It is all remote. I have no office in Sharjah; we work through calls, shared files and weekly check-ins, booked in your company’s working week in UAE time (GMT+4). One thing to plan for: Government of Sharjah departments work Monday to Thursday, with Friday to Sunday as the official weekend, so leave time for that while your trade name or sign permit is pending.

Not as a rule. SEDD calls for a trade name with an Arabic meaning, and its July 2026 FAQ allows foreign names only for company branches, so check with SEDD before designing around an English word. It bars landmarks such as Sharjah, UAE-registered trademarks you are not authorized to use, and country or capital names (its FAQ allows them only with that country’s embassy or consulate approval). My naming service gives name ideas, a shortlist, domain and social checks and a preliminary trademark search (including the UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism); SEDD alone rules on the Arabic meaning.

The request goes through a calligrapher SEDD has approved, the sign keeps to a four-foot height in line with neighboring signs (extra fees apply above it), and a logo that differs from your trade name needs its trademark registration certificate. SEDD’s English FAQ (March 2026) also lists the trade name matching your license, the name set 60% in Arabic and 40% in English, and the mark shown as registered; confirm the current rules with your calligrapher. As your visual identity designer, I plan the sign lockup around them and hand over clean artwork.

Yes. On the first call we check whether your license comes from SEDD or a free zone, since the name and sign rules above are SEDD’s. Hamriyah Free Zone, set up in 1995, lists oil and gas, food, manufacturing, maritime industry and logistics among its sectors. SPark, next to University City, was founded in 2016 and focuses on advanced manufacturing, healthcare, environmental tech and smart, autonomous transport. Shams, set up in 2017, is a free zone for media and creative businesses, freelancers included. A logo takes 2–4 weeks; a full identity for a lab, a warehouse or a studio, 4–10 weeks.

With the name and the sign. A rebrand takes 6–12 weeks and a brand refresh 3–6 weeks. If the trade name changes, SEDD’s steps include approval from its Trade Names Section and a notice in a local daily newspaper for 7 days. And because a sign logo that differs from your trade name needs its trademark certificate, your lawyer should file the new mark as soon as the artwork is final.

It depends on the scope: a logo, a full identity, packaging or a rebrand, and whether the sign and the labels both need Arabic and English. After a free 30-minute call you get a fixed written proposal in USD or AED with one price, the timeline and the deliverables, and the price never changes mid-project.

They match the sectors above, not the location, and none is presented as a Sharjah client. ROMO Logistics (transport) fits Khor Fakkan’s port and Hamriyah’s logistics park, Astrix Builders (construction, with hoardings and fleet) the construction sector, ZAYAN (solar) SPark’s sustainability focus, and ChocoBloom (chocolate packaging) the agriculture and food industry SEDD targets.