Jenny began her career in archives in 1997 when she joined State Records as an archivist before transferring to the State Library in 2000 to take up the position of Pictorial Curator. She retired from the State Library in 2019 after working in a variety of roles principally associated with photographic archives.

During her career in archives Jenny participated in the creation and delivery of archival training for tertiary students and public servants and delivered papers across a range of archival and South Australian history topics but most commonly photographic archives and the provision of digital access at professional and community conferences in Australia, New Zealand and the Solomon Islands.

Jenny has been an accredited professional member of the Australian Society of Archivists since 1999. In 2017 she was named on the South Australian Women’s Honour Roll and in 2022 she was awarded the Bernadette Bean SA Records Management Service Excellence Award.