HI, I'M JESS MONSEY.

For nearly 25 years, I’ve dedicated my career to transforming brands and businesses, developing and executing world-class creative campaigns and nurturing creatively-driven teams and agency environments in which people could do their most inspired and innovative work.

And I have loved it.

Yet there are happenings in life that profoundly change you, and sometimes put you on a new path.

For me, spending five years in President roles at some of the world’s most ambitious and highly-regarded creative companies gave me a front row seat to how challenging and complex the intersection of modern business, creativity, prevailing culture and our own humanity has become.

Even moreso, I’ve become incredibly conscious of the impact this is having on people in leadership positions- what it demands from them personally, and what it requires from them in terms of clarity, skills and inner strength.

As a wife and mother to two children, I also acutely understand the pressure people put on themselves to achieve great things in their career while also remaining present and engaged at home.

We need extraordinary leaders, their audacious ideas and their most creative thinking more than ever before. Yet too many brilliant ideas, big dreams, creative cultures and even leaders themselves are falling by the wayside in the midst of this pressure cooker.

So that’s why I’ve decided to pivot.

As a coach, it is my personal mission to help my clients unlock their greatest potential while living, working and leading with unflinching purpose and limitless possibility.

I am here to be the wind at the backs of people with ideas that have the potential to change their own lives- and the lives of the people around them- for the better.

Together, we can and will do the hard things that bring pride, joy and meaning to your work.

  • • Hudson Institute of Coaching, Certified Coach

    • Co-Active Institute Trained Coach

    • Certificate in Change Leadership, eCornell University, 2016

  • PRESIDENT/MANAGING DIRECTOR, WIEDEN + KENNEDY PORTLAND (3/2020-12/2022)

    • Responsible for the output, vision, growth, P+L, future-proofing and overall company culture of the headquarters for one of the world’s most highly-regarded advertising agencies.

    • Led the Portland office- 500+ employees and over $140MM in revenue - through some of the most challenging years in its history, beginning with the onset of the pandemic.

    PRESIDENT, 72ANDSUNNY NYC (3/2018-3/2020)

    • Was brought in to work with my partners to take the creative culture, creative output and overall business development of 72’s fledgling office in Brooklyn, NY to the next level.

    DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES, WIEDEN + KENNEDY PORTLAND

    • Oversaw the agency’s Brand Management discipline and department- and worked to establish new best practices for how our client relationships would be built and maintained.

    • Co-led a global Stakeholder POV on the agency’s approach to Talent including how we attract, grow and retain the best creative talent across disciplines.

    GROUP BRAND DIRECTOR, WIEDEN + KENNEDY PORTLAND

    • Old Spice Global (2006-2015): Led the brand transformation that resulted in one of the most remarkable case studies and most beloved campaigns of all time- as well as year after year of award-winning and innovative work with respect to digital, social, entertainment and media integration.

    • KFC (2013 - 2016): Brought the business into the agency and led the initial stages of the all-encompassing brand transformation that ended ten years of decline and restored the brand to growth and relevance.