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Jessica Pester

Based in New York, approx 5’5

  • FREELANCE New York, NY
    Creative Director | August ‘25 - Present
    Associate Creative Director | Nov ‘23 - July ‘25

    Agencies:
    Isle of Any | The Courtauld, The New York Times | ‘25-’26
    Said Differently | Aptive Pest Control | ‘25-’26
    Le Truc | Keurig | ‘25
    Droga5 | OpenAI, Accenture | ‘25, ‘24
    FIG | Benjamin Moore | ‘25
    Wieden + Kennedy | Michelob Ultra | ‘25
    BBH | Samsung | ‘23-’24
    Orchard | Ocean Spray | ‘23

    In-House:
    Smash Kitchen | ‘24
    Jinx Premium Dog Food | ‘23

    RETHINK New York, NY
    Associate Creative Director | May ‘23 - Nov ‘23
    Clients: MiO, Uber Eats
    Business Wins: Uber Eats, Uber Direct

    DROGA5 New York, NY
    Senior Art Director | June '22 - April ‘23
    Art Director | Feb '21 - May '22
    Clients: New York Times, Huggies, Hennessy, Amazon Music
    Business Wins: LinkedIn
    Culture: D5in10 Mentor ‘22

    BAKERY AGENCY Austin, TX
    Senior Art Director | Aug '20 - Feb '21
    Clients: DIageo, Yayhound
    Business Wins: Shiner Beer

    ANOMALY New York, NY
    Art Director/Copywriter | Sep '18 - March '20
    Clients: Diageo, Ally Bank, Panera, Dosist

    CREATIVE INTERNSHIPS New York, NY
    Art Director Intern | Jan - Aug ‘18
    Agencies: 72andSunny, Deutsch, R/GA

  • JEFF KOONS STUDIO New York, NY
    Painting Assistant | March '14 - Oct '16

    DOGFISH ACCELERATOR New York, NY
    Creative Intern | Sept '13 - Feb '14

    SHAKE THE TREE PRODUCTIONS New York, NY
    Production Assistant | Sep '13 - Nov '13

    AMERICORPS New York, NY
    Comm and Dev Associate at Urban Dove | 1 Year of Service

  • 2025

    Projects:
    CLIOS | Bronze, Shortlist | Film Unscripted | “Former Genius”
    CANNES | Shortlist | “Former Genius”
    ONE SHOW | 6x Shortlists | “Former Genius”
    Webby Awards | Nomination | “Former Genius”

    2024

    Individual:
    ONE SHOW | Young Ones Brief Competition Juror
    ONE SHOW | Next Creative Leaders Juror

    Projects:
    CANNES | Shortlist | Entertainment for Music | "Generational Queens"
    AICP AWARDS | Best Licensed Soundtrack | Amazon Music “Generational Queens”
    ANTHEM AWARDS | Gold | Best Influencer Collaboration | “Black Don’t Crack”
    ANTHEM AWARDS | Silver | Health Film | “Black Don’t Crack”

    2023

    Projects:
    D&AD | Wood | User Participation | NYT "Story Portrait"
    ONE SHOW | Merit | Use of Technology | NYT “Story Portrait”
    ONE SHOW | Merit | Dynamic Data Visualization | NYT “Story Portrait”
    ONE SHOW | Shortlist | Experiential & Immersive Storytelling | NYT “Story Portrait”
    ONE SHOW | Shortlist | Creative Use of Data Storytelling | NYT “Story Portrait”
    CANNES | Shortlist | Film Casting | Amazon Music “Generational Queens”
    CLIO AWARDS | Bronze, Shortlist | NYT "Independent Life"
    AICP POST AWARDS | Shortlist | NYT "Independent Life"
    CICLOPE FESTIVAL | Finalist | NYT "Independent Life"
    SHOTS AWARDS | Shortlist | NYT "Independent Life"

    2022

    Individual:
    ONE SHOW | Next Creative Leaders

    Projects:
    D&AD | Yellow | Art Direction / Integrated | NYT "Independent Life"
    D&AD | Yellow | Art Direction / Film x2 | NYT "Independent Life"
    D&AD | Graphite | Editing / Film | NYT "Independent Life"
    D&AD | Wood | Sound Design & Use of Music / Film | NYT "Independent Life"
    ONE SHOW | Gold | Music & Sound Craft: Sound Mixing | NYT "Independent Life"
    ONE SHOW | Silver | Television & VOD / Long Form - Single | NYT
    ONE SHOW | Silver | Editing / Single | NYT "Independent Life"
    ONE SHOW | Bronze | Music & Sound Craft: Sound Design | NYT
    ONE SHOW | Merit | Editing/Single | NYT "Independent Life"
    CANNES | Shortlist Film x2 | NYT "Independent Life" (Vera & Jordan)
    CANNES | Shortlist Editing | NYT "Independent Life" (Jordan)
    CANNES | Shortlist Sound Design | NYT "Independent Life"

    2018

    Student:
    D&AD NEW BLOOD | Graphite | Grill Mark King
    ONE CLUB FINALIST | Fight Gunfire With Fire | Toy Gun License
    SUMMIT INTERNATIONAL AWARDS | Gold | Crisis Cards
    ADOBE DESIGN ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS | Crisis Cards

    2017

    Student
    D&AD NEW BLOOD | Wood | What Happened Last Night

    2008

    Student
    CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION | First | Traffic

  • MIAMI AD SCHOOL Queens, NY
    Art Direction | Oct '16 - Sep '18

    UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ann Arbor, MI
    BA Psychology | Sep '08 - May '12
    Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude

    LORENZO DE MEDICI Florence, Italy
    Study Abroad | Jan '11 - May '11

    SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS New York, NY
    Continuing Ed | '13 - '20

    D&AD NEW BLOOD ACADEMY London, UK
    June '18

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