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Technical & Commercial Proposal · Digital Marketing Strategy · 06 Aug 2026

The Kingdom is building the factories. FIP builds the people who run them.

Food Industries Polytechnic (FIP) has the strongest offer in its category — fifteen years of delivery, ISO accreditation, and named diploma tracks with Almarai, SABIC and NADEC that no peer institute can copy. It also has a bottom-quartile digital operation: no measurement layer, no employer path, and a 17.7 MB homepage. MAZ NEXA proposes a complete digital marketing strategy that builds two measurable funnels — one for employer partnerships, one for trainee enrolment.

Engagement at a glance

ClientFood Industries Polytechnic
EngagementDigital Marketing Strategy
Duration4 to 6 weeks
LanguagesArabic & English
Prepared06 August 2026
Valid30 days
ContactIbrahim Al Suwailem
Executive summary

The objective, the challenge and the opportunity.

01

Objective

Build two measurable funnels for FIP — one for employer partnerships, one for trainee enrolment — on a measurement layer that does not exist today, and turn the proof points FIP already owns into visible share of voice before the April 2026 threshold takes effect.

02

The challenge

FIP has the strongest offer in its category and a bottom-quartile digital operation. Its employer proposition — the most commercially valuable message it owns — sits behind a generic button on a 17.7 MB page.

03

The opportunity

A dated compliance deadline, 9 to 12 percent annual growth in food manufacturing capital spend, and named diploma tracks with Almarai, SABIC and NADEC that no peer can copy.

The business problem

A category-defining offer, carried by a digital operation that can neither measure nor retarget.

Fifteen years of delivery, ISO 29993 and ISO 45001, an American Institute of Baking affiliation and named programmes with Almarai, SABIC and NADEC — all carried by a site that cannot measure and cannot retarget. There are four root causes:

Root cause 01

No measurement layer

GA4 is the only tag on the site. No GTM and no Meta, TikTok, Snapchat or LinkedIn pixel, so no visitor can ever be retargeted.

Impact: every media riyal spent today is bought once and never used again.
Root cause 02

No employer path

The localization proposition, the most commercially valuable message FIP owns, has no landing page, no lead form and no tracked conversion.

Impact: employer leads today count zero — because there is nothing to count.
Root cause 03

A 17.7 MB homepage

14.4 seconds to load, 86 percent of it images served as PNG. Paid mobile clicks are lost before the page paints.

Impact: a share of every paid click is bought and never arrives at the content.
Root cause 04

Two brands, one institute

Instagram still runs on the old DFP_SA handle and LinkedIn on a dairy food polytechnic slug.

Impact: branded search splits across two identities and the authority of each is lost.
Sector & market

A sector expanding by policy, not by market cycle.

Saudi food manufacturing is being deliberately grown under a national food security mandate. Capital is already committed, every new production line converts directly into a technical hiring requirement, and a rising share of those hires must be Saudi.

USD 38.4B
Saudi food & beverage market value in 2026
USD 50.4B
projected by 2031 — a 5.6% compound rate
USD 70B
directed into processing plants across the Kingdom
9–12%
annual growth in food manufacturing capital spend
70–80%
Local production target
The share of food consumption Vision 2030 targets producing inside the Kingdom.
30–50%
Saudization in manufacturing
The required band, depending on activity and company size.
49
Competing partnership institutes
Chasing the same Saudi youth and an overlapping employer set, including a new National Industry Academy.

The binding constraint is not capital.

Capital is available and policy is supportive. The scarce input is qualified Saudi technical staff — the single thing FIP produces. Capital spend leads hiring by 18 to 36 months, so today's investment is tomorrow's hiring pipeline.

Sources: Mordor Intelligence, IndexBox equipment data, and Vision 2030 sector reporting.

The localization deadline

A threshold employers cannot negotiate with or defer.

26 APR 2026

A new Nitaqat phase

Raises thresholds across most activities and is designed to localize more than 340,000 private sector jobs.

400+

The addressable employer base

Employing entities already working with strategic partnership institutes. Company-level target lists are a first-month deliverable, not an assumption in this document.

SFDA

Regulation tightens in parallel

SFDA requirements make certified food safety competence a condition of operation rather than an advantage. HACCP staff are now required.

The model: training and hiring are one process, not two.

FIP does not train people and then look for them a job. Every trainee is recruited against a real vacancy an employer has already identified. A needs study establishes which technical capability the employer is missing before any contract is signed, and the employer helps design the programme so the graduate arrives trained on the line they will actually run. A two-and-a-half-year programme, three intakes a year, with the job commitment agreed before training starts.

