Lara Joy Brynildssen

Current

Owner; Sales Rep at LJBryn&Co.

Past

Sales Rep at Stark Carpet Corporation
Buyer and Designer at Honquest Fine Furniture

Education

DePaul University
Ohio University
Palatine High School

see less...

Connections

203 connections

Industry

Apparel & Fashion

Websites

Lara Joy Brynildssen’s Summary

At LJBryn&Co. we represent, market and sell cutting-edge, hand-made and small-batch children's products in addition to the big name brands. Our territory is the greater Midwest including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.

We specialize in giving each unique brand the attention you would give it, if you were still out there marketing it yourself. Many of the brands we represent are family-owned companies and we understand the individual challenges those businesses face when finding their niche in the children's marketplace.

We strive to give our buyers, many of whom are also nurturing families, that same level of care and commitment. We believe that a successful children's boutique shopping experience begins with the design, manufacturing and marketing of great products, continues with an open rep/buyer relationship and ultimately ends in happy retail customers at the store level.

LJBryn&Co. 2009 Line List

Bambino Land www.BambinoLand.com

Bitterstrums www.TheBitterstrums.com

Bitty Block www.bittyblock.com

Chase N Sky www.chasensky.com

Four Peas www.fourpeasonline.com

Giddy Giddy www.giddygiddy.com

Life Factory www.lifefactory.com

Lunch Bots www.lunchbots.com

Parade Baby www.paradebaby.com

Scout www.scoutbaby.com

Trimfoot www.trimfootco.com

Tuff Cookie www.tuffcookie.com

Txai Organics www.txaiorganics.com

Yellow Label Kids www.yellowlabelkids.com

...LJBryn&Co. For Kids. For Families. For You.

Lara Joy Brynildssen’s Specialties:

Our primary specialty is:

Open and Responsive Communication

followed closely by

New Business Development
Networking
Key Account Maintenance
Annual Regional Trade Show Schedule
Promotional Events
Email Marketing
Social Media
Trend Watching
Product Feedback and Assessment
Fee-based Retail Consulting

Lara Joy Brynildssen’s Experience

Owner; Sales Rep

LJBryn&Co.

(Apparel & Fashion industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Sales Rep

Stark Carpet Corporation

(Design industry)

April 2004 — May 2007 (3 years 2 months)
Buyer and Designer

Honquest Fine Furniture

(Furniture industry)

September 1999 — April 2004 (4 years 8 months)

Lara Joy Brynildssen’s Education

DePaul University

M.Ed. Candidate , Curriculum Development, Secondary Education , 1991 — 1993
Ohio University

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude , Art History, Studio Arts, French , 1986 — 1990

Activities and Societies:

Phi Sigma Iota, International Foreign Language Honor Society
Palatine High School

1982 — 1986