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Set your imagination free

LIVE EVENT AND BRAND EXPERIENCE AGENCY

LEVEL 14 BOULEVARD PLAZA TOWER 1

SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID BOULEVARD

DOWNTOWN DUBAI

P.O. BOX 33036 DUBAI

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

TELEPHONE: +971 (0) 4 455 8466

71 - 75 SHELTON STREET

COVENT GARDEN

LONDON WC2H 9JQ

UNITED KINGDOM

TELEPHONE: +44 (0) 208 798 0570

DUBAI UNITED KINGDOM

ABOUT USJohn Fredy Creative is a specialist live event and brand experience agencycreating brand activations, corporate events, mall activations, shows, parades,performance art, street art and accompanying sound, music, costumes and lightfor a range of clients both at across Europe and the Middle East.

We are skilled, professional creative directors and producers, actors, musiciansand performers who create unique shows specific to our clients’ requirements.We take each production from concept to design, content, staging, casting anddirection and deliver amazing events every time.

WHAT WE DOJohn Fredy Creative has more than eleven years’ international experience in theproduction of live events and the brand activations industry. John FredyCreative was established to provide clients with on-site event and projectmanagement expertise, as well as new, sophisticated and glamorous shows,performances and events.

We offer fresh, extraordinary ideas and revolutionary concepts to this demandingand ever-changing market. We pride ourselves by going above and beyond ourclients' requirements and expectations in order to provide sensationalentertainment with a true “wow” factor. We want our clients to achieve theirobjectives and leave audiences desiring more. This is what sets us apart from therest.

FULL SERVICE EVENTMANAGEMENT FROM

CONCEPT & DESIGN TOPRODUCTION

CORPORATE EVENTS ARTIST MANAGEMENTMODELS, PROMOTIONAL,EXPERIENTIAL STAFF,

EVENT AND EXHIBITIONHOSTESSES

CREATIVE HAIR &MAKEUP AND

COSTUME DESIGN

MUSICIANS, BANDS,SINGERS AND DJS

STAGE SHOWS ENTERTAINMENT

Full service eventmanagement

John Fredy Creative is a dynamic full serviceevent management and creative agencyoperating across all sectors and delivering alltypes of events.

Our team are experts at capturing the essenceof your brand or business and work with you tobuild a strong, long-lasting relationship throughunderstanding your goals and delivering eventsand brand activations on time, on message andon budget.

Above all we bring passion, determination andcommitment to exceeding our customers’expectations and want to create a long-lastingrapport to ensure complete trust andconfidence. We have gained a great reputationfor being good people to do business withwhether with a client, supplier or even acompetitor.

CORPORATE EVENTS

Our corporate events portfolio includesconferences, training days, awards ceremoniesand incentives.

We take a brief or set of goals from our clientsand create an event concept to exceedexpectations.

From the concept we work with you to create afinal event programme which is measurableand meets the original brief.

You know that your event is in safe hands asour team will oversee the complete planning,design, production and liaison with you, yourguests and stakeholders and the venue toensure a successful outcome.

John Fredy Creative is the “go to” agency for reliable,professional, experienced and confident eventhostesses and models for exhibitions, corporate,experiential marketing, private and promotionalevents.

Unlike a lot of other agencies, John Fredy Creativeinterviews and vets all promotional staff throughour regular casting sessions so that our clients canbe assured that our staff are equipped and skilledfor the required role. Each member of staffundergoes rigorous training in customer servicesand personality testing and training when they joinour company and on a regular basis afterwards.

Many of our team are bi-lingual, speaking bothArabic and English as well as other European andLatin languages, Mandarin and Russian. Pleasecontact us and we will be happy to provideinformation about promotional staff who will be aperfect fit for your upcoming event.

PROMOTIONAL & EXPERIENTIALSTAFF, EVENT AND EXHIBITIONHOSTESSES AND MODELS

ARTIST MANAGEMENT

John Fredy Creative represents a variety ofperformers - musicians, bands, specialist actsand dancers across the Middle East and Europe.

