Animal Planet has promoted Erin Wanner to senior VP of production following her tenure as the network\u2019s VP of production.<\/p>\n
Wanner\u2019s new role will see her heading up all of Animal Planet\u2019s production teams. Working with internal executive producers and external production companies, she will aim to ensure the quality of the network\u2019s storytelling and execute its content vision.<\/p>\n
As a key creative voice for Animal Planet, Wanner serves as the executive producer for select series and specials, including Crikey! It\u2019s the Irwins<\/em> and Saving Africa\u2019s Giants with Yao Ming<\/em>.<\/p>\n Before joining Animal Planet, Wanner was an executive producer for Discovery Kids.<\/p>\n \u201cErin brings strong storytelling and creative excellence to our content, together with a deep understanding of audience and a passion for the best in production,\u201d said Susanna Dinnage, the global president of Animal Planet. \u201cWe are\u00a0fortunate to have Erin\u2019s leadership and expertise to help deliver on our mission to keep the childhood joy and wonder of animals alive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Animal Planet has promoted Erin Wanner to senior VP of production following her tenure as the network\u2019s VP of production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":11854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[220],"class_list":["post-11853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-animal-planet","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n