Erin Wanner Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

• Advised Warner Bros Discovery executives on post-merger strategy, structure, content, markets, and talent as senior leader. • Generated $450M global advertising revenue by overseeing (concept-production-delivery) 350+ annual hours of linear and streaming factual television content while significantly reducing costs in a rapidly changing industry and company. • Enabled Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, and Science Channel to expand cross-network ratings success and cost synergies. • Facilitated efficient integrated operations between production, programming, research, marketing, ad sales, and publicity. • Made Animal Planet the preferred content partner by producers despite lower production budgets than competitors. • Enabled success of streaming-only Discovery+ by creating and launching multiple successful programs for diverse audiences. • Closed access, talent, and production contracts on favorable terms by leading negotiations and problem-solving deal issues. • Recruited, trained, evaluated, developed, and retained 15 direct reports, led 45 outsourced producers and content creators, and indirectly guided multi-function matrixed staff.

• Built a reputation where creators could flourish via collaborative, trusted relationships with talent and producers. • Grew ad sales multimillion-dollars by expanding Puppy Bowl adoption show into cross-platform content and sponsorships. • Closed production contracts with guarded, hard-to-access partners: Steve Irwin Family, Bronx & San Diego Zoo, Georgia Aquarium, Wildlife Law Enforcement Agencies, and Coyote Peterson (YouTube). • Ensured high-quality programming and profits during revenue-challenging changes from linear to streaming, innovative, new, aggressive competitive content and channels, and ongoing corporate restructuring. • Led Animal Planet production through Discovery and Scripps (HGTV, Food) merger and other distracting structural changes. • Reduced product staffing costs ~50% while preserving quality and amount of content by optimizing staffing levels and roles. • Using empathetic support, guided large teams through programming, leadership, culture, and other organizational changes.

• Executive Produced 100 annual hours of factual television content production across multiple genres, from concept to delivery, while decreasing costs in a rapidly evolving industry and corporate pressures. • Enabled ratings and profit growth by guiding network strategy, tactics, and execution as an executive team member. • Facilitated communication with production, programming, research, marketing, social media, ad sales, legal, and partners. • Led regular production presentations to ad sales executives to position them to maximize sponsor and advertiser revenue. • Boosted advertising revenue by retaining audiences during commercial breaks by creating innovative ad-placed content. • Maintained high-quality media production on all series while taking on additional cross-network strategic responsibilities.

• Spearheaded high-quality creative for multiple successful preschool and tween factual and animated television shows. • Oversaw 50+ annual hours of quality television content production, budgets, schedules, outlines, scripts, storyboards, casting, character designs, rough cuts, fine cuts, voiceovers, sound mixing, graphics, and title treatments. • Achieved nine Emmy Award nominations and multiple Parent's Choice awards. • Wrote successful grant proposal to Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to launch preschool block, Ready, Set, Learn! • Using skillful corporate diplomacy, guided executive, editorial, production, marketing, legal, partner, and sales functions. • Collaborated with network executives to define and propel the network's mission and vision.

New York, New York, United States

• Promoted from development assistant to development manager, director of development, and VP Development in 6 years. • Generated educational content ideas and sold them to networks as an Emmy Award-winning production company leader. • Developed concepts, negotiated international co-production contracts, and oversaw production for multiple kids programs. • Wrote effective grant proposal to Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to launch preschool series, The Puzzle Place. • Collaborated on a successful pitch to Discovery Channel to rebrand and relaunch their fledgling Discovery Kids Channel.