Digital audit

A digital presence substantial in content and weak in execution.

FIP publishes 38 programmes, 60 courses and roughly 235 URLs across two languages — more depth than most peers — but almost nothing that lets any of it be measured or found.

Performance strengths

  • Bilingual parity across pages and courses — 24 and 23 pages, 30 and 30 courses. Rare in the sector and expensive to build later.
  • A .edu.sa authority domain most peer institutes cannot obtain.
  • Clean crawl directives — robots.txt correctly permissive and a healthy sitemap index segmented by post type.
  • An active newsroom, genuinely maintained, last updated 29 July 2026, full of MoUs, awards and ministerial coverage.
  • Real proof — 450 Almarai hires and named employer tracks.

Strategic gaps

  • No measurement or retargeting layer beyond GA4.
  • A 17.7 MB and 14.4 second homepage.
  • No employer landing page and no lead form.
  • Brand still split across DFP and FIP identities.
  • 38 programmes and 60 courses ineligible for rich results.

Every gap above is executional, not structural.

FIP does not need a new proposition, curriculum or partner set. It needs a measurement layer, a faster site, one brand identity and an employer path.

Audit detail

What we found on fip.edu.sa.

AreaFindingStatus
Site performance17.7 MB and 14.4 seconds on the English home. Images are 86% of the payload, served as PNG rather than WebP.Critical
Structured dataOnly the Yoast defaults are present. No Course, EducationalOrganization or FAQ markup, so 38 programmes and 60 courses are ineligible for rich results.Critical
Index hygieneTen of 47 pages are login, dashboard or scratch pages — one literally named home banner demo. Arabic slugs are percent-encoded and unshareable, and the canonical points at a duplicate fip-home-2 slug.High
On-page & languageNo meta description on either homepage, lang is set to en-AU on the English page, the Arabic page H1 is in English, and 43% of images carry no alt text.High
MeasurementGA4 is the only tag. No GTM and no platform pixels, so no retargeting audience can ever be built.Critical
Brand identityInstagram on the old DFP_SA handle, LinkedIn on a dairy food polytechnic slug. X is the one channel already correctly branded.Medium
SWOT

Where FIP stands today.

Strengths

  • The only institute built end to end around food manufacturing.
  • Named diploma tracks with Almarai, SABIC and NADEC.
  • ISO 29993, ISO 45001 and an AIB affiliation.
  • 2,500 graduates and fifteen years of delivery.

Weaknesses

  • No measurement or retargeting layer beyond GA4.
  • A 17.7 MB and 14.4 second homepage.
  • No employer landing page and no lead form.
  • Brand split across DFP and FIP identities.

Opportunities

  • A dated April 2026 threshold creates a reason to act.
  • 9 to 12 percent annual growth in manufacturing capital spend.
  • Course schema opens search space no peer occupies.
  • An employer funnel where none exists today.

Threats

  • A National Industry Academy announced in July 2025.
  • 48 peer institutes chasing the same youth and employers.
  • A share of voice deficit a funded newcomer can exploit.
Objectives

Four objectives, in the order they get executed.

Nothing that follows compounds until the first is done. The measurement layer is a precondition for every media riyal after it.

Objective 01

Build the measurement layer

before any media spend is committed

Deploy GTM, every platform pixel and a full conversion architecture across both funnels and the admissions portal.

Objective 02

Generate qualified employer leads

anchored to the April 2026 threshold

Create the employer path that does not exist today — a dedicated landing page and lead form, with LinkedIn and Search campaigns anchored to the April 2026 threshold.

Objective 03

Win the three intake seasons

March, August and December

Grow qualified trainee applications across the March, August and December windows through Arabic-first short-form video and intent-based search.

Objective 04

Consolidate one brand

retire the DFP identity for good

Retire the DFP identity everywhere it survives, unify every handle, and convert the existing newsroom into a continuous authority stream.

Strategy pillars

Four pillars carry the whole plan.

01

Fix the foundation

Deploy the measurement layer, compress the site and ship schema. Nothing that follows compounds until this is done.

02

Own the deadline

Build the employer funnel around the April 2026 threshold — a landing page, a lead form, and LinkedIn and Search.

03

Win the intakes

Concentrate trainee acquisition into March, August and December with Arabic-first short-form video.

04

Consolidate the brand

Retire DFP everywhere it survives, unify every handle, and turn the newsroom into a continuous authority stream.

