Can you introduce yourself?
My name is Jessie, or JJ – I am the founder of the digital agency The Social Medium and I am an American from New York who has been living in Paris for almost 10 years!
What are the 3 adjectives that could define you?
Ambitious, sweet and hyperactive!
What are you most proud of?
To have made my life in my favorite city, Paris!
What is the most important value that you would like to pass on to your children or that you radiate around you?
Hard work pays off.
What makes you feel good?
Spending time with my mom.
What are the moments you like to share with family or friends?
The simplest moments: meals!
What would you like to achieve that is more environmentally friendly?
Recycle more…and stop buying plastic bottled water! I’m getting better at it but I can still improve.
How do you see yourself in 15 years?
I see my agency growing, I see that it shines! I see myself with at least one child, still in Paris, but no longer between Paris and New York.
What advice would you give to the person you were 20 years ago?
To stress less, and enjoy being young without a lot of responsibility!
What is a typical day in your life?
I get up around 6am. I love the morning, it's the calm before the storm. I have breakfast (digestible Pane Vivo bread and salted raw butter). Afterwards I do a sports class or go to the gym - sports are essential for me! I then have meetings and often eat lunch outside. You can find me at Café Mar'co most of the time. In the afternoon I'm with my team at our TikTok House, shooting content or working for our clients. In the evening I relax with my husband over a drink and cook. I like cooking more and more! I go to bed early, and I rarely go out. The evening is when I recharge my batteries.
What makes you beautiful?
A beautiful blow-dry!
What is your essential beauty routine?
To wash my face with water, and apply a serum and then oil. I'm not very complicated! And brush my hair ;)
What do you have in your handbag?
My Comme des Garçons wallet, a brush from La Bonne Brosse, my business cards.
What made you want to start a business?
Being able to manage my own time and being able to travel to the United States to see my family whenever I want.
What is your guilty pleasure?
My glass of wine at the end of the day.
What are your plans?
To further develop my agency in the United States and to start a family.
What makes you strong?
My husband! He challenges me but it's always for my own good.
What would you like to change on earth for your children?
Peace in the world.
What is your definition of beauty?
To be fulfilled. A fulfilled woman is the most beautiful!
What does being natural mean to you?
No makeup, no blow-dry!
Your biggest regret?
My first accountants when I started my company! I should have asked around.
Your wildest dream?
That my agency becomes a multinational and that I open agencies all over the world!!!