She is a member of the indie rock band The Anti-Job[1] and has earned the distinction of becoming the first African American woman nominated in a score category at the Emmys[2] for her work on the Apple TV+ series Home.
[4] Jones attended Vassar College intending to study chemistry but subsequently changed her major to music.
[citation needed] After graduating from Vassar, Jones moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to record with her indie rock band, The Anti-Job, and started to consider a parallel career composing music for television and films.
[citation needed] In 2014 through 2016, Jones worked as a music production assistant for Hans Zimmer, Henry Jackson, John Powell, and Michael Levine.
[1] During that time she worked on several television series including Nashville (CMT), Dear White People (Netflix), and Greenleaf (OWN).