Brand · Content · Growth

I know
what makes
brands big.

Ten years of deciding what's worth making,
for brands that can't afford to guess.

Open to new roles and projects

What I do

01 / 05

01

Leading creative teams

Briefing, reviewing, training, and holding the standard. On NEOM that meant two junior copywriters under me, freelancers coming and going, and interns I trained myself, on a budget that never stretched. I wrote the guidelines the whole company used. 4.28 million people on the other end of them.
02

Brand voice, built and governed

Positioning, tone principles, the rules, worked examples, and the governance that keeps it steady once other agencies in other markets are the ones writing. I've done it from nothing three times: NEOM, Hard Rock Hotels and Six Flags. I also ghostwrite on LinkedIn for senior executives, at NEOM and First Abu Dhabi Bank.
03

Content strategy & positioning

Working out what everyone else in the category is doing, then deciding what to do instead. For Six Flags I went through every rival theme park's channels. All of them sell the ride: the height, the speed, the drop. None of them sold how it feels to be the person who got on it. That became the tone of voice.
04

Campaigns & launches

Concept through to the final line, and the narrative and go-to-market in between. The Etihad Holiday Machine was steampunk, installed at London Paddington to stop commuters mid-stride, and it helped drive a 118% revenue increase. I also wrote the global launch for Qsuite, the product that reset Business Class, and the sponsorship campaigns for NEOM's partners, including McLaren.
05

Organic audience growth

My own Instagram peaked at 2 million monthly views, every post written, shot and edited by me. NEOM's went from 2.1 to 4.28 million. Both taught me more about what people actually watch than any brief has.
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Selected work

Brands I've written for

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+104%

NEOM, the audience I grew.

Four years as head copywriter, via Monks. Seven channels, one voice, and a sceptical global audience to convince.

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Etihad Airways MullenLowe / Senior
+118% revenue
Qatar Airways TripleTwo / Senior
Qsuite global launch
Six Flags Monks / Creative
New-market launch
First Abu Dhabi Bank MullenLowe MENA / Senior Copywriter
UAE's first digital wallet
Hard Rock Hotels Freelance / Web
150+ pages

About Cal

Cal Sinclair

For a decade I was paid to make things irresistible.

Most of it in the Gulf, across aviation, hospitality and tourism, ending on NEOM. Writing it myself, building the voice, and directing the writers who used it.

Then, between roles in Bali, I grew my own Instagram to 30,000 followers in six months. No brand behind me, no budget, no team. It's the fastest I've ever learned anything.

That part's done, and it made one thing obvious. I don't want my name to be the whole thing. I'm after a permanent role now, and a long one.

The work I'm proudest of was never mine alone. It came out of rooms where everyone was good at something different and nobody wanted to be the one who dropped the standard. That's what I want back. A team with ambition, the time to do it properly, and work that makes people stop and ask who did that.

Writing is free now. What's rare, and getting rarer, is the taste to know what's actually good and the judgement to direct AI rather than be replaced by it.

Let's make
something worth
paying attention to.

cal@calsinclair.com
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