The strategic approach

The approach positions FIP as the accredited answer to a dated localization threshold, and as the institute where training comes with a salary and finishes with a job. It separates two audiences that today receive one blended message, and it fixes the measurement layer before any budget is spent.

Message system

Three emotional drivers shape how both audiences judge FIP.

These cues do their work before either audience ever contacts the institute.

01

Certainty

For the employer, a compliant band that holds all year. For the trainee, a job with a name attached to it rather than another certificate.

02

Credibility

Fifteen years, ISO accreditation, and named programmes with Almarai, SABIC and NADEC that no peer institute can claim.

03

Urgency

A dated April 2026 threshold for employers, and three fixed intake windows a year for trainees.

The core narrative

The Kingdom is building the factories. FIP builds the people who run them.

For employers, the narrative is a compliance problem with a dated deadline and an accredited answer that already works at Almarai, SABIC and NADEC. The proof is specific and nameable, which is exactly what a peer institute cannot borrow.

For trainees, the narrative is certainty. A salary while you train, insurance and housing during the programme, and a job commitment agreed before the first day. Not a certificate — a career with an employer already attached to it.

Message standards

Five rules that govern every piece of content.

  • Lead with the deadline, not the institute. April 2026 is the reason to keep reading.
  • Name the proof. Almarai hired 450 graduates in one ceremony beats any adjective.
  • Speak to productivity, not goodwill. A plant manager buys uptime and retention, not CSR.
  • Show the mechanism. The needs study and the second year on the employer's own line.
  • Ask for a conversation. The employer conversion is a booked meeting, not a download.
Buyer personas

Four personas, two messages, two funnels.

Two audiences today receive one blended message. This strategy separates them.

Employer funnel · Persona 01

Nasser — Localization Director

38 to 50 · LinkedIn & Search · Central and Eastern

Owns the company Saudization number and reports it upward, at a food manufacturer of 200 to 3,000 staff. Risk averse, evidence driven, with very low risk tolerance because the penalty is public.

Pain point
  • Unqualified hires churn out within months.
Common objection
  • Will your graduates stay?
Marketing message
  • Trained on your line, to your specification, committed before day one.
Employer funnel · Persona 02

Majed — Plant Manager

35 to 55 · LinkedIn & industry events · Kingdom-wide

Runs production, maintenance and quality, judged on uptime, output and safety. Practical, technically literate, unimpressed by marketing, and sceptical of HR-led initiatives until he sees the curriculum.

Pain point
  • A maintenance skills gap he cannot hire out of locally.
Common objection
  • How long before they are productive?
Marketing message
  • Two years on your equipment before their first day.
Trainee funnel · Persona 03

Turki — The School Leaver

18 to 24 · TikTok, Snapchat & Instagram

Saudi, secondary certificate or above, not employed, and wants a real job rather than another certificate. Ambitious but uncertain, influenced by peers, discovers opportunities through short video and verifies them by asking family.

Pain point
  • Applying constantly and hearing nothing back.
Common objection
  • Is the job actually guaranteed?
Marketing message
  • A salary while you train. A job when you finish.
Trainee funnel · Persona 04

Um Turki — The Parent

45 to 60 · Facebook, YouTube & WhatsApp

The person the trainee asks before applying, and often the one who decides if it is taken seriously. Protective, sceptical of private training providers, and asks first whether it is government accredited.

Pain point
  • Cannot tell a real institute from a certificate mill.
Common objection
  • Is this a real, recognised qualification?
Marketing message
  • TVTC accredited. Partnered with Almarai. 2,500 graduates.
Content pillars

Six content types, real footage and never stock.

01

Day in the life

Real footage from the 9 laboratories, 15 workshops and 3 training factories. Real equipment and real trainees, never stock.

02

Graduate stories

Named person, named factory, named job. Filmed on site at the employer rather than staged, because specificity is the proof.

03

Compliance intelligence

Plain language explanations of what the April 2026 phase changes, published before the employer has to ask. Useful analysis rather than promotion.

04

Partnership proof

How the Almarai, SABIC and NADEC tracks were built, what the needs study involved, and what each employer got back.

05

Legitimacy for parents

TVTC accreditation, ISO standards and the partner names, in formal Arabic, on the platforms parents actually use.

06

Sector authority

Food manufacturing labour market data published on a regular cadence, the one thing no peer institute is currently doing.

Win hypotheses

Five hypotheses, and how each one is tested.

