In its fifth year, the Awards received triple the amount of applications from all over the World
London, UK, 18 September 2023 –Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, is pleased to announce the shortlist for this year’s Rise Awards, which was first revealed at IBC2023.
With over 300 nominations from across the globe, the shortlist judges saw a stellar selection of women, men and companies across a variety of roles, including Business, R&D Engineers, Production Support, Product Innovation, Marketer/PR, Rising Star, Sales and Technical Operations. The Woman of the Year, sponsored by Zixi, is chosen by the Rise Advisory Board and will be announced at the ceremony.
In partnership with Sky and EMG, the awards ceremony will be held on the 7th November at Troxy in London and streamed live. Also bringing the global event to life will be Cuescript, providing the teleprompting.
Rise Founder, Sadie Groom, said: “We were overwhelmed by the response we had in the fifth year of Rise Awards, with triple the amount of applications we have had in the past. We are grateful for everyone who submitted an entry for the inspiring women in their workplaces and extend big congratulations to all those shortlisted. We all look forward to celebrating amazing women and diversity allies on the 7th of November.”
The shortlist for the 2023 Rise Awards is as follows:
Technical Operations Award – Sponsored by NEP
- Ale Gonzalez Galartza – farmerswife
- Bridget Young – Evolutions
- Pilar Grandos – DAZN
- Morag McIntosh – BBC
- Sandy Isnard – Telstra Broadcast Services
- Sarah Adams – Sky
Product Innovation Award – Sponsored by Clear-Com
- Anais Painchant – Ateme
- Hitomi Hamaba – Sony
- Kaia Tufteland – Dazn
- Kate Vardy & Anna Holligan – The Bike Bureau
- Sabrine Farnes – Bedrock Streaming
- Saskia Hook – Warner Bros Discovery
- Teresa Demel – Adobe
Marketing Award
- Amber Burke – Clear-Com
- Doris Retfalvi – Disguise
- Emily Pryor – Base Media Cloud
- Leanne Tomlin – Perifery
- Lizzie Lawrence – M2A Media
- Zoe Mumba – Bitmovin
Influencer Award
- Anita Erskine – AE Media
- Carina Schoo – Pixotope
- Carolyn Giardina – Hollywood Reporter
- Chloe Britton – Moov
- Laura Davis – The Crewing Company
- Niki Whittle – Moov
- Ria Hebden – Wonder Woman
Production Support Engineer Award
- Anna Masko – Moov
- Emily Bergun – Sky
- Kathleen Gray – NEP
- Suzanne Sharmann – Singular Live
- Zoe Mendelson – Sky
Business Leader Award – Sponsored by LiveU
- Charlotte Layton – Racoon Post
- Claire Wilkie – Limitless Broadcast
- Hannah Barnhardt – TMT Insights
- Idunn Sofie Riise – Zille Media
- Rebekah Wilson – Source Elements
- Shannan Louis – Fatbelly VFX
Sales Award
- Alexandra Giusto – Zixi
- Helen Jeffrey – NEP Connect
- Katri Sillaste – TV3 Group Estonia
- Melissa Davis – Evertz
- Stacey Moorcroft – Ross Video
Student of the Year Award
- Esme Murphy – Global Academy
- Jess Mcmahon – Global Academy
- Nikoletta Kallipoliti – Marketing Intern
- Rochelle Karabulut – Global Academy
- Sophie Humphrey – Solent University
Rising Star Award – Sponsored by Harmonic
- Eileen Kennedy-Macdonald – Ross Video
- Emily Bergun – Sky
- Hollie Keen – BT Media & Broadcast
- Holly Choules – Zest 4 Tv
- Jeremina Akrofi-Daniels – Nep Bow Tie
- Lauryn Fuller – Moov
- Ray Kasprzyk – Evertz
- Shola Russell – EMG
- Sophie Kreeshaw – Sky
R&D Engineer Award – Sponsored by ROSS Video
- Caileen Dolan – Ross Video
- Francesca Pieri – Red Bee Media
- Manassa Vemulapati – Sky Uk
- Natalia Lira – Accedo
- Sailaja Vaddadi – Red Bee Media
- Swetha Sidhar – BSI/NEP
Ally of the Year Award – Sponsored by Vizrt
- Adam Tilbury-Eld – Ovyo
- Kieran Farr – Consultant
- Philip Farnha – Accedo
- Rich Welsh – Deluxe Media
- Rohan Mitchell – EMG
Business Operations Award – Sponsored by Telestream
- Amanda Wall – Vitac
- Crystal Pham – TPN
- Fauzia Mulla Stanyard – Arqiva
- Joanne Lewis – Ross Video
- Kahlead Webb – Gravity Media
- Pernialla Wraneus – Accedo
- Tami Hoffman – ITN
Project Management or Delivery Award – Sponsored by ES Broadcast
- Abi Hemingway – Jackshoot
- Amber Barnett – Ross Video
- Meghan Londhe – Magnifi
- Nikki Perugini – Accedo
- Rachel Baldwin – BBC Technology Group
- Rachel Deas – Red Bee Media
- Sylviane Lecomte – Bedrock Streaming
Company Award for Investment in Women – Sponsored by Disguise
- Accedo
- Adobe
- Disguise
- Newsbridge
- Pixotope
For more information about Rise and the Awards, please visit here: https://risewib.com/awards-call-for-entries-2023/
About Rise
Rise was formed in 2017 to support and promote women working in the non-craft part of the broadcast media technology industry in operations, engineering, sales, marketing and business. Since its conception, Rise has grown to become a global network hosting events at Broadcast Asia, IBC and NAB. In Spring 2019, Rise won the National Women’s Mentoring Award at the National Mentoring Awards.
Rise’s six-month mentoring programme is designed to support women working in, or aspiring to work in, the UK’s broadcast technology sector. Its mission is to raise the profile of women within the sector, to encourage younger women to join or feel that they can progress and break the glass ceiling, to work with manufacturers to highlight the issues and help them to promote a diverse workforce, as well as to work with industry associations to gain traction and give credence, and to become a platform for smaller groups or individuals wanting to promote female diversity and to support groups promoting other diversities. Website – www.risewib.com Follow Rise on Twitter – @Rise_WIB
