Meet Your Writer
Jes Kocemba
she/her
A proud product of immigration, Jes is passionate about bringing brands to life with honesty, empathy, and strong insights.
When she's not writing, you can catch her behind the bar or the barbell—or maybe even more likely eating empanadas.
📍 LOCATION: Chicago, IL
✨ INTEREST: A solid lifting session with friends, dog snuggles, long walks and podcasts
🌎 CAUSES I CARE ABOUT: Climate, women's rights and women's health, immigration (pro)
✏️ WRITING PREFERENCES: Descriptive and narratives are the most fun for me. But I happily do it all.
🔮 BIG THREE: Wait I don't know what this means
I built a full bar in my house
made a top AdWeek list while working with a tiny team and a very tiny budget.
Education
Bachelors of Arts Advertising Copywriting Columbia College Chicago (2008 - 2011)
Skills
Project Management
Brand Development
Marketing Strategy
Leadership
Copywriting
Work Experience
Allstate Sr. Copywriter (1 year)
Grubhub Sr. Copywriter (5 years)
GERTRUDE Inc — Boutique Ad Agency Copywriter (2 years)
MentorMob — E-learning Tech Start Up Copywriter, Brand Manager (3 years)
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist”
Pablo picasso
i geek out on…
Weightlifting, cocktails, and dinosaurs
Best travel story
I made tattoo appointment over a year in advance for an artist in Germany. There was so little communication that I thought it might be fake, but I showed up anyways. Never saw the tattoo till she put the stencil on my leg and I regret nothing. It's perfect.
A random fact I love is…
Velociraptors were the size of big chickens and had feathers.
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