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HAZEM ZARKA

Brand & Growth Lead · Dubai

I build the foundation
brands grow on.

What a brand says. How it looks. How it sounds. I set all three, then build the system that keeps them true as the brand scales.

Scroll · Weaving context, thought after thought

No. 02 · 2026

DriftfundXMindsEA Wealth ClubUdacityAlma HealthBurberryParamount StudiosReferral FactoryCapita GroupOrascom GroupZoobaNowPay

01 · The short version

01 / 08

Strategy that does not die
in a deck.

Eight years in brand and growth, across fintech, Web3, health-tech and AI. The work is the part that lasts after the launch.

20+

Brands served

110+

Projects delivered

9

Countries reached

02 · How I work · The fixed point

02 / 08

Message first.
Growth after.

Each layer carries the next. I start with what a brand says and how it should feel, then build the identity, systems and growth work that let it hold at scale.

  1. I

    Message

    What it stands for, in one clear line.

  2. II

    Tone & feel

    How it sounds and looks, everywhere.

  3. III

    System

    Identity, templates and production people can actually use.

  4. IV

    Growth

    Content, partners and community built on top, never underneath.

IIIIIIIV

03 · The record

03 / 08

Outcomes
leave a trail.

Every number below came from a brand I built or helped build.

  • $1.1M

    Net revenue in the first four months

    Driftfund · 2026

  • 3,800+

    Traders on the platform

    Driftfund · 2026

  • 14K+

    Instagram followers since launch

    Driftfund · 2026

  • 15.6K SOL

    Raised in a one-hour presale

    XMinds · 2024

  • #3

    Trending on X in the United States

    XMinds · launch week

  • 4.8 / 5

    Average rating across six years and 2,000+ students

    Udacity · 2020 to now

  • 125K+

    Organic creator audience

    Marketing and copywriting content

04 · Selected work

04 / 08

A few things
I’ve made move.

The most recent builds first, then the work that sharpened the craft. Open any of them.

A prop trading brand built from zero for a market short on trust. Built on product facts traders could check, not profit promises.

$1.1M

net revenue in the first four months

Brand system · Racecraft education campaign · KOL partnerships · First marketing and BD hires · Website redesign

Brand & growth · 2026

05 · In their words

05 / 08

What it’s like
to work with me.

“Hazem understood the brand before I could fully explain it. He gave EA Wealth Club a name, a look and a voice that match the clients we want, and showed me how to keep that voice consistent in my own content. We launched looking like we’d been around for years.”
Ehab DyaaCEO & Founder, EA Trading
01 / 05

06 · Where I stand

06 / 08

Brand is where I lead.
Product and marketing make sure it holds.

I work at the intersection of product management, digital marketing and brand ownership. That means reading a brand the way the business does: through users, product truth and the numbers underneath.

01

Product management

Discovery, roadmaps, user flows, launches

02

Digital marketing

Content, SEO, CRM, analytics, paid media

03

Brand ownership & growth

Positioning, identity, voice, partners

Beyond the job title

A system only works
if people can live in it.

Agency-side in London, founder-side in fintech and Web3, and in front of thousands of marketing students: the through-line is building the part that lets good work hold. I am here for the work that needs to become clear, trusted and real.

Product ownership · Certified product thinking

  • Product Management Nanodegree, Udacity
  • Product Management Internship, Knowledge Officer UK
  • Digital Marketing & Marketing Analytics Nanodegrees
  • Google Ads Measurement & Display
Certifications on LinkedIn ↗

After hours

Curiosity needs
a room of its own.

Independent work in AI alignment and human–AI interaction keeps the professional work honest: open systems, strong taste and a refusal to confuse a polished surface with a solved problem. Music is where I go quiet: wordless expression on the piano and the bass guitar, the instrument that holds a song together without asking to be noticed.

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111 songs · 111 BPM on average · the dot beats at 111

My playlist runs on symmetry · Listen ↗

07 · Contact

07 / 08

Have something
worth making?

hazem@hazemzarka.xyz