Jess is Chief of Staff at Demos. 

Jess joined Demos from the Cabinet Office where she was a Deputy Director. She has over a decade of experience working in government, parliament, think tanks and with political parties. Jess was Director of Constitutional Change at Labour Together, helping Labour to develop its constitutional policy offer ahead of the 2024 election. Before that she was Associate Director at the Institute for Government, working on issues including the constitution, devolution and Brexit. Jess has also worked at the Constitution Unit at UCL and in the House of Lords Library.