Jessica was delighted to become one of the Creative Junction directors: to establish, shape and develop a growing organisation and lead a great bunch of committed and passionate people.
She has a particular interest in informal learning and is passionate about young people identifying and being confident in the skills and attributes realised and nurtured in their lives outside of formal learning. She is eager to find different approaches and opportunities for learning to ensure that everyone can aspire and take pleasure in their development and growth and be happy and healthy individuals.
Before overseeing the incorporation of Creative Junction as a Community Interest Company, Jessica was operations manager for the Creative Partnerships programme.
Her experience lies in events, projects, operational and financial management, leadership and strategy. She began her career at a leisure complex, where she marketed and managed corporate events, collaborated on a strategy to increase schools business, and formed part of the management team: supporting staff and identifying organisational needs. She then moved to an Education Business Partnership to initiate business relationships and nurture links and partnerships between schools and business, promoting the development of ‘real world’ skills, whilst overseeing the operations of the organisation.
Jessica spent her youth participating in dance, amateur dramatics and music. She is a practiced dancer, completing an intensive year with a community dance centre in Wales. She re-kindled her passion through a brief opportunity to teach young people with special educational needs and continues her own practice in her spare time. She is a 2nd Dan Black Belt in the martial art of Tae Kwon Do; loves to read in the garden; bake in the winter; sing wherever possible; and walk in the summer sun.
