Jess trained at the London Contemporary Dance School and The Laban Centre.

Recent credits as a Movement Director include: Byth Bythoedd Amen (Theatr Cymru), Nye (National Theatre), Richard III (Shakespeare’s Globe), Rope (Theatr Clwyd), Lost and Found (Aviva Studios Factory International), The Boy With Two Hearts (National Theatre a Chanolfan Mileniwm Cymru), Mother Goose (Theatr Clwyd), A Little Piece of You (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Around the World in 80 Days (Theatre by the Lake), Celebrated Virgins (Theatr Clwyd), Blood Harmony a | and Petrichor (ThickSkin Theatre).

As an Associate Director credits include: I Think We Are Alone, The Unreturning (Frantic Assembly).

As an Associate Movement Director credits include: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time, The Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre Productions), Dracula: Mina’s Reckoning (National Theatre of Scotland), Beginning (National Theatre, Queens Theatre, Hornchurch), Wonderland (Nottingham Playhouse), Praxis Makes Perfect (National Theatre Wales).