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Jill holds an MFA degree in Advertising Design from Louisiana Tech University. She was the graphic designer for the University of Delaware Publications Office from 1978 to 1984.

Jill, with her husband-partner Ray Nichols, opened Cypher + Nichols + Design, their advertising and graphic design business, which operated from 1984 through 1999. Some C+N+D clients included Esquire Magazine, Winterthur Museum, Hagley Museum & Library, Direct Radiography, Alanx Products, Omega Medical Center, and Delaware Manufacturing Alliance. The firm received numerous awards from the Advertising Club of Delaware, Print, Graphis, CASE, and the University and College Designers Association.

Jill served as president of the Advertising Club of Delaware and several terms on its Board of Directors. She was a co-founder of Raven Press at the University of Delaware with interests in letterpress printing, paste paper designs, and bookmaking. She is currently president of Lead Graffiti (formerly Wallflowers Press), a letterpress studio producing creative typography, books, cards, posters, and other items.