J.Soiree

I’m wedding filmmaker (Artifex Films) in Los Angeles, and Joanna was the coordinator for my client’s quinceanera, and she was such a help from the beginning. She kept me informed of all the necessaries I need to know, and she checked for any questions I have for the venue. She is so organized and prompt to respond. Her team was very cooperative for entire day, and she is just fun to work with. Hope to work with her in the future.

Our company, Drink And Be Married (craft cocktails), has worked with Joanna twice. She is very thorough and covers all the details with plenty of time to spare. She makes things super easy on the client and the vendors. She included detailed floor plans of the venue and directions on where to park. The timeline was perfectly executed.
And on top of that, she is a lovely nice person. You can’t go wrong if you decide to work with her!

Super Awesome!
I am a wedding MC/​live performer, JK Wedding Events. We recently worked with Joanna in a December wedding. DJ Swan & I always love to work with Joanna & her team because we love how detailed oriented, professional, diligent, friendly and attentive. As a vendor myself in the wedding industry, I have worked with many planners/​coordinators and Joanna is one of the great planner and we highly recommend.

We recently worked with Joanna in a Aug wedding and as a professional makeup and hair team, we love how professional, friendly, attentive and detailed oriented Joanna is. As a vendor myself in the wedding industry. I have worked with manny planners/​coordinators and Joanna is definitely one of the top/​best planner we highly enjoyed working with.
From the beginning of knowing our mutual bride booked with her planning service. We were under an impression of Joanna was very organized, very detailed and very helpful to take good care of the bride and us, as one of her vendors. She took care of every little detail to making sure everything is well taking care of! Joanna was very prompt in responding to all our vendors emails, phone calls and text messages. She was very patient with us when it came to making some specific changes in regard to the beauty schedule. We felt like we did not need to worry about anything when working with her as she is on top of everything! Most importantly, she is super nice to her bride and vendors. As the owner of a makeup team. I really enjoyed working with her. I highly recommend her to any bride who is looking for a event coordinator/​planner! Trust us! She is awesome! I have referred all our brides to her and can’t wait to work with her more in the future!
Thank you so much Joanna! You’re awesome!
xoxoxox,
Grace.

Because of Joanna and J. Soirée, on our wedding day we were as stress-​free as a bride and groom could be.
We actually attended another wedding that Joanna coordinated before we were preparing for ours. Joanna was on our radar because that wedding party had high praise for her.
We interviewed a couple other wedding coordinators during our search, but Joanna was the most organized and prepared, and the most enthusiastic of all. She gave us a great presentation and asked all the right questions during our introductory meeting; we felt at ease. Even though her fees are higher, the peace of mind is priceless.
After we hired Joanna, she gave us a list of recommended vendors and a week-​by-​week to-​do checklist, which made the wedding planning process easier. We were on our own for the most part, and at times we were skeptical whether we made a mistake hiring J. Soirée, but once the 8-​week countdown began, Joanna was very active to connect with all of our vendors to make sure everyone was on the same page. She was very responsive with emails; my email notification was constantly going off with updates. We worked side by side to make all the final details that we didn’t think of — like linens for the different tables, the drapery for the stage, etc. We were very much at ease.
We definitely put Joanna to work on our wedding day. We were completely hands-​off, and Joanna was running the show, and with flying colors. She created and followed a timeline detailed to the minute, and it went off without a hitch (that we know of). We were amazed and excited to see the whole event coming together, and more importantly how stress-​free we were.
All of our guests and even our vendors had a great time, and all praised on how well our wedding was put together. We couldn’t take the credit, as it was Joanna who oversaw the event. So, thank you Joanna, for creating an amazing event for us that we will cherish for the rest of our lives together.
Again, if you’re looking for a wedding coordinator, with J. Soirée you can be as worry-​free as we were and will be in great hands.

