# Rose Creative Marketing

> Rose Creative Marketing is a privately held, Dubai-headquartered integrated marketing agency founded in Boston in 1984. It sells strategy and execution across public relations, advertising, branding, digital, social, influencer, content, promotion, corporate communications and experiential marketing, with a track record built around helping multinational consumer and technology brands enter or grow in unfamiliar markets.

- **Founded:** 1984
- **Headquarters:** Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- **Founders:** John Rose (Founder and CEO)
- **Products:** Digital Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, Branding, Social and Influencer Marketing
- **Notable:** Founded in Boston in 1984 and expanded into the former USSR in 1989, which the company describes as the market's first independent advertising agency., Opened what the company describes as Havana's first public-relations agency in 2015., A Samsung Gear S2 crop-circle launch generated more than 145 publicity items and reported reach above 138 million.

## Products & services

- **Digital Marketing** — Integrated online strategy, SEO, SEM, social marketing, CRM, affiliate marketing and website strategy.
- **Advertising** — Research, communications strategy, creative development, copywriting, production, analytics, media planning and placement.
- **Public Relations** — Media relations, crisis and issues work, partnerships, sponsorships, CSR, press events and media training.
- **Branding** — Brand audits, positioning, naming, messaging, identity, packaging, voice and style guides.
- **Social and Influencer Marketing** — Community management, social listening, content, influencer matchmaking, campaign management and measurement.
- **Content and Corporate Communications** — Brand journalism, newsletters, video, executive positioning, investor relations, public affairs and reputation management.
- **Promotion and Experiential Marketing** — Loyalty, sampling, retail promotion, product launches, activations, festivals, conferences and live production.

## Achievements

- Founded in Boston in 1984 and expanded into the former USSR in 1989, which the company describes as the market's first independent advertising agency.
- Opened what the company describes as Havana's first public-relations agency in 2015.
- A Samsung Gear S2 crop-circle launch generated more than 145 publicity items and reported reach above 138 million.
- More than 20 years as Samsung's exclusive product and corporate PR agency in Russia, including work around five Olympic sponsorships and reported average annual publicity growth of 20 percent.
- Won Logitech's EMEA award for best PR and social media strategy after a program spanning communications, community management and brand advocacy.
- TABASCO work produced reported annual brand-recognition growth above 20 percent; a 2021 Grill Fest activation produced more than 50 million in online publicity reach and 360,000 in social reach.
- A Free Fire program across Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine reported reach above 50 million in six months.
- The Live Pages literature app became the highest-ranked mobile app in Russia and produced more than 350 media appearances, according to the agency.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published an analysis of celebrities taking equity and creative control instead of endorsement fees.
- **2026-09** — Published a piece on advertising inside ChatGPT and the distinction between buying placement and earning recommendation.
- **2026-08** — Published 'Game, Set, Overmarketed,' arguing that excessive reach can erode the exclusivity a brand is selling.
- **2026-08** — Published 'Your Website Has Two Audiences,' extending its PR-for-AI thesis to machine-readable brand credibility.
- **2023-03** — Announced that Fitch Technologies would join forces with Rose as it built a digital marketing hub in the Gulf.

## Links

- Website: https://rosecreative.marketing
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rosecreativemarketing
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/RoseMarketing
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/roserussia
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rosemarketing/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosemarketing

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Last updated: 2026-09-24