Morgan Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Head of Content and Curation for the ANZ Pay TV Portfolio, overseeing the programming and acquisition strategy for Discovery Channel, TLC, Turbo, Investigation Discovery, Animal Planet and the Living Channel on Foxtel, Fetch and Sky NZ.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Managing the content and programming strategies for Discovery's Lifestyle channels, working across numerous brands including TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel and HGTV. Managing the SVOD, EVOD, and linear schedules across both Australia and New Zealand.Key Achievements:* Brought TLC ANZ to it's highest rating year ever in 2020, growing both audiences and share in commercial demo.* Project Managed the Sky NZ launch of Investigation Discovery, and established the channel as the #3 Pay TV channel on Sky for W25-54 within it's first 3 months.* Introduced and curated TLC's second annual paranormal stunt, "30 Nights of Fright" in April 2021, delivering double digit growth for commercial audiences.

Sydney, Australia

Managing the content and programming strategy for TLC and Investigation Discovery Australia/New Zealand across linear, VOD and digital platforms, driving audience growth and advertising awareness across her portfolio of brands.Key Achievements:* Achieved both TLC Australia and TLC New Zealand's highest rating year on record in 2019, with double digit YOY growth amongst all key demos.* Established TLC NZ as the #1 Network for Women 25-54 (including sports) in 2019.* Project Lead for the 2020 Australian channel launch of Investigation Discovery, managing a team of department heads across all business functions including programming, creative, media planning, operations, marketing and publicity.* Successfully launched TLC's local short form digital platform, www.ilovetlc.com, managing the digital strategy, editorial rollout and copy.* Introduced TLC's inaugural paranormal stunt, Ghostober, in October 2019, achieving double digit growth in all key demos.

Sydney, Australia

Managing the programming, acquisitions and scheduling responsibilities for TLC Australia, TLC New Zealand and Discovery Kids Australia. Responsible for devising innovative programming stunts to drive audience, affiliate and advertising awareness. Morgan played an integral part in the launch of TLC within the New Zealand market in September 2015. Driving the programming and scheduling strategy, Morgan has contributed to the success of TLC NZ as a market leader in the NZ STV female demographic.

Responsible for the programming strategy, ratings, on-air planning and brand development of TLC Australia, Discovery Kids Australia and Animal Planet Australia/New Zealand. Utilising research data to determine content suitability across all channels. Morgan also played an integral part in the 2014 re-brand of TLC within the Australian market, driving the programming strategy which resulted in year on year audience growth and increase in audience share within the competitive Australian STV female demographic.Morgan was also responsible for the introduction of numerous successful channel stunts across her portfolio of channels including TLC's annual wedding stunt, 'Bridal March', TLC's 'Man vs. Hangover', Animal Planet's 'Monster Week', and the introduction of Animal Planet's inaugral cat stunt, 'Meowathon' which achieved double digit audience growth in 2015.

Responsible for the implementation of promotional programs across national customer chains for Jack Daniel’s and the Jack Daniel’s Family of Brands. Driving all internal marketing PR and coordinated the monthly Jack Daniel’s Family of Brands press and trade media.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for the strategic planning, scheduling and overall programming of Discovery Channel Australia/New Zealand, Discovery Home & Health Australia and Animal Planet Australia/New Zealand.

EA to the VP of Disney Theatrical Group Australia during the 2009 National Australian Tour of 'Mary Poppins'. Responsible for the overall administration and management of the DTG team, cast and crew and senior executive staff.

Sydney, Australia

Managed the scheduling responsibilities for Disney Channel ANZ. Duties included the creation and maintenance of daily transmission logs for broadcast, promo optimization and placement, whilst maintaining localised schedules through regional programming.

Sydney, Australia

Completed 6 months work experience at Channel Nine in the Wardrobe Department while studying for the HSC. Worked on numerous programs including Hi-5, Sixty Minutes and Australia's Funniest Home Video Show.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Theatre, Film & Performance Studies

Activities and Societies: The UNSW Med Revue, The UNSW Law Revue and New South Wales University Theatre Society (NUTS) Co-Directed.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Film, Theatre And Performance Studies

Higher School Certificate & Tafe Certifcate I, Arts, Entertainment, And Media Management