I’ve had the privilege of working with Joanna for a few years now as her photobooth vendor. All I can say is that even as a vendor, the wedding that she coordinates have been the more memorable events for me in the past. She is always on top of things and make sure things are set in advance so nothing gets left out. She is sweet, always fun to work, experienced, organized, and very professional. I always look forward to working with her :)

Joanna is a wonderful person & amazing at what she does. I have been the makeup artist/​hairstylst for a few weddings that she has coordinated and each and every time I have been amazed at her attention to detail. She has a wonderful upbeat personality & is everything you would want in a coordinator. Organized, detailed oriented, sweet, & positive. She loves what she does, which is important and you can see that. Having my own business I know how it is to go back and forth with details with my brides, but Joanna eliminates that and gets you the details before I even have to go through my brides. I love that. Less stress for the bride & makes it simpler for me.
I love her!

I was a Vendor (makeup and hair artist) Joanna was a pleasure to work with, so organized and friendly, she always had every detail perfect. The Bride and Groom were so happy and relaxed knowing Joanna was taking care of everything making there Wedding Day so perfect.

I got married last year December and I highly recommend Joanna to all future brides.
Joanna is very well organized, responses super quickly and handles everything as if she is preparing for her own wedding. I was a bit hesitant in the beginning whether I would actually need a Wedding Coordinator. BUT because of her expertise in the field, I was able to enjoy every moment on my wedding day.
Stress free on the actual Wedding Day!!!
Thank you Joanna! You made my dream wedding come true :)

We were the videographers for a wedding and Joanna was the coordinator. Joanna is a dream to work with! She called us weeks before the wedding to introduce herself and made sure we were all on the same page with what will happen during the wedding. She was pleasant the whole time not just to the couple but to us vendors as well, made sure we were updated with everything that was going to happen, and most importantly, made sure we had time to eat!
Coordinators can really take a page out of her book, Joanna kept calm throughout the day and really helped us capture everything important in the wedding!

I do hair and makeup, which means I’m the first vendor to head over to the bridal party at the crack of dawn (in this case 7am) to glam them up before the photographers and such get there.
The last thing I need is to arrive at the destination and try getting a hold of someone in the usually hungover and sleepy bridal party just to see what room they’re in… or worse to be told there was a misunderstanding in the schedule and I’m an hour late/​early.
That’s what was so great about having Joanna on the team. She emailed me days before the wedding to give me (and the rest of the vendors) a breakdown of how the day would be played out as well as a detailed timeline. She even helped me with the parking situation, and emailed me the night before the wedding to tell me which hotel room the bride was in so I could go straight there. No need to stop at the front desk or worse, in the elevator with my 23 bags in hand trying to get a bridesmaid to give me a (usually wrong) room number.
In short, it was great working with Joanna. I’d hire her for my own wedding, and wish all weddings came stock with a J. Soirée.

I’ve worked with Joanna for many years, she is an amazing person, very caring and trustful, and from her years of film production skills, she naturally knows how to handle the situation very smoothly. She is talented in many ways, I recommend J. Soirée for any event!

I found J. Soirée through Unilocal — BEST thing that has EVER happened to my husband and I. Joanna is a dream come true. Her attention to detail is just incredible. She was great about giving us space when we needed it but staying on top of us at the same time. She went above and beyond our expectations. I truly cannot say enough good about her. I love Joanna. Going to any other planner would be a mistake! Her team is fantastic too. LOVE love love J. Soirée!

Cool under pressure! Fantastic coordination, even under tough conditions. Joanna knows her stuff. She coordinated a wedding that I was the DJ for on August 12, 2012 and she did a great job. I noticed that she was pretty much the last person to leave at the end of the night and that says a lot about her professionalism and follow through. Great job Joanna!

Reviewing from a vendors perceptive, who’s at several events a week. There’s a few people that really stand out from the crowd, J. Soirée being one of them. On top of it, but does it with grace. I’d love the opportunity to work with Joanna again.

