Writing / Directing
Jessie’s content has been celebrated by critics and ignored by her parents for years. She’s worked with notable brands and reality stars cultivating content that is both engaging and relatable.
Video Content
Jessie creates compelling female-driven video content for brands, influencers, and personalities. She has the ability to carry an idea through completion as the director. She has doubled the social following and tripled ad partnerships for the majority of her clients with video strategy. Some of her clients include Mastercard, Bumble, Verizon, Skinny Pop, Franzia, Bebeboost, Elmhurst, and many more.
Writing content
Jessie writes to deliver a laugh. CPG brands to dating apps to reality stars, have all hired her to write original tweets/memes, copyright for product, punch up copy, as well as craft original stand-up material. Some of the most notable personalities she’s worked with are Stassi Schroeder, Hannah Berner, Taylor Strecker, and Andrea Lopez.
Long Form content
Jessie is a master at storytelling. She has a formidable talent at filling out worlds and characters with a comedic heart. Jessie co-wrote and starred in Forgotten Animals, an original comedy pilot. She created and co-wrote Under the Influence, a series for Betches which was featured on Mornings with Maria on Fox. She created, co-wrote, and starred in Leaving Therapy, a short highlighted as Best US Narrative at the SF Film Festival 2019.
Described as “Bridesmaids meets The Office” by Taylor Strecker, Forgotten Animals is a workplace comedy about a group of misfit women who come together to help some of the least popular animals on earth. In the full-length pilot, Diane, Karen, Elle, Margo, and Beth throw a luncheon to save 20 homeless raccoons before chaos ensues.
“In this indie pilot from Jessie Jolles and Sarah Smallwood Parsons, a group of women in charge of a struggling nonprofit devoted to the wellbeing of unpopular animals take it upon themselves to throw a luncheon for homeless raccoons, with disastrous results. Evoking the colorful tone and joke-a-minute pace of the best of the sitcoms that emerged in the wake of 30 Rock, Jolles, Parsons, and director Alec Cohen lead an impressively deep roster of characters that each get showcase moments. The only reason not to click it is to avoid your inevitable craving for a whole season.”
Betches Media presents its first long-form scripted series, Under the Influence. Following the lives, both online and offline, of 7 social media influencers struggling to put their phones down while on the search for something meaningful. Armed with only their tiny blue checkmarks and self-delusion, each influencer becomes the center of their own episode, revealing their backstory and what’s really behind a popular Instagram handle.
A self-proclaimed “victim” and a neurotic therapist get trapped in a room together. If they ever make it out, they’ll both need therapy. In addition to being awarded Best US Narrative at the SF Film Festival 2019, the short has been recognized as Official Selection at the International New York Film Festival and Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival, and Best Acting Duo at the Independent Shorts Awards.