Jessica Aptman is Chief Communications Officer and Chief of Staff at Zocdoc. She leads internal and external communications, government relations, and runs the office of the President, leading strategic internal initiatives.

Prior to Zocdoc, Jess was Director of Media Strategy at The OutCast Agency – a leading communications agency with offices in San Francisco and New York City. There, Jess developed and implemented communications strategies for consumer technology products and services. She oversaw product launches and earned media campaigns for Amazon Kindle, Cisco, Jawbone, TurboTax, Wealthfront, Zynga and Zocdoc, among many others.

Before joining the fast-growing technology space, Jess’s work focused on consumer and luxury lifestyle brand development. She led public relations initiatives for esteemed hotels, chefs, restaurants, wines and spirits, The James Beard Awards, and more.

Jess graduated from the University of Florida with a dual degree in Sociology and Mass Communications. She then moved to New York with the intention of giving the city a try for a year, maybe two. Over a decade later, Jess lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and daughter.