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About Northfen

One team. Three time zones.

Why we exist

Northfen started from a simple observation — most growing brands are stuck between two bad options.

Hire freelancers and spend half your week managing them. Or hire an enterprise agency and pay a premium for junior work run through three account managers. We built Northfen to sit between the two — experienced execution, direct communication, and one coordinated team behind every deliverable.

We stay deliberately small. Every account is led by the same senior specialists you meet on day one — never handed down to a rotating bench spread thin across dozens of clients. You always know precisely who is doing the work, because you speak with them every week.

The founder

The leadership behind every brief.

Umar Ibn Tahir, Founder of Northfen

Umar Ibn Tahir

Founder & Strategy Lead

Faisalabad, Pakistan · Working with US brands

Northfen was founded on a straightforward conviction: ambitious brands deserve senior thinking, not junior work at agency rates.

Umar Ibn Tahir is a digital marketing and social media specialist who has spent the past six years leading paid and organic programs for US consumer brands. His expertise sits at the intersection of content strategy, paid social, and community management — the disciplines that determine whether an audience stays with a brand or moves on.

He has led accounts and communities for agencies and consumer brands including Teez Agency and Cooking Panda, delivered Meta campaigns performing well above category benchmarks, and grown communities beyond 100,000 followers across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and X. His client roster spans food and beverage brands such as Del Monte, Torani, Takara Sake, Nongshim, Trident Seafoods, and Louis Kemp, alongside documented results in education and automotive.

He holds a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Science from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad — a scientific foundation that shapes how he balances rigorous measurement with creative judgement. Earlier leadership roles with Rotaract and Rotary International sharpened the community-building discipline that still informs how Northfen approaches audience growth.

Every Northfen engagement begins with him: the discovery call, the written scope, and the first 30-day plan. He remains involved on the account long after launch.

Experience

6+ years

Community grown

100K+

Impressions

10M+

Focus

CPG & ecommerce

Certified & verified

  • Meta Certified Digital Marketing Associate
  • Google Digital Marketing & E-Commerce Professional
  • Pinterest Certified Media Buyer
  • DMI — Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
  • LUMS — Business Communication & AI for Professionals

The team

The specialists leading the work alongside him.

A hybrid team across the US, the Philippines, and Pakistan — intentionally small, senior by design.

Corina Basubas, Business Manager at NorthfenPhilippines

Corina Basubas

Business Manager

Operations, community, and ecommerce execution — the person keeping the calendar honest.

Abu Huraira, Amazon Expert at NorthfenPakistan

Abu Huraira

Amazon Expert

Seller Central, listings, A+ content, and PPC restructures for growing catalogs.

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Momina Ahsan, Branding & Copywriter at NorthfenPakistan

Momina Ahsan

Branding & Copywriter

Brand voice, positioning, and the words on every asset — from campaign copy to product pages.

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Upwork

Top Rated Plus

Job Success

100%

Coverage

24-hour rolling

Ownership

One project lead

How we operate

  • 01

    Direct communication.

    You talk to the person doing the work. No account manager filter.

  • 02

    Written briefs.

    Everything runs off a shared brief — reviewed, versioned, and referenced weekly.

  • 03

    Internal review.

    Every deliverable is reviewed internally before it reaches you.

  • 04

    One business day response.

    On weekdays. Weekends are for weekends.

  • 05

    Revisions built in.

    Revisions aren't a change order — they're part of the engagement.

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