Here’s a review coming from a vendor’s perspective. I was the DJ at a wedding J. Soirée coordinated and it was a huge success thanks to Joanna. I’ll be the first to admit that I was a bit late on my email responses and Joanna passively/​aggressively gets on my case on responses (if you’re a bride, you’ll appreciate this!). I don’t know how she does it, but she’ll get what she wants and still stays one of the kindest people you’ll meet!
Fast forward to the actual wedding. I get a courtesy call to see where I am and my ETA, just to make sure the DJ is still on his way, but still be on top of her coordination duties. She made sure I had 2 tables set up for my equipment (DJ’s you’ll appreciate this!). Since I was working by myself, she also was able to buy me some time to get everything all setup and nicely presentable before she let guests arrive (again… DJ’s you’ll appreciate this too!).
During the entire event, Joanna and her staff were on top of everything. I usually like to get a good grasp on the schedule, but that’s not needed with J.Soirée. They also helped me move the projector out of the way so we can get right into the first dance and open up the dancefloor. I was talking to the bride afterwards and she was commenting on how smooth everything went, there were no hiccups or miscues so there’s no interesting stories to tell. Everything went litereally… picture perfect!
On a vendor’s side, things cannot get any easier while working with Joanna and her staff. J. Soirée definitely lives up to their promise. Super easy to work with, on top of their game, while understanding what different vendors need (we had a power outlet issue with the venue, but Joanna made sure this issue was resolved). I hope to work with them in the near future.

Joanna is the kindest and most responsive wedding planner you will ever come across. She works with you in every way possible to ensure that your special day is «Your Special Day» I would recommend her over anyone else!

Joanna of J. Soirée is absolutely amazing! Not only is she funny, easy to get along with, and an awesome person, she is super duper organized, very attentive to detail, and goes above and beyond. My wedding went off without a hitch, and everything went so smoothly! On the day of my wedding, I actually got to enjoy it because there was no stress!
Joanna covers all the details and all the details you didn’t even know existed like to tell the DJ to not let anyone take the mic to give a «surprise» speech, which adverted a crisis the day of my wedding!
She has a keen eye for style and aesthetics, and definitely knows how to make a wedding picture perfect. You just can’t go wrong with Joanna and J. Soirée!

Joanna and I met via a wedding we were both working. As a photographer, I can definitely appreciate a good coordinator… and Joanna was GREAT! I’ve had my share of horrible coordinators that don’t communicate throughout the day or that just have bad attitudes… but not Joanna.
First off, I was blown away before I even met her. About two weeks out from the wedding she contacted me to go over the day of schedule to make sure I had adequate time for photos. She was super friendly and sent over a preliminary schedule for me to look over. One week out she sent over the final schedule with all the information I could possibly need. As a wedding vendor, she made it so easy and stress free for me.
The day-​of was no different. Joanna was extremely nice and pleasant to work with. She was always communicating with me, making sure I had what i needed and making sure the day was going smooth. I never felt as if she was pressuring me to wrap things up and she was always politely letting me know which events were coming up soon to make sure all the vendors were on the same page. She did this all calmly and politely. I’ve only had one other coordinator that I’ve enjoyed working with this much.
If you’re looking for a coordinator, from a photographer’s standpoint, she did AMAZING & I’d consider it a joy to work with her again.

I was hesitant to hire an event coordinator for my 10 year High School Reunion because I am a very detail oriented and picky person and like to do everything myself. With our busy schedule there was no way the Reunion Committee could take care of everything so we decided to hire Joanna.
From our initial meeting I knew Joanna would be a great fit! She understood exactly what type of Reunion I was expecting and she tolerated my pickiness! =) (which not many people can handle)
When I walked into our venue the night of our Reunion I was absolutely stunned! the decorations, cake table and check in area was absolutely fabulous! Joanna captured the décor I wanted while matching it to the ambiance of the venue.
It was so nice to have Joanna take care of everything from start to finish. It was a stress free event planning process for me. All I did that night was have a blast, thanks to Joanna!
Joanna worked with our tight budget w/​o criticism (I know some coordinators are snobby and will say that is unattainable) and still delivered the utmost detail and care into our reunion.
She is very professional and responds within 24 hours to emails, phone calls or texts. I would definitely recommend her!!!
Everyone had a blast at our Reunion and it is the most memorable one in our School’s History!!!. seriously!
Thank you Joanna!!!