(Our Studio ©26)
About Circle
(©19)
We opened Circle in April 2019 in a small office, three of us including Ayman and me, and registered the company that September. A couple of months later, the world shut down. We had started a marketing agency right before a global pandemic. So we spent that first year doing the only thing that mattered: building a name, winning the first clients, and proving we could do the work. We closed the year as a team of five.
(©20)
At the start of 2020 we moved into our own offices in Sheikh Jarrah. Then the lockdowns came. We held on, and the moment restrictions eased we moved fast, growing to a team of twelve and widening our client base. It was also the year we stopped outsourcing our craft: we brought photography and videography in house, and started becoming the full-service team we are today.
(©21-23)
The next few years were about getting better. We refined the team, sharpened the work, and kept growing our clients, through market crashes, political instability, and more than one war. We learned how to keep a business steady when the ground under it isn't. We didn't stop, and we never lowered the standard.
(©24-26)
Somewhere in here, we stopped just doing the work and understood what it was worth. We defined who Circle is: an agency that builds brands backwards from profit, and measures success the way our clients do. The proof came with it. A 350% jump in sales for one client. A nutritionist who went from no margin to real profit. Brands that doubled and tripled their footprint. We grew from twelve people to more than thirty-three. Seven years in, we know exactly what we are.
(©19)
We opened Circle in April 2019 in a small office, three of us including Ayman and me, and registered the company that September. A couple of months later, the world shut down. We had started a marketing agency right before a global pandemic. So we spent that first year doing the only thing that mattered: building a name, winning the first clients, and proving we could do the work. We closed the year as a team of five.
(©20)
At the start of 2020 we moved into our own offices in Sheikh Jarrah. Then the lockdowns came. We held on, and the moment restrictions eased we moved fast, growing to a team of twelve and widening our client base. It was also the year we stopped outsourcing our craft: we brought photography and videography in house, and started becoming the full-service team we are today.
(©21-23)
The next few years were about getting better. We refined the team, sharpened the work, and kept growing our clients, through market crashes, political instability, and more than one war. We learned how to keep a business steady when the ground under it isn't. We didn't stop, and we never lowered the standard.
(©24-26)
Somewhere in here, we stopped just doing the work and understood what it was worth. We defined who Circle is: an agency that builds brands backwards from profit, and measures success the way our clients do. The proof came with it. A 350% jump in sales for one client. A nutritionist who went from no margin to real profit. Brands that doubled and tripled their footprint. We grew from twelve people to more than thirty-three. Seven years in, we know exactly what we are.
(Introduction)
Mostmarketingagenciesarefullofmarketers.Oursisrunbypeoplewhoownbusinesses.It’sasmalldifferencethatchangeseverything,becausewe’vesatwhereyousit,theslowmonth,thepayroll,thedecisionwithrealmoneybehindit.Sowedon’tmeasureourworkinviewsorapplause.Wemeasureitthewayyoudo:diditsell?Circlebuildsthewholecommercialenginearoundabusinessthat’salreadygoodatwhatitdoes–brand,content,andmarketingworkingasone,pointedatprofit.That’stheentireidea.Everythingelseisjusthow.
Mostmarketingagenciesarefullofmarketers.Oursisrunbypeoplewhoownbusinesses.It’sasmalldifferencethatchangeseverything,becausewe’vesatwhereyousit,theslowmonth,thepayroll,thedecisionwithrealmoneybehindit.Sowedon’tmeasureourworkinviewsorapplause.Wemeasureitthewayyoudo:diditsell?Circlebuildsthewholecommercialenginearoundabusinessthat’salreadygoodatwhatitdoes–brand,content,andmarketingworkingasone,pointedatprofit.That’stheentireidea.Everythingelseisjusthow.
(Approach)
Getthebusiness.Developthebrand.Definethestrategy.Makeitbeautiful.Buildwhatsells.
Getthebusiness.Developthebrand.Definethestrategy.Makeitbeautiful.Buildwhatsells.
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A multidisciplinary team of strategists, marketers, designers, photographers, and videographers — all under one roof, pointed at one thing: your growth.
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Businesses finding their feet, established brands breaking a ceiling — we've grown both.
Leadership
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(Leadership)
A team of thinkers and makers united by one goal: work that grows the business.
Ayman Sandouka
(Co-Founder / C.E.O.)
Rami Bajjali
(Co-Founder / Creative Director)
