Resume
Abdullah Homsi
Growth and monetization professional with nearly a decade in digital advertising across the Middle East and Africa. Today I'm Growth Manager for OKX's UAE onshore market.
www.abdullahhomsi.com · linkedin.com/in/abdullahhomsi/
Experience
Growth Manager, Onshore Market UAE · OKX
March 2026 - Present

Regional Head of Supply, MEAIP · Yango
October 2024 - March 2026
Led the MEAIP team and initiatives to maximize in-app advertising revenue for publishers.
- Drove monetization growth on social media across the region.
- Fostered strong relationships with existing publishers.
- Built new strategic partnerships to expand the network.
- Leveraged deep market expertise and extensive connections to help app publishers reach their full monetization potential.
- Oversaw the integration of Yango App Monetization, tailored to small and emerging publishers.
- Managed a team of 5 (onboarding, technical and CSM).

Monetization Supply Manager, MEA · Yandex Ads
September 2023 - October 2024
Drove scalable revenue growth for MEA publishers through in-app and website advertising.
- Strengthened existing relationships with publishers.
- Implemented monetization strategies across publishers' social media accounts.
- Established new partnerships to expand opportunities.
- Used an extensive network and market knowledge to help app publishers achieve their monetization goals.
- Facilitated entry into monetization for emerging publishers and worked with Easy Monetization, an internal product.
- Helped publishers build stable earnings from advertising or increase existing earnings by up to 2x.

Publisher Account Manager · Teads
April 2022 - September 2023
- Drove publisher revenue growth through relationship management, delivering USD 1M in monthly monetization revenue.
- Led publisher expansion across KSA, UAE and Egypt.
- Managed a portfolio of existing and newly onboarded publishers.
- Approached publishers and pitched native technology in key publishing markets (KSA, UAE and Egypt).

Publisher Partner Manager · Omada Digital Group
December 2019 - April 2022
- Managed relationships with web publishers, media companies, agencies and content sites.
- Provided strategy and performance support, and acted as the main point of contact for publishers.
- Coordinated internally with Ad Operations and Commercial teams to optimize performance.
- Leveraged data analysis to recommend strategies and grow revenue.
- Monitored key publisher metrics and reported daily performance.
- Implemented processes to scale the publisher business efficiently.
- Oversaw affiliate strategies, budgets, campaigns and promotions.
- Negotiated terms, tracked progress and advised on optimization for conversions.

Digital Marketing Manager (MENA) · Google
May 2018 - July 2019
- Managed clients' Google Ads accounts.
- Created proposals for potential clients.
- Consulted clients with larger annual budgets ($500,000 to $1,000,000) on social media marketing plans.
- Conducted market research on the Middle East region for potential market penetration.

MENA Sales Engineer (Account Manager) · Hanwha Q Cells
February 2017 - April 2018
- Developed a strategy to achieve business objectives in the Middle East.
- Built and launched subsidiary platforms to support local markets.
- Managed key client relationships and promoted the Hanwha brand.
- Maintained knowledge of solar products, installation processes, policies and the local industry.
- Reported to the Regional Director and achieved annual sales of over $500,000.
Education

Bachelor of Science, Energy Systems Engineering · Okan University
2012 - 2016
The program builds on traditional engineering disciplines with a sequence of courses introducing basic energy engineering concepts and their applications: matter and energy balance, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transport, and the chemical and physical processes used in the energy industry. On this foundation, it offers courses in renewable energy and electrochemical engineering, business administration, finance and management.
Professional skills
- Teamwork
- Emotional intelligence
- Flexibility
- Problem solving
- Openness to learning
- Open-mindedness
Languages
- English
- Native
- Arabic
- Native
- Turkish
- Proficient
Experienced fields
- Middle East market knowledge and publisher connections
- Affiliate marketing
- Programmatic technology
- Native advertising
- Prebid and header bidding technology
- Publisher monetization strategies
- Teads, GAM and Yandex Ads technology
- Mediation integrations