New titles at Rain and Infiniti

Find out what Elamin Saad, Maya Khouri, Shamrock Nevis and Karsten Jankowsi are doing in their new jobs.

Dubai independent agency Rain has strengthened its digital and creative team with the addition of new talent.

ELAMIN SAAD will now oversee the planning function for social and digital. With close to 20 years in the industry, Saad has donned many hats, from working as a creative to moving to PR and later digital with agencies including Impact Porter Novelli, JWT and StarcomMediaVest Group. He will be working closely with Kavita Ramrakhiani, who heads planning at Rain. With more than five years of experience in social media, MAYA

KHOURI joins Rain’s account management team. She has previously managed social media and strategy for kooora.com and Arabnet. Rain has also brought on board senior creative SHAMROCK

NEVIS. He brings more than 20 years of experience across the telecom, F&B, automobiles, finance and public transport industries. Nevis has previously worked at Saatchi & Saatchi and Y&R in Dubai.

Infiniti Middle East has appointed KARSTEN JANKOWSKI as general manager of marketing and public relations, leveraging his extensive experience in the communications and automotive industries. He was previously deputy general manager of marketing.

In his new position, Jankowski will spearhead the marketing and PR operations for the Infinitibrand in the region and will focus his efforts on digitalising the marketing business