Just before you have wedding day meltdown amount — well, bajillion — call on Jen Glantz, the 34-yr-previous founder of Bridesmaid for Hire. She’s standing by in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to support brides and grooms across the nation.

Given that leaving her gig as a copywriter at a tech startup in 2014, Glantz has been a entire-time entrepreneur, and she’s certainly picked up some important career assistance together the way.

In addition to launching the world’s very first service where strangers can hire a experienced bridesmaid, Glantz is also an creator, like “Always a Bridesmaid (For Seek the services of)” (Simon & Schuster) as nicely as the podcast host for “You’re Not Having Any Younger” and articles creator for JenGlantz.com.

So how’d she strike on the gold of developing a professional bridesmaid company?

“I was a bridesmaid for just about every close friend I ever experienced in my early 20s. When distant mates started asking me to just take on the function, my roommate at the time nicknamed me ‘The Qualified Bridesmaid,’” Glantz claimed.

Then, a breakthrough in 2014.

“That’s when I took the plan to Craigslist, posted an advertisement offering my companies as a hired bridesmaid for strangers. I received more than 300 responses, developed a web-site and booked my first consumer (Ashley from Maple Grove, Minnesota) all in 48 hours.”

So what does a specialist bridesmaid do? Essentially, Glantz and her crew do all the issues any bridesmaid would do, from going for walks down the aisle in a bridesmaid gown to providing toasts and generating a last-moment operate to the drug retail outlet for eyelash glue.

“Plus, we’re a guidance process for you ahead of the wedding ceremony starts,” she reported. “Often, customers want to use us and hold it a secret. That’s when we set on a disguise, have a pretend identify and backstory, and genuinely immerse ourselves in your existence.”

The corporation also presents deals for partners, maids of honor and wedding working day coordination. In full, Glantz has labored above 125 weddings. She’s also labored with dozens of freelance bridesmaids and has had extra than 100,000 people utilize for the position.

Glantz claims what they do is pretty distinct from what a marriage planner…