic-first market dominated by global incumbents. Off-the-shelf English creative wasn't going to land, and a literal translation of campaign copy would have read as foreign — exactly the wrong signal for a Gen-Z audience.

What we did

The work, step by step.

  1. Transcreated brand and campaign copy into Arabic — same message, locally written, with culturally specific references

  2. Built an influencer-led UGC pipeline with regional creators across UAE and KSA

  3. Ran a Meta growth programme targeted at Gen-Z, with creative testing tuned to regional content trends

  4. Set up a localized customer-service voice and review-management process for Arabic feedback

Results

What it shipped.

Outcomes measured against the brief we agreed up front, not vanity metrics.

  • ROAS
    5.8x
  • Followers
    +96k
  • Break-even
    2 months

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