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Jamie Hess

Jamie Hess helps organizations master personal branding and workplace gratitude. A former PR executive for McDonald's, W Hotels Worldwide, and LinkedIn, Jamie hosts The Gratitudeology Podcast, featured on the Today Show, and is known industry-wide as the Brand Ninja.

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Jamie Hess, Speaker | Wellness Coach, Entrepreneur

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Jamie Hess's biography

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  • 17-year PR exec for McDonald's, W Hotels, LinkedIn
  • Founder and host, The Gratitudeology Podcast
  • Known industry-wide as the Brand Ninja
Jamie Hess spent seventeen years as a public relations executive, building brand strategy for companies including McDonald's, W Hotels Worldwide, Barry's Bootcamp, and LinkedIn, before turning her expertise toward personal branding and gratitude. Known throughout the industry as the Brand Ninja, Jamie founded and hosts The Gratitudeology Podcast, a show exploring intentional gratitude that has been featured on the Today Show. Her guests have included Rainn Wilson, Teddi Mellencamp, Gabby Bernstein, and Nev Schulman. Jamie's corporate PR background gives her a practical understanding of how personal brands are built, protected, and communicated at the highest level, insight she now translates into frameworks individuals and organizations can apply to their own reputations and cultures. Audiences leave with a clear framework for rebranding themselves professionally, built around what she calls the Power of RE: reinvent, reimagine, rebuild, refocus, and reintentional. They also gain gratitude practices they can apply immediately to improve engagement and culture. Jamie pairs Fortune 500 PR credentials with hands-on gratitude expertise, making her sessions relevant to marketing teams and HR leaders alike.

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Your Magnetic Rebrand
Jamie Hess walks audiences through rebuilding a personal brand that reflects who they've become, not who they used to be. Drawing on her Power of RE framework, reinvent, reimagine, rebuild, refocus, and reintentional, she shows how to translate PR strategy into personal reputation. Audiences leave with a concrete process for repositioning themselves professionally and communicating that shift with confidence.
Unlocking the Power of Gratitudeology
Jamie Hess introduces gratitudeology, the practice of intentional gratitude she developed as founder and host of The Gratitudeology Podcast. She draws on stories and research gathered from guests including Rainn Wilson, Teddi Mellencamp, and Gabby Bernstein to show how gratitude shifts individual mindset and workplace culture. Attendees come away with practices they can build into daily routines and team habits.

Why we recommend booking Jamie

Seventeen years leading PR for McDonald's, W Hotels Worldwide, and LinkedIn, combined with an active podcast platform reaching a national audience through the Today Show. That pairing of corporate credibility and public visibility gives her sessions weight with practitioners and executives alike.

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What is Jamie Hess's speaking style like?
Jamie delivers dynamic, actionable wellness strategies with a holistic approach. Her engaging style fosters productivity, resilience, and collaboration, helping organisations create supportive, healthy work cultures in today’s fast-paced environment.
What topics does Jamie Hess specialise in?
Jamie Hess specialises in discussing radical wellness, stress management, holistic approaches and more.
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