Meet Jessica Cooley, licensed esthetician, instructor, entrepreneur, product creator, and international award-winning skincare professional.

Jessica’s career has moved through corrective and oncology esthetics, education, leadership, entrepreneurship, and product development. After beginning in retail management, she transitioned into esthetics, where her father’s stage IV melanoma diagnosis helped shape her interest in oncology esthetics and the kind of professional she wanted to become.

In this episode of TSG’s Director’s Cut, Jessica shares how one opportunity led to the next, from building a solo practice and becoming an instructor to stepping into a Director of Education role and creating the award-winning Skin Wand Pro during the 2020 shutdown.

She also reflects on the decision to sell Skin Wand Pro in 2026, what it meant to step away from the treatment room and teaching, and what this season has taught her about identity beyond professional titles.

Jessica takes us back through her Skin Games journey as a five-time finalist, Spirit Award recipient, and award-winning competitor, including third place in Compromised Skin and second place in the Open category in 2021. She shares what competition taught her and what stayed with her long after the event itself.

And she gives us a glimpse into the direction of her new chapter.

Join Brenda Hogsett, Director of Player Experience, and Kelly Wolcott, Director of Judges, for another candid conversation about growth, reinvention, letting go, and making room for what comes next.

Around 25 minutes, give or take a really good story.