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ABOUT THE NEXT BIG PROPOSAL

After working in various parts of the wedding industry during college, one of our co-founders caught the wedding bug, the love of everything weddings from planning to execution. Once graduated and starting a career path in social media and marketing, the love for weddings still continued, this time partnering with the other co-founder to come up with a wedding planning organizer. After seeing the stress of what bride’s go through in planning their special day and looking at the price tag that it costs, both founders wanted to create a product that would help brides work through the hardest steps of planning without the hefty price tag. They also wanted to create a product that would allow a bride to see her future name customized on something that is just hers so her engagement and wedding felt even more real.

While researching what a bride’s need and tying in previous experiences, colors for books were chosen, materials were created for inside the book and training was done to create the perfect customized book for the future bride. It would be the solution to her planning woes, while keeping her organized as she goes from appointment to appointment. We went through cover designs to find the right one. The enchanted carriage that relates back to every bride’s wedding dreams, whether she dreamed all her life of her wedding or if she’s just getting started. It symbolizes the fairytale beginning of their marriage. Over the course of a few months a book was created with multiple tabs and information for a bride like how to deal with stepparent roles throughout the wedding process. We wanted to allow bride’s to be organized for every step of the way.

We use statewide manufacturers around the United States to create our binder and tabs. Also our customization services and printing services are done in Long Island, New York. In doing this we can allow savings to our customers, but also providing them with quality craftsmanship. We also participate in bridal shows in the Tristate area that allow us to see our products in the hands of real brides.

We learned new things and have had the opportunity to see bride’s faces light up when they receive their book and nothing is more exciting than watching our vision come to life. We continue to strive to add more and more to the book throughout our experiences. We love to meet new faces at bridal shows and expos. We continue our mission to help bride’s not be overwhelmed by the wedding process, but to allow them to enjoy their planning in an organized fashion. We love to watch family members get together with a bride while purchasing so it can be a keepsake she’ll have forever. Organization is key, that’s why we say the first step to an organized marriage is an organized wedding. Now it’s time to get started!

MEET OUR TEAM

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Paige

Operations Manager/Creator

Paige Jansen is the President of The Next Big Proposal and is also the creator behind the Next Big Proposal Wedding Planning book. Paige graduated from Hofstra University in 2017 with a B.A. in communications with a focus in Journalism.

After experiencing the Journalism industry, she decided to take a different route. During her time at the University, she interned for multiple companies in the Wedding Industry that gave her the inspiration to start The Next Big Proposal. She then took on her role overseeing the company, while still continuing to carry on her current position as a Marketing Coordinator for Corpkit Legal Supplies. She strives to keep creating products for The Next Big Proposal that will help brides stay organized and relaxed during the most stressful time of their wedding planning.

In her free time outside of working, she enjoys fashion blogging on her website, The Daily Paige, and traveling any chance she can get. She frequently travels inside and outside the United States a couple times a year.


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Paul

Production Manager

Paul Volpe is the Vice President of The Next Big Proposal. Paul currently also is the Plant Manager for Corpkit Legal Supplies, where he manages the production of our binders and various products each day. He currently creates the customized books for The Next Big Proposal and does the creative design work for the company.

He hopes to create more content that can be available for Bride’s in the near future including custom book designs. When he is not managing or creating, Paul enjoys gaming in his free time and spending time with his family, including a new addition to his family, his nephew.


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Rich

Executive

Rich Jansen is an Executive at The Next Big Proposal. Rich helps to oversee the inventory and daily operations of the company, including our binder production. Rich has been in the binder industry for 40+ years and has lots of experience in knowing the best quality binders for the lowest cost that we can offer our brides and their families. After receiving a Master degree in finance at St. John’s University, he is very experienced in helping The Next Big Proposal in running their day to day operations.

In his down time, he enjoys skiing in the winter months and watching his favorite team, The Islanders, play at one of their arenas.