Highly dedicated, innovative, and goal-driven, Hessed Honstein is a spearheading bilingual Communications professional who holds the fundamental skills necessary to connect and influence her audiences. She has an extensive 20+ year collective background involving Media & TV and diverse corporate environment relations and possesses the essential leadership and interpersonal skills that not only meet expectations, but exceed them every time.
Hessed began her performing arts career as a model, performing at runway fashion shows, doing commercial print projects and brand ambassador work. Her expertise also extends into the acting field, where she has acted in numerous commercials, internet and industrial videos and has done extensive voice-over work for radio and TV. Additionally, she began performing celebrity interviews, including interviewing multiple Grammy Award-winners Julieta Venegas and Luis Enrique. Furthermore, she has extensive experience as a spokesperson, principal narrator, host, producer, editor and writer. Hessed has worked with and represented numerous global brands such as Mercedes Benz, Macy’s, Verizon Wireless, Toyota, Marriott Hotels, Bombay Sapphire, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Walmart, United Airlines, The United States Navy, amongst others.
Hessed’s expertise also includes her work as a Communications coach, where she helps instill confidence in her students and improve their communication skills by teaching accent reduction, pronunciation and enunciation. In addition to this, she works with corporate professionals helping to enhance their presentation delivery. Hessed is highly skilled in Teleprompter and Ear Prompter and works with her students to further optimize their delivery using these devices. She has worked with corporate and non-corporate clients from around the world.
Hessed has trained with major leaders in the field, both in Los Angeles and New York City, including Hollywood Talent Manager and Casting Director Marki Costello; Patricia Stark, who has worked as the exclusive communications coach for The Oprah Winfrey Network, VH1 and E! Entertainment; Joe Palese, founder of The Actor’s Space, and Michael Rosenblum, Television Producer, Video Journalist and CEO at the Travel Channel Academy in Washington, DC., who has trained journalists for Voice of America, The New York Times and BBC News. Hessed also studied voice at the New York Vocal Coaching Studio.
A passionate professional, Hessed loves leveraging her diverse performing arts and corporate roles to drive new levels of communicative success, and is always seeking ways to advance herself to give her clients the leading communications support they deserve. In fact, she is so keen on continuing self-improvement and development that she holds a certificate in Emotional Intelligence (EQ). This, in conjunction with her inventory of accomplishments to date and rooted interpersonal foundation, can solidify your confidence your communications objectives are in the best possible hands to achieve continuous growth.