Each hypothesis is tied to a specific mechanism and a validation method, so the strategy does not remain an opinion.

HypothesisMechanismExpected impactValidation method
H1the measurement layer is the largest single efficiency gainGTM plus all platform pixels, conversions defined for both funnels.Retargeting becomes possible for the first time and blended cost per action falls.Before and after cost per action once audiences reach threshold.
H2compressing the site recovers clicks already being paid forPNG to WebP conversion and unused CSS pruned, homepage under 3 MB.More sessions from the same paid clicks and improved Core Web Vitals.Landing page bounce and session start rate, pre and post.
H3a dedicated employer page converts demand that has nowhere to landEmployer landing page and lead form anchored to April 2026.Employer leads become countable, where the baseline today is zero.Lead volume and lead to meeting rate from month one.
H4Course schema opens search space no peer occupiesCourse and Organization markup across 38 programmes and 60 courses.Rich result eligibility and higher organic click through on programme pages.Search Console impressions, click through and rich results.
H5intake-concentrated spend beats flat monthly spendBudget weighted into March, August and December rather than spread evenly.Lower cost per completed application against a flat baseline.Cost per completion across intake and non-intake months.
Competitive moat

What a peer institute cannot copy.

Category specificity

The only one of its kind

The only institute in the ecosystem built end to end around food manufacturing.

Vertical coverage

Farm to retail

Farm, production, quality, maintenance, cold chain, logistics and retail in one institute.

Fifteen years of delivery

2,500+ graduates

Since 2011, under a TVTC and Almarai partnership.

Named employer tracks

Almarai, SABIC & NADEC

Each has a programme built to their own specification.

Accreditation

ISO 29993 & 45001

Plus an American Institute of Baking affiliation.

Regulatory standing

An SFDA training memorandum

And accredited testing centre status for national verification.

Channel approach

Every channel has one objective and one outcome.

The employer funnel runs on LinkedIn and Search. The trainee funnel runs on short-form video. YouTube and X serve both.

Search · both funnels

Google Search

capture both audiences at the exact moment of intent
  • Run two campaign structures — employer intent around Saudization and Nitaqat, trainee intent around diploma names.
  • Send employer traffic to a dedicated landing page and trainee traffic to intake pages linked to the admissions portal.
  • Bid on employer brand queries such as Almarai, SABIC and NADEC training where FIP has a named programme.
  • Use sitelinks to surface the five diploma families, three intake dates and eligibility criteria.
Outcome
  • Intent traffic split cleanly between an employer landing page and intake pages, each with a defined conversion.
LinkedIn · employer funnel

LinkedIn

make the April 2026 threshold personally relevant
  • Target by job title, industry and company size to reach localization and plant leadership directly.
  • Lead Gen Forms on-platform, with a Nitaqat 2026 readiness guide as the lead magnet.
  • Named partner proof from Almarai, SABIC and NADEC, and sector data published on a cadence.
  • Note: LinkedIn cannot run until the Insight Tag exists.
Outcome
  • Countable qualified leads and a measurable lead to booked meeting rate.
YouTube · both funnels

YouTube

a permanent answer library that works between intakes
  • One programme explainer per diploma family in plain Arabic, covering equipment and employers.
  • A facility tour of 9 laboratories, 15 workshops and 3 training factories.
  • Employer testimonials on what changed on the line after hiring FIP graduates.
  • Graduation footage already produced for the newsroom and never used as media.
Outcome
  • A permanent searchable answer library that supports both funnels and reduces admissions support load.
X · authority

X

the one channel already correctly branded
  • Publish the newsroom rather than archive it — MoUs, awards and ministerial coverage.
  • Commentary on the April 2026 Nitaqat phase and what it changes.
  • Food manufacturing labour market data on a regular cadence.
  • Migrate every link from twitter.com to x.com and align the handle.
Outcome
  • Rising branded search and recognition as the food sector talent authority.
Instagram · trainee funnel

Instagram

reach trainees where they already are
  • Reels from the workshop floor, welding, refrigeration, dairy lines and bakery production.
  • Graduate stories filmed on site at the employer, named person and named factory.
  • Retire the DFP_SA handle and move to a single findable FIP identity.
  • Intake countdowns timed to March, August and December rather than an open invitation.
Outcome
  • Lower cost per application start and the first retargeting audience FIP has ever held.
TikTok & Snapchat · trainee funnel

TikTok & Snapchat

stop the scroll with one fact — you get paid while you train
  • Short vertical video, real equipment and real trainees.
  • Graduate stories — named person, named factory, named job.
  • Multiple hooks tested per intake, not one hero film.
  • Snapchat mirrors this plan for regional reach.
Outcome
  • Top of funnel reach among 18 to 24 Saudis at the lowest cost per application.
The employer funnel

From relevance to a signed agreement, in three stages.