This means that you are contracting directlywith John Fredy Creative for your performersand entertainers rather than using us as abroker and because of this we can provide thebest rates, guaranteed appearance and theright performers for your events.

You will find a selection of our performerswithin this Company Profile but we do havemany more so please speak to us about findingthe right performance for your next function.

STAGE SHOWS

Our stage shows are written, designed andchoreographed by our own in-house teamwho also create the incredible costumes andhair and make-up.

Our clients and their audiences are captivatedby our authentic musical theatre productionsevery time.

As everything is created in-house we can workwith you to ensure that the show meets yourbrief, we adapt the storyline and music anddance content to suit your event andcostumes can also be tailored to suit yourbrand requirements.

MUSICIANS, BANDS,SINGERS AND DJS

As part of our artist management and showsexpertise we have access to fabulous anddiverse musical performers.

From classical string quartets and orchestras tocultural bands, solo performers and groups -both original and tribute acts we can adviseand work with you to source the right musiccontent for your events.

In addition we have a range of DJs specialisingin all genres to keep your dance floor filled fromthe start to the end of the party.

For an informal chat about your event and thetype of music you require please contact us anda member of our team will be happy to helpyou.

ENTERTAINMENT

John Fredy Creative is rapidly becoming one ofthe leading entertainment agencies in theMiddle East.

We provide the best entertainers and performersfor a variety of functions and events includingcorporate events, weddings, birthdays, shoppingmall promotions and brand activations, productlaunches and promotions and short- and long-term entertainers and musicians for hotels andnightclubs.

What sets us apart from the competition is thatwe manage and promote many of ourentertainers and can work to easily adaptentertainment to suit our clients needs. Inaddition, we create innovative, bespokeperformances with new costume, hair and make-design making your choice of entertainmentunique to your event and your audience.

We have access to international performers who willenthral, engage and entertain your audience.

SPECIALIST ACTS

AND

ARTISTIC PERFORMERS

SPECIALIST ACTS

AND

ARTISTIC PERFORMERS

Kids activityplay areas, Parties &

EntertainersOur activity centre can be set up in most venues and

themed in your chosen colours or corporate brandingadd a variety of craft activities, games, music and face

painting and your young guests will leave happy

costume design

We create all of our own costumes to theatricalstandards. Each item is designed, hand-sewn andfitted for the individual performer by ourexperienced, costume design team.

This ensures our clients achieve the look theyrequire for their events and brand activations aswell as knowing costumes are unique to theirevents - which can and does impact on theiraudience attendance in some cases. We alsocreate costumes for our own shows.

Creative hair and specialeffects make up andcostume design

by professionaltheatrical artists

We create outstanding special effects make-upand hair for both our own shows and those ofother entertainment companies.

We regularly provide hair and beauty make oversfor weddings, private and corporate events as wellas childrens’ face painting and professional andschool drama productions.

If you would like more information about ourcreative services please contact us for a copy ofour Creative Brochure.

www.johnfredycreative.com [email protected]

CREATIVE HAIR AND MAKE-UP

Earth, Wind,Fire and Ice

Specialist Theatrical Make UpHalloween zombies for “Thriller” Flashmob (above) and prosthetic make up for Time Warner (below).

Welcome

“The best chinese cultural performance i haveseen outside of china”

VALUE ADDED

As well as delivering the whole Chinese themed events, show,demonstrations and other activities for The Galleria we also co-ordinated performers and shows for a second client running ChineseNew Year parades and performances outside on Al Maryah Island itself.We designed all of the costumes and show sets ourselves with teammembers making a visit to Beijing to obtain authentic props, costumematerials and items for the childrens’ activities. The event wasreviewed in the national press and along with similar events TheGalleria is developing a reputation for stunning entertainment whichincreases footfall.

OBJECTIVES

The Galleria at Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi asked usto create a week long event to mark Chinese New Year2016. The highlight of the event was a visit by theChinese Ambassador to the UAE.

