Meet The Team - Jessica

Jessica Sheppard

Director

Next up is Jessica…

Name: Jessica Sheppard

Job Title: Director

Mostly spends the weekend… At the moment, building train tracks and Duplo houses with my 2 year old. When not immersing myself in imaginary worlds, I can be found outside horse riding, whatever the weather!

Before Bleat PR I… I spent every day working with one of the loves of my life – books – at Waterstones. I just wanted to hide myself in the stock room for hours every day reading!

Favourite film quote… “I’m going on an adventure!” – The Hobbit

The best holiday I’ve ever been on was to… 3 months spent in New Zealand and Australia. We did the usual thing and hired a campervan round New Zealand and it was an amazing 6 weeks. We woke up every morning with no particular plan of where to go – for someone who likes to know exact details of everything it was both difficult and refreshing! One morning I can remember waking up in a campsite right on the coast, looking out of the van window and seeing a school of dolphins swimming by a few metres away.

Best piece of professional advice I’ve ever received is… Believe in yourself and your choices. Even if they turn out to be the wrong thing, it is something you can learn from. No-one ever goes through life without making mistakes, but it is how you learn from those mistakes that shapes you.

Biggest ‘Leap of Faith’ I’ve taken in my career was… Completely changing my career path. I originally wanted to be a primary school teacher, and whilst the world of PR is very different, I am grateful I was given the opportunity to take the step into it!

If I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life it would be… Ham and pineapple pizza. FOREVER.