Media and Marketing licence
Ajman NuVentures Centre Licence for Media and Marketing
A media licence covers advertising, design, content production, publishing and marketing services. Some of these activities sit behind a media regulator and some do not, and knowing which before you apply is the difference between weeks and months.
In short
A media licence covers advertising, design, content and marketing services. Several media activities require clearance from a media authority before the licence issues, which is the main thing that stretches the timeline.
- Licence type
- Professional or service, media activities
- Licence from
- AED 4,888
- With one visa
- AED 10,800
- Outside approval
- Yes, see below
Figures on this page were last checked on 2026-10-04. Government fees can change without notice.
What this licence covers
The activity list is what the licence actually permits. Everything else follows from it.
Included
- Advertising and marketing services
- Graphic design and branding
- Content production, copywriting and translation
- Social media management
- Video and photography production
- Event marketing
Not included
- Broadcasting without the relevant licence
- Publishing regulated or political content
- Public relations in some jurisdictions without approval
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Approvals and the customs position
The two things that move a timeline from weeks to months.
Outside approvals
This is the category where external approvals bite most often. Advertising, publishing, broadcast and some production activities need media authority clearance, with its own fee and timeline. Pure design and marketing services usually do not.
Customs
Not applicable, unless you import production equipment, which is a separate commercial consideration.
Banking this activity
Compliance teams assess activities differently. This is how yours reads to them.
Comparable to consultancy. Named clients and retainer invoices document well. Agencies billing many small clients should expect more questions than those with a few retainers.
Where people go wrong
- Assuming the whole category is one activity when the regulator treats them differently
- Quoting a client a start date before the media approval has cleared
- Missing that production and advisory may need separate activities
Agencies, studios, freelance creatives scaling into a company, and content businesses serving clients across the region.
Other activities in Ajman NuVentures Centre
The licence category changes what you can do, what it costs and who has to approve it.
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