SOLUTION

At short notice, we sourced professional Chinese performers, acrobats, artists anddancers to take part in this fabulous week of events culminating with shows from theCirque Shangahi acrobatic troupe who performed one show in the presence of theChinese Ambassador to the UAE as well as the Directors of The Galleria.

www.johnfredycreative.com

CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS

Welcome

VALUE ADDED

We delivered additional events including a Christmas TreeLighting Ceremony, mall décor and a “Nutcracker Suite” roamingshow Although we were invited to start work on this event inOctober we managed to fill all the vendor stalls quickly andcreated local community interest by inviting local choirs fromschools and clubs to take part in the music sessions. This createdan increased footfall as well as introducing new visitors who willhopefully become regular customers.

OBJECTIVES

The Galleria at Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabiasked us to create a Winter Fair during Decemberand January 2015/16.

SOLUTION

We designed a winter wonderland with traditional German market stalls, live music ,Santa Claus and winter activities and other entertainment. The show lasted for 37consecutive days and we project managed and delivered the whole event as well asthe mall décor and ongoing entertainment.

www.johnfredycreative.com

Six week winter wonderland

Welcome

VALUE ADDED

A seemingly straightforward event, it still involved meticulousplanning and liaison with the Mall, their VVIP guest’srepresentative and ensuring every thing was in place from thewelcome host party to the ribbon and décor when the CEOarrived. We also provided a selection of roamingentertainment over two weekends around the opening whichincluded creating a kids’ activity centre.

OBJECTIVES

Nakheel, one of the UAE’s largest retail and residential property developersasked John Fredy Creative to manage the October 2015 opening of itsGolden Mile Galleria on the Palm, Jumeirah as part of its launch and media

SOLUTION

We liaised with the Mall itself to plan the VVIP opening ceremony,with live music from a leading pianist and grand piano to floraldecorations and ribbon cutting ceremony.

Mall Opening ceremony

www.johnfredycreative.com

Welcome

OBJECTIVES

Lulu Mall in Fujairah wanted to launch and promote theirbrands and retailers’ Autumn and Winter 2015 collectionsthrough a family fashion show.

SOLUTION

We designed the fashion show including the music, choreography andproviding models and creating the make-up. We liaised with all theretailers regarding delivery and display of their collections.

VALUE ADDED

We created a complete ongoing fashion exhibition of allthe collections shown at the event which enabledmembers of the audience to easily locate and purchaseitems easily demonstrating immediate ROI for thoseinvolved.

Lulu mall fashion show

www.johnfredycreative.com

Welcome

OBJECTIVES

Cavalli Club approached John Fredy Creative around 18 monthsago. The club wanted to create a unique, one-off performanceas part of its DJ Bob Sinclair weekend.

SOLUTION

We put together a bespoke show based on “Moulin Rouge” withcostumes and dance routines especially for Cavalli and withphotographs which ensured media interest.

VALUE ADDED

Our Moulin Rouge event proved very popular and John Fredy Creativenow provides a wide range of regular, choreographed shows withcostumes and make-up all created by ourselves. The shows are now aregular part of the Cavalli’ Club’s entertainment calendar.

www.johnfredycreative.com

Shows for cavalli club

WelcomeOUR OWN SHOWS

John Fredy Creative scripts, designs andchoreographs many of our own shows for variousclients. Our Magical Box Ballerina show combiningclassical ballet techniques with contemporarychoreography and music, this fusion performanceproved to be a huge hit with audiences in shoppingmalls. This spectacular show tells the story of how asoldier falls in love with a toy ballerina. The solider isasked to look after a toy shop but is under strictinstructions not to open one specific box. However,his curiosity gets the better of him and he ismesmerized by the beautiful box ballerina who'sdance captivates him but leaves him sad as they cannever be together…or maybe magic will changetheir fate?