Stage 01

Awareness

LinkedIn, X, Google Search, the FIP newsroom

Goal: make the April 2026 threshold personally relevant to localization and plant leadership.

Creative
  • Compliance intelligence in plain language.
  • Sector data published on a cadence.
  • Named partner proof from Almarai, SABIC and NADEC.
Stage 02

Engagement & lead capture

LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms, Google Search to a dedicated employer page

Goal: convert relevance into a booked conversation.

Creative
  • A Nitaqat 2026 readiness guide as the lead magnet.
  • A partnership case built on the named tracks.
  • Note: LinkedIn cannot run until the Insight Tag exists.
Stage 03

Conversion

retargeting across LinkedIn & Meta, email nurture, direct follow-up

Goal: turn a qualified lead into a signed five-year agreement.

Creative
  • Retention data and the needs study explainer.
  • Agreement terms and what the employer commits to.
  • None of this is possible without the pixels.
The content loop

An institute with three fixed intakes a year cannot run on a plan written once in January.

It has to loop. Six steps, and every result feeds the next intake cycle.

01
Research
employer & trainee language from comments and reviews
02
Ideation
start from the pain point, never the programme
03
Briefing
every brief names hook, angle, CTA and format
04
Production
volume over precious
05
Evaluation
hook rate, hold rate, cost per qualified application
06
Launch & analyse
every result feeds the next intake cycle
Keyword strategy

Five thematic clusters across two languages.

FIP publishes 38 programmes and 60 courses and captures almost none of the search value. None carry Course or Organization schema, and Arabic programme URLs are percent-encoded and unshareable.

Theme 1 — Compliance & localization (AR)

نطاقات 2026توطين الوظائفالسعودةقوىتدريب منتهي بالتوظيفكوادر وطنيةتأهيل كوادر سعوديةشراكة تدريب

Theme 1 — Compliance & localization (EN)

Nitaqat 2026Saudization solutionsLocalization partnerTraining to employmentTechnical workforceQiwa contractsSaudi techniciansWorkforce plan

Theme 2 — Food industry talent (AR)

تدريب سلامة الغذاءدورة هاسبفني صيانةتبريد صناعيجودة الغذاءسلاسل الإمدادمصانع الألبانفني إنتاج

Theme 2 — Food industry talent (EN)

HACCP trainingFood safety certificationMaintenance technicianCold chain rolesDairy productionQuality inspectorIndustrial refrigerationSupply chain training

Theme 3 — Programme & enrolment (AR)

دبلوم منتهي بالتوظيفمعهد الصناعات الغذائيةدبلوم الألباندبلوم المخبوزاتتدريب براتبدبلوم الصيانةالتسجيل في المعهددبلوم لوجستي

Theme 4 — Employer brand & eligibility (AR)

وظائف المراعيبرامج المراعي للتدريبتدريب نادكشروط القبولوظائف بعد الثانويةدبلوم بدون جامعة

Theme 5 — Comparison & trust (AR)

أفضل معهد تدريبمعاهد الشراكاتالفرق بين الدبلوم والجامعةرواتب الخريجينتخصصات مطلوبة في سوق العملهل الدبلوم معتمدبدائل الجامعة

Themes 3 to 5 (EN)

Diploma with a jobFood industries diplomaDairy technologyPaid trainingApply to FIPAlmarai trainingNADEC diplomaSABIC food techAdmission requirementsJobs after schoolTVTC accreditedNCSP
Priority keywords

Where intent lands, and in what order.

Keyword themeLanguageIntentLanding pagePriority
Priority 1 — Employer compliance intent
Nitaqat 2026 and Saudization thresholdsAR & ENComplianceEmployer landing page1
Training to employment partnershipAR & ENSolutionEmployer landing page1
Technical workforce and Saudi techniciansAR & ENSolutionProgrammes hub2
HACCP and food safety trainingAR & ENCorporate courseShort courses2
Maintenance and industrial refrigerationARSectorProgramme pages3
Priority 2 — Trainee programme intent
دبلوم منتهي بالتوظيفARCategoryIntake landing page1
معهد الصناعات الغذائيةARBrandHome and about1
تدريب براتب · شروط القبولAREligibilityIntake landing page2
Programme names by diploma familyARProgrammeIndividual programme pages2
Priority 3 — Employer brand intent
وظائف المراعي تدريبARFIP runs the named Almarai tracksAlmarai programme page1
NADEC and SABIC trainingAR & ENFIP runs named tracks for bothProgramme pages2
هل الدبلوم معتمد · بدائل الجامعة بعد الثانويةARCategory-level intent with no clear ownerAccreditations and intake pages2
Media plan

A recommended three-month media plan.

