Along with sister Jessica Ciocci and friend Ben Jones, he was one of the three founding members of Paper Rad, an artist collective active from 2000 until 2008.
[7] Jacob and his sister Jessica became active in Paper Rad after moving to Boston and hanging out with Joe Grillo, Ben Jones, and Christopher Forgues (C.F.).
[8] All of them were interested in zine making, experimental art and music, and computers, which opened up the possibility of multimedia work.
[8] In 2006, Ciocci received a 'Creative Heights' Grant from Heinz Endowments to be the Artist in Residence at the Pittsburgh Filmmakers film cooperative.
[10][11] Jacob Ciocci is currently an assistant professor in the School of Cinematic Arts at DePaul University in Chicago.