“Service with Compassion”
Enchanted Celebrations was formed in 2006 by Alex Karas. We pride ourselves on being a relationship, team-oriented based family. Headquartered in Manahawkin, New Jersey we specialize in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York metropolitan areas. With our meticulous attention to detail, it is no surprise that Enchanted Celebrations is rated a 4.8 or greater out of a 5.0 scale on all popular rating websites.
Acclaimed for excellence and unparalleled levels of customer service we successfully complete over 200 weddings comprising of over 450 individual services annually. Along with successfully completing so many weddings annually, we can boast that we photograph and edit over 250,000 wedding images every year. Our core services include disc jockey, photography, videography, ministry, lighting, and photo booth services. Team members at Enchanted Celebrations have established a reputation for redefining the paradigm of personalized and warm service within the wedding industry.
Our company is guided by the ethics, morals, and convictions of our energetic, top notch leadership team.
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Team Approach
Leadership Team
Alex Karas
Executive Director
alex@enchantedcelebrations.com
888.268.7420 ext. 700
Alex created Enchanted Celebrations as a flagship company in 2006. He is a registered wedding expert for News 12 New Jersey. He has authored many wedding planning articles and a wedding ceremony etiquette book.
Alex has helped busy brides by creating a suite of web-based planning tools such as an online ceremony script builder and a post-photography website to streamline the planning process. He makes sure every Enchanted Celebrations employee delivers nothing but the utmost level of satisfaction to all clients.
Alex graduated from Stockton College in with a Bachelor of Science and is pursuing a Master’s in Management from Thomas Edison State College. He is also certified in Adobe Photoshop. He currently resides in Manahawkin with his wife Nicole and their two miniature dachshunds, Lulu and Stretch.
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Jen Hammel
Sales Manager
sales@enchantedcelebrations.com
888.268.7420 ext. 701
Jen is our clients’s first gateway to learning about what Enchanted Celebration’s has to offer. Nothing is more important to her then keeping brides planned and energized for their wedding. Presently, Jen’s main focus is scheduling in-home consultations. With her fresh approach she helps brides create their special day.
Originally coming from the pharmaceutical industry, she excels at listening to prospective clients and providing real-time solutions that matter most to them. She is often reaching out to the Operations and Production Departments asking for newest samples from our portfolio to show off. If she is working with a client and they need to see something special from us, she will get it!
Jen relentlessly researches new wedding ideas by speaking to brides and reading everything that she can to help expand the Enchanted Celebrations offerings portfolio. She’s more than determined to make sure that our clients have every option available to them.
Jen graduated from The Richard Stockton College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in International Business. She resides in Howell, New Jersey with her husband and two dogs.
Erin Robbins
Operations Manager
planning@enchantedcelebrations.com
888.268.7420 ext. 705
Erin has a hands on approach to setting up communications between our clients and staff to help everyone prepare for all upcoming weddings. She is the channel for all customers for pre and post wedding questions. She stays available for all couples to call and make requests to assigned wedding staff making sure all couples are beyond satisfied.
She firmly believes that a wedding should be a celebration and be completely stress free so she takes personal responsibility to make sure every couple is having fun and excited to do their planning.
Erin has over a decade of experience in customer service and operations for enterprise-sized companies and graduated from the Art Institute of Philadelphia with a Bachelors of Science in Graphic Design which allows her to assist our clients with all aspects of their weddings, from personalized monograms, album design, lighting and other suggestions to help make their wedding say special.
She currently resides in Mount Laurel with her husband and their German Shepherd.
John Kotlowski
Production Manager
888.268.7420 ext. 703
production@enchantedcelebrations.com
John works with customers for all post wedding production services. He creates relationships with every couple to create the wedding of their dream. He focuses on helping customers choose design elements for their customizable wedding albums. He ensures every couple’s services on their wedding day are completed during their contracted time.
Under John’s charge is our staff photographers, videographers, and editors which photographs and edits over 250,000 wedding images annually. He takes a big part in recruiting and hiring our talented staff and is always looking for new, fresh talent. John takes professional development very seriously and is continuously working with our photographers and videographers after every event, critiquing all aspects of their work to improve upon their skills.
John has certifications in Photoshop, InDesign and has earned a Master Citation in Professional Photography through Enchanted Celebrations. He currently resides in Toms River with his wife Nicole and his two dogs.
Our Vision
To make your occasion memorable, unique and exciting for all of your guests. To understand that good isn’t good enough for our exceptional clients. Our goal is to leave you and your guests spellbound by using the best effort, best energy, best creativity, and only the best customer service personnel.
Our Core Values
Personalization
We at Enchanted Celebrations believe that your event should be a very special memorable experience when using any of our services such as a DJ, Photography Package, Lighting Kits, etc. We also believe that every party is different and needs to be treated uniquely. You as the client can customize any party package to suit your needs and with the wide variety of services that we offer, we will act as your one stop party planning shop. Let us give you the personal experience that you deserve!
Creating Memories
Enchanted Celebrations will create memories that will keep you spellbound for a lifetime. We understand that you are planning a once-in-a-lifetime event and it needs to be perfect-the way you have imagined it for your entire life.
Delivering Excellence
We set our standards high! We are dedicated to giving you over 100% effort and attention from planning your party to your last good-by. All of our team members are experts of their field and will only give you the best of the best for your event.