This is a recommended media budget funded by FIP directly with the platforms. It is not part of the MAZ NEXA fee in the Commercial tab. Figures are estimates for planning purposes.

Distribution by platform

SAR 120,000 total across three months
Instagram
SAR 36,000 · 30%
Google & YouTube
SAR 33,600 · 28%
TikTok
SAR 27,600 · 23%
X
SAR 22,800 · 19%

Distribution by objective

Weighted towards conversion
Conversions
SAR 44,400 · 37%
Awareness
SAR 42,000 · 35%
Consideration
SAR 33,600 · 28%
3.84M
total projected impressions
20,514
total projected clicks · SAR 5.85 avg CPC
PlatformObjectiveGoalSpendCPMImpressionsClicksCPCCTR
InstagramAwarenessReach & awareness15,600121,300,0007,80020.60%
TikTokAwarenessReach & awareness12,00018666,6674,00030.60%
XAwarenessReach & awareness8,40060140,000840100.60%
Google & YouTubeAwarenessSearch visibility6,00025240,0001,20050.50%
InstagramConsiderationEngagement9,60025384,0001,60060.42%
TikTokConsiderationVideo views7,20022327,2731,44050.44%
XConsiderationEngagement7,2008090,000514140.57%
Google & YouTubeConsiderationTraffic9,60060160,000800120.50%
InstagramLead generationLeads10,80020054,000600181.11%
TikTokLead generationLeads8,40013064,615280300.43%
XLead generationLeads7,20013055,385240300.43%
Google & YouTubeLead generationLeads18,00050360,0001,200150.33%
Total (SAR)120,000683,841,93920,5145.850.53%

All figures in Saudi Riyals. Numbers are planning estimates based on platform benchmarks in the Saudi market, and are re-calibrated once baselines are fixed in Phase 01.

Performance framework

What we monitor — and none of it is measurable today.

Establishing the baseline is a Phase 01 deliverable, not an assumption.

Employer signals
Qualified leads
Cost per lead and lead to meeting rate.
Trainee signals
Application starts
Completions, and cost per completion.
Creative signals
Hook rate
Hold rate and click through, judged per hook.
Site & brand health
Page weight
Load time, rich result eligibility, branded search volume, and the FIP to DFP query ratio.
Roadmap

A 4 to 6 week strategy development process, followed by implementation.

A combination of independent research and workshops with key stakeholders forms the strategy foundations.

Phase
W1
W2
W3
W4
W5
W6
Phase 1 — Immersion & intelligencestakeholder workshop
Phase 2 — Auditing & benchmarkingall digital assets
Phase 3 — Strategic plan & presentationmatched to objectives & KPIs
Phase 4 — Handover & rollout plana staged execution plan
KPI setting & reporting frameworkahead of executing the approved strategy
Phase 1

Immersion & intelligence

Key stakeholders across product, marketing, sales and strategy. Current versus ideal customer profile, the digital competitive set, the go-to-market offering, messaging, tonality, story, KPIs, technology and the current partner ecosystem.

Phase 2

Auditing & benchmarking

An audit of all digital assets — website, social media, performance and content — and content delivery against the marketing and sales funnel, top to middle to bottom.

Phase 3

Strategic plan & presentation

A practical build of the digital strategy, phased against deliverables, omnichannel in approach, and matched against agreed objectives and KPIs.

Phase 4

Handover & rollout

Execution of the strategic plan with monthly and quarterly targets, and real-time monitoring, insight and optimisation. We work with your internal team, external partners and our own subject matter experts.

What the strategy sets out

A twelve-month structure, in five strategic phases.

This is the roadmap the strategy produces for FIP to execute. Delivery of these phases sits outside the strategy development fee below and is quoted separately.

1
Months 1–2

Foundation & measurement

Deploy GTM and every pixel, define conversions for both funnels, convert imagery to WebP, and ship Course and Organization schema. No paid media runs in this phase.

