Grant Hansen is a creative storyteller, strategist, and marketer.
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A passionate and creative storyteller, strategist, and marketer, his experience is rooted in more than a decade of television news production and public relations. He lives in Sacramento with his wife and daughter and enjoys exploring Northern California. He believes in the power of capturing human emotion to share stories and wants to leave a positive impact on the world every day.
Favorite part of his job:
“I love meeting new people every day and telling their stories. It’s so rewarding to learn about people in the community and help to give them a voice. An expanded knowledge and perspective will help lead humanity to a better place.”
Grant earned a communications degree from Flagler College in 2009 with minors in marketing and advertising. He worked as a short-line cook at night to help pay for tuition and picked up video production jobs on the side. He has formal culinary training, built out a full menu, was a chef for a startup restaurant, and has a passion for creating pleasurable experiences for people.
In 2009 Grant started a video production company in Orlando specializing in action water sports. He completed several projects promoting and marketing athletes in wakeboarding, skateboarding, and surfing.
Grant began his journalism career in 2011 in Roanoke, Virginia. Growing up in a small town just outside of Roanoke, it was an honor to begin his career serving a community he calls home.
Grant has covered national news events across the country, including the 2015 on-air journalist murders, the Mandalay Bay shooting, the Pulse Nightclub shooting, Hurricane Sandy’s landfall in New York and New Jersey, the Donald Trump presidential inauguration, and deadly California wildfires.
Grant thrives in a leadership role and faces professional challenges head-on. He embraces the idea that you can achieve more as a team than as an individual. He leads by example and believes in doing things the right way the first time.
His passions are family, food, and photography.