Tara Hunter

Provide seamless coverage while the senior associate producer was on leave. Managed a slate of series for four executive producers. Liased with production company and internal TLC teams to assure shows delivered on time and were promoted robustly. Also executive produced one series and one reversion project for Discovery Life Channel.

Bolster production team with additional footage and fact research.

Projects included Emmy-nominated series: MythBusters, Alaska: The Last Frontier, Deadliest Catch, and Man vs. Wild. Also Fast N’ Loud, Street Outlaws, Bering Sea Gold, Auction Kings, American Underworld, The Colony, Surviving the Cut, Swords: Life on the Line, Rise of the Videogame, Treasure Quest, and many more brand-definitional and strong-rating series. Brought high-quality shows from development to air by partnering with multiple executive producers at one time. Provided an insightful female perspective to male-targeted content to encourage greater co-viewing and thus increase ratings. Established a highly collaborative relationship with external production companies and with Discovery’s various departments to leverage promotional opportunities, especially when no traditional marketing resources were available. Trailblazed with Discovery’s Social and Digital teams to execute new initiatives, including the MythBusters “Watch With” events, Alaska: The Last Frontier’s homestead cams, and Street Outlaws real-time Facebook poll. Partnered with Discovery’s Ad Sales team to facilitate lucrative, recurring integration deals on Fast n’ Loud, Deadliest Catch, and other series. Helped set up and train Discovery Channel’s West Coast production department, which came to produce the bulk of the network’s hit and Emmy-nominated series.

Segment produced on the Shark episode. Also responsible for managing archive footage across all episodes of the series.