2
Months 2–6

Employer demand generation

Launch the employer landing page and lead form, run LinkedIn targeting by title, industry and company size, bid on Saudization and Nitaqat intent, and publish a Nitaqat readiness guide.

3
Mar, Aug, Dec

Intake season push

Concentrated bursts around March, August and December, with Arabic-first vertical video from the workshops and training factories, graduate stories filmed on site, and dated intake countdowns.

4
Months 3–12

Retargeting & nurture

Retarget application abandoners on the admissions portal, nurture employer leads between first contact and meeting, and build lookalike audiences from the first converted cohort.

5
Months 4–12

Brand consolidation & authority

Move Instagram and LinkedIn onto a single FIP identity, convert the newsroom into a continuous authority stream, publish sector labour market data on a regular cadence, and track branded search and the FIP to DFP query ratio.

Scope of work

Three components, each with a defined output.

1

Digital Marketing Strategy Workshop

A focused workshop to align FIP's institutional goals, programme priorities and growth objectives, establishing a clear digital marketing direction that supports consistent branding, enrolment growth and employer partnerships.

Key output
  • Clear strategic alignment, priorities, and success criteria.
1.1

Social Media & Brand Strategy

Define FIP's brand positioning across social platforms through audience persona development, competitor benchmarking, content direction and platform selection — including retiring the DFP identity and unifying every handle under FIP.

Key output
  • A clear brand narrative, audience focus, and content strategy.
1.2

Performance & Demand Generation Strategy

Develop a data-driven framework for demand generation, growth and long-term scalability, including funnel logic, the KPI framework and the retargeting approach — for both the employer funnel and the trainee funnel.

Key output
  • An actionable growth strategy with measurable performance indicators.

Strategic value delivered

Clear market positioning Focused demand-generation roadmap Scalable, execution-ready strategy Alignment with Saudi market dynamics & Vision 2030
Strategy outputs

Eight outputs, and why each one matters.

1

Target audience, persona & user journey analysis

Mapping the audience lets FIP humanise its marketing and sales approach and reduce cost in the process. We consider how different audiences behave with the brand.

2

Search strategy: organic & paid opportunities

High-intent, conversion-ready traffic can be obtained from these channels. We identify the best opportunities for faster results.

3

Digital asset & tracking analysis

What impact do the website and platforms have on FIP's growth? We analyse this and identify growth opportunities — this is where the missing measurement layer sits.

4

Messaging & content strategy

Creating and distributing the right content, with the right message, to the right person at the right time builds deeper relationships and real growth.

5

Social strategy: channels, engagement & content

Every social channel is analysed against the target audience, with a recommendation on the content type that engages each segment and provokes outreach.

6

Lead generation & sales funnel analysis

We integrate FIP's partnership and admissions processes and funnel directly into the marketing strategy — which is what produces the employer and trainee funnels.

7

Digital PR strategy

We identify the PR channels that can be targeted to accelerate brand awareness and growth — this is where the newsroom turns from an archive into an asset.

8

Implementation plan

The success or failure of a digital strategy comes down to how well it is executed. We therefore create a staged execution plan for FIP.

What is in and what is out

Clear boundaries from day one.

In scope

  • The Digital Marketing Strategy workshop with leadership and key stakeholders.
  • A full digital asset audit: website, search, measurement, social and content.
  • Market, sector and competitor analysis, and the SWOT.
  • Audience personas and user journeys for both funnels.
  • Social and brand strategy, the message system and creative direction.
  • Performance and demand-generation strategy, funnel logic and the KPI framework.
  • Keyword strategy and search priorities in Arabic and English.
  • A recommended media plan and budget distribution.
  • A staged twelve-month implementation plan.
  • A complete strategy document and presentation, in Arabic and English.

Out of scope (quoted separately)

  • Execution of the strategy — campaign management, publishing and monthly operations.
  • Technical implementation on the site: GTM, pixel and schema deployment, image compression.
  • Building the employer landing page and lead form.
  • Video production, photography and ongoing content production.
  • Paid media spend — funded by FIP directly with the platforms.
  • Website development, CRM licensing and third-party tool fees.
Commercial

One line item, one payment, no recurring fee.

