Jenna Miller

Creative Director
510-548-0400
jmiller@herecomestheguide.com

Jenna’s the creative force behind our brand, bringing equal parts strategy, sparkle & sass to everything she touches. Starting in sales back in 2009, she literally redesigned her own role—secretly wireframing a new website design that launched her into Creative Director status. These days she’s all about crafting scroll-stopping creative campaigns, empowering women through bold design, and keeping our brand as vibrant as the team behind it. Off the clock, you may find her sipping a cocktail, quoting Bravo, or teaching fiery barre fitness classes.

Contact Jenna regarding: questions about our Find Ideas section; brand partnerships; and featuring your wedding service on HereComesTheGuide.com.

Insider Info

Pronouns: she / her / hers

Domestic status: Mar­ried since Novem­ber 2009 to my high school sweet­heart — after 10 years of dat­ing! (Please don’t do the math.) Mama Bear to two sweet boys and a snug­gly Bull­mas­tiff, who is also a boy. I’m com­plete­ly outnumbered.

Best wedding planning advice: I’m going to give a piece of prac­ti­cal plan­ning advice. Put a lit­tle num­ber on the back of each RSVP card that cor­re­sponds to your own num­bered guest list. This way, if one of your guests fails to write their names on the RSVP card (it hap­pens more often than you’d think) and all you know is they want the salmon, you’ll still be able to fig­ure out who it is. Genius, I know.

Walked down the aisle to: Dance of the Sug­ar Plum Fairy. I’m still a total bal­le­ri­na at heart.

Extracurricular activities: Hang­ing out with my lit­tle fam­i­ly is my favorite thing to do, but I also love danc­ing, shop­ping, work­ing out, trav­el­ing, and explor­ing new areas to find the best bars and restau­rants. I also have a brand­ing + web design side hus­tle called Absolute JEM! I’m super pas­sion­ate about help­ing female entre­pre­neurs build a brand that shines.

Favorite way to wind down after a hard day: Watch­ing Bra­vo with a glass of red wine (or two).

Guilty pleasures: Real­i­ty TV shows, cock­tails, shop­ping, and deca­dent desserts…though I hard­ly feel guilty.

Childhood career choice: I want­ed to be a movie star and pro­fes­sion­al dancer! How did that work out? The movie star part, not so well. But I’m hap­py to report I reached my goal of becom­ing a pro­fes­sion­al dancer. I cheered for three sea­sons as one of Foot­bal­l’s Fab­u­lous Females, The Oak­land Raiderettes!

What people would never suspect about me: I’m first gen­er­a­tion Amer­i­can and the first in my fam­i­ly to go to col­lege. My father immi­grat­ed from Ger­many and my moth­er migrat­ed from Puer­to Rico. Peo­ple can nev­er put their fin­ger on my eth­nic­i­ty. I’m also a die-hard Raider fan, but that’s no secret.

Favorite quote: “There may be peo­ple who have more tal­ent than you, but there’s no excuse for any­one to work hard­er than you do.” —Derek Jeter

What I like most about my job: That my co-work­ers are also my best friends, and that I’m lucky enough to still be involved in the wed­ding industry…even after my own wed­ding is over!