Hunter Johnson

Hunter is the Founder & CEO of Xpedition. Part entertainment studio, part marketing agency, Xpedition is a 60+ person company that was started on the founding principle to respect the story. He is a Tony Award-nominated producer (New York, New York) and an award-winning marketer and creative producer.

Most recently, Hunter served as part of the producing team for the new Broadway musical “New York, New York” (nominated for seven Tony awards including best musical) and the Broadway play "Grey House". Upcoming Broadway productions include "Back to the Future" (Investor) and "Harmony" (co-producer).

At Xpedition, Hunter has assembled a team of journalists, filmmakers, event producers, strategic marketers, teachers, data analysts, Broadway producers, web developers, and published authors of which 60% identify as women, 40% are people of color, 30% are LGBTQIA+, 30% are fluent in a language other than English and 6% are veterans. They work with clients like Adidas, Google, Discovery+, Fitbit, HGTV, McKinsey & Co., RingCentral, Juniper, and YouTube.

Under Hunter’s leadership, Xpedition has been recognized by Inc. Best in Business, the Marcomm Awards, the Communicator Awards, and the Davey Awards.

Prior to starting Xpedition, Hunter was in TV Development at Sony Pictures Television (Breaking Bad, Shark Tank) and later went on to produce on shows including MasterChef & MasterChef Jr., Big Brother, Street Outlaws, in addition to many others for major networks such as HBO, HGTV, FOX, CBS, CW, Discovery, and History.

Hunter has been published in Forbes, writing about Xpedition’s work in diversity, equity and inclusion space. He is a member of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (The Emmys) and the Producers Guild of America.

Defeated a Super Bowl Champion in a championship game of pickleball.

Membership:
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Producers Guild of America Member

Forbes Thought Leadership Articles:
https://profiles.forbes.com/members/agency/profile/Hunter-Johnson-CEO-Founder-Xpedition/609c1b83-097a-4642-939a-bd04184e2f26