
The industry awards organised by womens advocacy group Rise reveals shortlist of female broadcast professionals from countries including Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, UK and USA
By TVBEurope Staff
Published: October 21, 2021 Updated: October 22, 2021
The industry awards organised by women's advocacy group Rise reveals shortlist of female broadcast professionals from countries including Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, UK and USA
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Rise, the advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, has revealed the shortlist for its 2021 Rise Awards.
The awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 18 November from 17:00 BST as part of the DPP Leaders' Briefing event in London and will be streamed courtesy of Red Bee Media. The winners will be announced during the live ceremony with attendees in person and virtually.
We received so many amazing nominations for talented women from across the globe again this year, said Rise founder, Sadie Groom. We have seen an extraordinary calibre of talent across the broadcast media technology industry, and our judging panels had a difficult job deciding on the shortlist which is a testament to the incredible female talent we have in our sectors. We are looking forward to seeing everyone in-person and celebrating the achievements of our shortlists and winners at this year's awards ceremony.
The shortlist for the 2021 Rise Awards:
Marketer/PR | sponsored by Annex Pro
Silvia Botella, Marketing Manager, Red Bee Media
Melanie Crandall, Demand Generation Manager, Vizrt
Lauren McIntosh, Global Marketing Manager, Accedo
R&D Engineer | sponsored by Ateliere Creative Technologies
Laura Bunea, R&D Engineer, Vizrt
Michelle Griffin, Product Engineering Manager, farmerswife and Cirkus
Jennifer Zeidan, Engineering Manager, Media Systems Infrastructure, Netflix
Rising Star | sponsored by Avid
Sophie Lambert, Freelance
Jane Lawrance, VT Guarantee, Timeline Television
Neave Spikings, Support Engineer, ITV Studios
Georgia Thirtle, Sound Engineer, Gravity Media
NEW Influencer | sponsored by Bitmovin
Marianna Montague, Senior Director Customer Success Management, Avid
Louise Patel, Co-Director, Share My Telly Job
Kylee Pe a, Manager, Creative Technologies Program Management, Netflix
Production Support Engineer | Sponsored by Blackmagic Design
Sophie Colvin, Vision Guarantee Manager, Gravity Media
Carys Hughes, Engineer Emerging Technologies, Sky
Mirusha Jegatheeswaran, Content Technology Support Engineer, ITV Daytime
Product Innovation | sponsored by Clear-Com
Izabella Koukorava, Head of Product, Sky
Michelle Munson, CEO and Co-Founder, Eluvio
Karen Walker, Vice President Camera Motion Systems, Ross Video
Sales | sponsored by Deluxe
Karen Clark, Head of Australian and New Zealand Sales, Telstra
Angela Gibbons, Head of Sales, EMG UK
Laura Wignall, Business Development Manager Production, Gravity Media
Business | sponsored by Live-U
Dr. Johanna Bj rklund, Co-founder and CTO, Codemill
Michelle Munson, CEO and Co-Founder, Eluvio
Alison Pitchford, Group Managing Director, MBI
Heidi Shakespeare, Director IMES Europe
Technical Operations | sponsored by Ross Video
Kate Furtas, Key Account Manager, Deluxe Media
Rebecca Moore, Director Technical Operations, CNNI
Rebecca Smith, Audio Assistant, Platform Post Production
NEW: Student | sponsored by SMPTE
Katherine King, University of Pittsburgh
Sama Mirmiran, University of Surrey
Holly van der Rest, Solent University
NEW: Company Award For Investment in Women | sponsored by Telstra
Deluxe Localisation
Newsbridge
Visual Data Media Services
The Woman of the Year award, sponsored by Zixi, is chosen by the Rise Advisory Board and will be announced at the ceremony.
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