02 / JOURNEY

A journey
through time.

A career built by moving closer to the whole picture—from individual channels and accounts to partnerships, products, teams and systems.

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Comic Mahmoud on the move with a map and a lime satchel.
Career path. Scenic route included.

Seven roles. One long learning curve. Sam Media · 2016—Now

Email Specialist→Senior Sales Manager→Performance Partnerships Manager→Regional Growth & Key Accounts Lead→Senior Business Developer — Agency→Senior Business Developer — Google Traffic→Director of Marketing Innovation
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2026

THE CURRENT CHAPTER · SAM MEDIA

Director of Marketing Innovation

Leading the connection between acquisition, AI-enabled creative production, automation and product experiments—turning promising tools into practical operating systems.

LeadershipMarketing systemsAI & automation
2025

PERFORMANCE AT SCALE · SAM MEDIA

Senior Business Developer — Google Traffic

Working across Google acquisition, monetisation, landing-page experience and partner feedback loops, with performance decisions grounded in CPA, ARPU and traffic quality.

Google AdsARPU & LTVOptimisation
2024

INDUSTRY MILESTONE

Speaking and sharing

Contributing to industry conversations through World Telemedia and the Mobile Ecosystem Forum while continuing to work across growth, telecom partnerships and digital services.

World TelemediaMEF ForumBarcelona
2023

A NEW COMMERCIAL MOTION · SAM MEDIA

Senior Business Developer — Agency

Combining business development, media strategy, creative iteration and cross-functional delivery for partners operating across different products and markets.

AgencyPartnershipsDelivery
2020

REGIONAL GROWTH · SAM MEDIA

Regional Growth & Key Accounts Lead

Coordinating partner growth, localisation and go-to-market work across markets with different commercial, cultural and regulatory realities.

Key accountsInternational GTMLocalisation
2018

PARTNERSHIPS · SAM MEDIA

Performance Partnerships Manager

Building commercial relationships with telecom operators, payment providers and digital-service partners across Europe, MENA and beyond.

TelcosPSPsCommercial strategy
2015

THE DIGITAL BEGINNING

Email Specialist

Starting with email, subscription products and the fundamentals of digital acquisition—and discovering that the interesting part is understanding why people act.

EmailSubscriptionsDigital acquisition
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The journey continues.

Every chapter adds another piece to the system. The next one is still being written.

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