post production
Oversaw 150+ social and YouTube assets monthly, contributing to 310% YoY growth in GQ US social video views, reaching nearly 1.4B views YTD.
Led post-production across GQ’s flagship Men of the Year franchise, reaching 142M+ social video views, 116M+ impressions, and 8M+ engagements.
MOTY x The Chateau Marmont
Jess Dunn is a Creative Director and Film Director known for building distinct visual worlds across brand and film. After surviving melanoma, she founded Shade New York, a sun-protective clothing brand, where she has served as Creative Director since 2023.
Her work is defined by a distinct point of view, whether developing a brand, building a campaign, or directing a shoot. She’s led teams of 15+, contributed to social videos reaching billions of views, and built a brand from idea to execution. Having worked across agency, editorial, and brand, Jess brings cultural relevance, purpose, and long-term thinking to her projects.
Before directing, Jess worked as a camera operator across film and television, including HBO’s Girls and Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman. She has also held leadership roles across post-production, most notably at Condé Nast.
creative direction, film direction
Delivered a 16mm film that reimagined the Canalazzo Boots as the aftermath of a larger story, using cinematic symbolism and restraint to create intrigue around what was left behind.
Stills
film photography
Christina Aguilera in concert and backstage at Palacio de los Deportes.
brand identity, creative direction, film direction, film photography
Campaign: Vogue’s Favorite UPF clothing
Campaign: The Origin Tee
Campaign: The Origin Tee, Two & Three Packs
Campaign: The Frame
Campaign: Shade New York x Avec
post production
$200M+ first-year sales · 252M+ launch impressions
Campaign: Cécred launch
Film Direction, Creative Direction
Pitched and won Daydream’s first internal Labs project, designed to showcase the studio’s expanding creative capabilities. Artshow is a five-episode series featuring five artists curated by Ajani Russell, giving online audiences intimate access to the artists and their work side by side, and creating a more accessible way to experience the exhibition beyond the gallery. The series launched alongside a live exhibition during the studio’s opening.
Ajani
Jaya
Josh
Steve
Charlotte
Film direction, Creative Direction
Official visual album for Sugarsugar’s Fickle Mauve.
Creative Direction, Film Direction, Post Production
Campaign: Don Julio x Siegelman Stable, Super Bowl LVIII
Brought the Don Julio x Siegelman Stable partnership to life through a cohesive campaign spanning custom apparel, photography, film, and event visuals, giving the collaboration a distinct visual identity across every touchpoint of Don Julio’s Super Bowl LVIII experience.
Campaign: New York Rangers x Siegelman Stable, New York Knicks x Siegelman Stable
Reimagined post-game media moments, placing models in front of flashing cameras wearing the collection to blur the line between athlete and fan. Contributed to a social-first campaign anchored by five 5-second vertical films and supporting photography. The campaign evolved beyond its original scope, culminating in a Times Square billboard that became the defining visual of the collaboration.
Art Direction, Post Production
Maria Tash Holiday Campaign, featured in-store at Saks Fifth Avenue, New York.
Campaign: Lapis Lazuli, Pearl
Post Production
Oversaw creative post-production across Bose’s Signature Sound campaign, spanning NFL, NBA, and professional soccer partnerships across Broadcast, YouTube and social platforms.
Campaign: Bose Signature Sound
Film Direction, Post Production
Film Shortage World Premiere.
Creative Direction, Film Direction, Film Photography
Official Music Video for Kirnbauer’s t.e.d.m.
Kirnbauer in concert at Auditorio BB.
Kirnbauer in concert at the House of Vans.
film photography
Christina Aguilera
In concert and backstage at Palacio de los Deportes.
Kirnbauer
In concert at Auditorio BB.
In concert at Tropico Festival.
In concert at the House of Vans.
Juls Vals
Artist portraits.
Qendresa
In concert and backstage at Corona Capital.
Haute and Freddy
In concert and backstage at Corona Capital.
I’M YONI
Song cover “Picture.”
Alwyn & SugarSugar
In concert at C’mon Everybody.