www.johnfredycreative.com

The Magical Box Ballerina

VALUE ADDED

Because we create our shows we canadapt them to suit our clients’requirements. The costumes aredesigned and made by our in-houseteam as is the creative make-up and hairdesign. The shows can be adapted to bestage performances or roaming shows -or a mixture of both. This case study isabout our Magical Box Ballerina Showwhich has proved to be a huge hit withaudiences since the Summer of 2015and received a rave review from DubaiTourism’s Festivals Committee.“Vistors to Ibn Battatu Mall over

the Eid weekend were treated toan elegantly choreographed show,the “Magical Box Ballerina”, aspart of the ‘Eid in Dubai – Eid AlFitr’ celebrations.”

Welcome

OBJECTIVES

The Address Hotel asked us to create a Renaissanced-themed eventfor their directors and staff. The event was to reward and entertaineveryone and allow the directors to offer their thanks to all membersof staff.

SOLUTION

As well as creating the themed event we created a realistic atmosphereby making authentic costumes and accessories and created a VVIPexperience for guests to have their hair and make up done by artists incostume. In addition we choreographed a 17th century dance for thesenior team to perform for their employees.

VALUE ADDED

We added some extra special touches by including arenaissance style human table where attendees would collecttheir own masquerade mask upon arrival. In addition we createda ballet performance by professional dancers. Members of VidaHotel were also at the event and asked us to create a party forthem as well.

www.johnfredycreative.com

Staff parties, incentives & rewards

OUR CLIENTS

John Fredy Creative Team

JOHN FREDY GONZALEZFOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR

BEN ATTREEFOUNDER AND PROJECT DIRECTOR

John Fredy is a classically trained ballet and latin dancer and professional hair and make-up artist, whospecialises in creative and special effects costumes and make-up.

As co-founder of John Fredy Creative he spearheads the shows and entertainment teams, creating performanceshows to both the clients’ brief and new and innovative shows for the wide range of audiences ranging frombrand activations for malls, corporate awards nights and nightclub and restaurant entertainment.

As a dancer he holds qualifications from numerous international ballet schools and creates our dance shows andballet performances as well as designing the staging and costumes.

Before starting John Fredy Creative, John Fredy was involved with the Colombian Fashion Week and ColombianTV Networks.

Ben has a background in experiential marketing and product launch creation, confidently working withinternational artists and behind-the -scenes professionals.

In the UK he worked on numerous brand campaigns for leading companies. He has always had a passion forevents and now combines his considerable marketing expertise with creating shows, events and concepts forJohn Fredy Creative’s clients.

Over the past two years Ben has been instrumental in developing John Fredy Creative and positioning its eventand project management expertise . In addition he has created long term business relationships with a widerange of clients who are returning to John Fredy Creative for the company’s ability to deliver unique, eventswhich exceed expectations as well as engaging with their intended audiences

John Fredy Creative Team

KATHERINE HERSEY-MEADEBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

SAMANTHA MEWEVENT AND PROMOTIONAL STAFF MANAGER

Katherine Hersey-Meade has more than twenty years’ experience in the events industry bothas an events director and marketing and business development consultant. Katherine joinedJohn Fredy Creative in May 2015 to develop the brand and raise the profile of the companyand is responsible for our regular newsletters, presentations and other marketing activities.

Based in our UK office, Katherine heads up our event planning activities in the UK and Europe.Katherine is a past winner of the International Visual Communications Association EducationalEvent award for her role as Project Director the New Zealand Memorial in London dedicationceremony at Hyde Park Corner in November 2006.

Sam is UK based but often works in the UAE. She has experience in experiential marketingcampaigns and has worked for various high end brand campaigns over the past 10 years.

Sam is expert at helping our clients secure the right member of staff for their brand orpromotional event and joined John Fredy Creative to assist in our event and promotional staffservice as well as working as an event manager in both the UK and Dubai.

Media : www.practicalmarketingsupport.com

Our mission is to create unique and exciting events forall our clients by delivering a memorable and

personalised brand experience