New appointment at Qatar advertising and design agency grow

Anthony Ryman, Managing Director said " We are very happy to have appointed such an awesome talent as Rico who is a creative heavyweight and has proved himself working with some of the leading brands in the world. His willingness to come and work in Qatar and help Qatari companies develop their positioning and differentiation is a reflection of grow's commitment to growing Qatari business and putting Qatar and Qatari companies on the world map."

Rico brings on board over 20 years of experience in design and advertising. Graduating with a BFA in design from the University of Illinois, he began his career as a graphic designer in Minneapolis. Eventually he opened his own firm working on projects for 3M and Pillsbury.

Prior to coming to Doha, Rico was working in Tokyo for 16 years. First, as a Creative Director for a design and marketing company in Tokyo working for clients such as Canon and Mercedes Benz and then at CDP Japan, creating advertising and communications collateral for Matsushita Electric (Panasonic/National brand).

He set up a partnership, 2AD Design and Communications, where he was the top creative servicing multinational companies such as Fidelity, Merrill Lynch, IBM Asia-Pacific, Honda, Toyota and brands such as Snapple, Haagen-Dazs and Toshiba.

Rico's work has won numerous regional and national design awards in the U.S. and has also been cited for his advertising and design work in Tokyo.