truly.

Hi! I’m Tara Hunt and I’m a recovering marketing strategist training to be an interior designer (graduating Spring 2025).

I spent over 22 years in marketing, building a pretty successful career. You may ask, “How successful could it be since I decided to quit?” Here are a few highlights:

I wrote one of the first books on how social media was changing business (published in 7 languages)

I spoke at over 200 conferences around the world on the topic of marketing

I appeared in dozens of articles and features in well-known publications as an expert on the subject

I ran a successful boutique agency with dozens of employees and big clients like Nokia, Bell Labs, and the Canadian Real Estate Association

I had an influential YouTube channel, Twitter Feed, and LinkedIn profile, and

I won multiple awards and distinctions, including being named one of the Most Influential Women in Technology in Fast Company.

However, as time went on, I started to really fall out of love with what I was doing. Why? Social media had become a source of stress, not connection and joy; artificial intelligence was/is going to render content agencies like mine moot; and I wasn’t getting any younger. So, in 2021, when the whole world was in a kerfuffle, I decided to make the ultimate change.

I shut down my agency and applied to university (for a second time) to take a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design. I’m due to graduate Spring of 2025 but I’m sharing my progress here as I go along.

I’m very much loving my new chosen vocation and look forward to applying the knowledge gained in the past four years to a new career.

If you want to connect, give feedback, ask questions, or anything else, I’m interested in hearing from you!