ItemUnitPrice (SAR)Total (SAR)
Digital Marketing Strategy
The workshop, social & brand strategy, the performance & demand-generation framework, and the full document in Arabic and English.
140,00040,000
Subtotal40,000
VAT 15%6,000
Grand total (SAR)46,000
Total investment
SAR 46,000
Inclusive of 15% VAT · SAR 40,000 before VAT · a single, non-recurring payment
Terms

Payment terms & notes

  • One-time / non-monthly services — workshops, strategy development, production, branding and collateral design — are settled 100% upfront prior to starting the service. This engagement is of that type.
  • Monthly services — social media management and monthly performance marketing — are settled monthly against project continuity and monthly deliverables. Not applicable to this engagement.
  • All deliverables are bilingual — Arabic and English.
  • Compliance — fully compliant with ZATCA VAT (15%), PDPL, and Saudi commercial law.
  • Revisions — includes up to 2 design revisions within the agreed scope and timeline.

This proposal excludes paid media spend. The recommended SAR 120,000 three-month media plan (Channels & Media tab) is a budget funded by FIP directly with the platforms and is not part of the MAZ NEXA fee above.

Delivery team

Who works on the Food Industries Polytechnic account.

Account Director
Primary contact, relationship owner, accountable for approvals and escalation.
Digital Strategist
Leads the workshop, the positioning and the full strategy build across both funnels.
Search & Analytics Lead
The technical audit, the measurement architecture, the keyword strategy and the KPI framework.
Media Planner
Budget allocation across both funnels, intake-season weighting and performance estimates.
Creative Director
The core narrative, creative direction and message standards across every output.
Content Strategist (AR/EN)
Content pillars and the content loop, written natively in both languages — no machine translation.
Market Analyst
Market sizing, peer benchmarking and regulatory impact analysis.
Project Manager
The timeline, stakeholder coordination and on-time handover of the document.
Relevant work

Four cases close to this brief.

Three of them in education and enrolment, one in a regulated institutional environment.

Higher education · full admissions funnel

American University of Malta

AUM faced a crucial enrolment challenge: international programmes and a strong academic foundation, but difficulty attracting qualified leads, managing admissions funnels and converting inquiries into applications. We built a full-funnel performance strategy combining marketing automation, CRM integration and content-driven reputation management — the same problem FIP faces today.

+185%
lead volume vs previous intake
+54%
lead to application
−38%
cost per lead
3.8x
ROI vs previous cycle
Education · search

Ambassador International Academy

A school offering IB and British curricula with limited search visibility and weak ranking on key education terms. We implemented a content and technical SEO strategy that resolved performance, crawling and indexing issues and lifted organic traffic in a highly competitive education market.

+36%
organic traffic YoY
+37%
users YoY
+35%
new users YoY
2,700+
new enquiries from organic
Education · admissions

Ignite School

An independent school entering a highly competitive market with no organic keyword rankings and a narrow geographic audience. We fixed every back-end issue preventing the site from ranking and improved the targeting strategy to reach local parents — a challenge that parallels the parent persona in FIP's funnel.

+43%
organic traffic in 12 months
500+
keywords on page one
+61%
website clicks
+63%
new users from organic
Regulated institutional · search & CRM

Specialized by stc

The main arm of stc Group, providing secure communication solutions for healthcare, security, defence and transport. A government-oriented site with strict system and design constraints and data security as the top priority — an environment comparable to an institute on a .edu.sa domain.

+82.2%
impressions
+111.9%
clicks
+13.6
CTR improvement
+28.4%
organic sessions

Further cases available on request: Jahez (high-volume creative production), Shell Helix (551M paid impressions), Audi with Ali & Sons, and Pure Minds Academy.

Why MAZ NEXA

A joint venture between an international agency and a Saudi group.

MAZ NEXA is a joint venture between the international growth agency NEXA and the Saudi-based MAZ Holding, supported by its PR arm Bold Influence.

20+
years of combined industry experience
300+
experts in marketing & communications
5
global locations — KSA, UAE, UK, Australia, USA
1%
top 1% of HubSpot partners globally
MENA Search Awards — Best Use of Search 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2026 MENA Search Awards — Best Local Campaign 2021, 2026 MENA Search Awards — Best Integrated Digital Campaign 2017–2022 MENA Search Awards — Best In-House Team 2021 ISO 9001 certified · 2026

MAZ NEXA Digital Advertising & Marketing Company · Al Imam Saud Ibn Abdul Aziz Branch Rd, Almasiaf, Riyadh 12465, Saudi Arabia · support@maznexa.sa · www.maznexa.sa — Prepared for Food Industries Polytechnic on 06 August 2026 and valid for 30 days. All prices in Saudi Riyals. The grand total of SAR 46,000 is inclusive of 15% VAT.