Jessica completed her RSN Apprenticeship in 2004 and went on to work in costume at the Royal Opera House. She later returned to the RSN where she spent four years as Education Coordinator running Day Classes and the Certificate & Diploma courses. After moving to Dubai, she taught embroidery and carried out commissions extensively before returning to her home county of West Yorkshire. She now works for a charity providing creative education to learning disabled and autistic adults, runs her business House of Heyday and is an Artist of Dean Clough.

In 2011 Jessica co-authored a book called ‘Adventures in Needlework’ and was a member of the Royal School of Needlework Studio team who created the embroidery for the wedding dress and veil for the Princess of Wales. In 2023 Jessica was honoured to work on a number of items for the Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, including The Queen’s Robe of Estate and the Anointing Screen.

Jessica also demonstrated embroidery to the late HRH Her Majesty The Queen and taught a sold out RSN class at the V&A Museum as part of their exhibition ‘Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up’.