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Meet Jessica
CEO + Lead Designer
I believe in living in the now, and embracing life. This sometimes means taking risks. In 2008, I quit my full-time job to be self-employed. I won’t say I haven’t looked back, running a business has it’s challenges and it’s not for everyone, but if you have that fire in you, it’s worth pursuing.
This is why I do what I do. I’m passionate about women living on their their own terms and I want to help in my small way, creating strategic websites that help bring you the right clients.
I love collaborating with other women, from clients to my team, and colleagues… seeing the results of our work come to life.
I live in Northern Virginia with my husband Dan, our growing up too quickly teen daughter, our energetic 7 year old, and three furry little ones. I’m a book nerd, who loves the outdoors, especially the beach, and thinks any temp under 50° is too cold.
01.
How it started
I have a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, a certificate in Multimedia Design, and eight years experience in Information Technology. In 2008, I had my first daughter and quit my corporate job!
During this time, I started doing freelance photography but what I found myself most passionate about was everything web related. I dove into improving my knowledge on WordPress, SEO, digital marketing, and everything I could get my hands on web related.
02.
women-led
In 2013, I started accepting web design clients, first working with photographers, and then through referrals began to expand to all types of women-led small businesses.
We focus on working with women-led or women-centric brands because we are passionate about helping more women to be successful in business.
“On average, 39% of all businesses bring in over $100K in annual revenue in the USA. For women, this figure is much lower! Only 12% of female-led businesses bring in more than $100K per year.” -Medium
I’ve read way too many stats like this. This is why we specializing in working with women.
03.
where we are now
We’re now a team of 3+ (no longer counting the cats that walk on my desk and interrupt my calls). I am the lead designer, and plan to always be the one who oversees projects, talks to each of you and manages the company vision / goals.
My two assistants have very different skills that make for a wonderful pairing. We also have a trusted copywriter we can call on, whenever a client a needs it, an SEO expert for referrals, and my teenage daughter who every now and then helps with creating pieces for social media marketing.
We serve a diverse group of small businesses. While 50% or more are creatives and photographers, we have clients across a many industries from wellness and interior design, to coaches and other service based professionals.
MEET THE
TEAM
We are a small team of women passionate about what we do. We think client relations and communication are super important.
We don’t just want to design you a pretty website. Our goal is for you to have a smooth stress-free experience and come out feeling confident about your website, and proud to share it.
angel
Angel is a photographer, based out of Maryland, and mom to four daughters. She joined Jessie Mary & Co in 2017, in addition to running her own business. Angel is my go to person for tasks from proofing websites to optimizing all of our project images. We’ve known each other for almost 10 years, so we have a long established communication and trust.
shaele
Shaele is a seasoned Virtual Assistant/Online Business Manager living in the Pacific Northwest. When Shaele isn’t tackling admin work, fixing tech issues, or writing social media content for her clients, she can be found running around with her daughter Lauren, and their Siberian Husky, Strawbeary. Shaele joined Jessie Mary & Co in 2023 and assists Jessica with projects and tasks as they arise.
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