Rise, the industry group dedicated to increasing gender diversity in the broadcast and media technology sector, has unveiled the winners of the Rise Awards 2024.
Announced during a ceremony in London this week, the Rise Awards recognise notable achievements from outstanding and inspirational women in roles across the M&E industry, including a Special Recognition Award, Rising Star Award and the Rise Woman of the Year Award. The nominations cited the talents and achievements of inspirational women working in a variety of media and broadcast technology roles.
Rise aims to open up more opportunities for female broadcast professionals through holding quarterly networking events, delivering an award-winning mentoring programme, and providing education to next-generation talent.
Rise Founder and CEO, Sadie Groom, said: “Now in its fifth year, the Rise Awards continues to go from strength to strength. The 2024 ceremony at Troxy was the culmination of a challenging task for our judging panel, selecting this year’s winners from an exceptionally high calibre of nominees. Congratulations to all those that took home an award, we feel privileged to champion the talents of these inspirational women and diversity advocates.”
The ceremony was also streamed globally on Rise’s YouTube channel.
Full list of award winners and shortlisted candidates:
Technical Operations Award | Sponsored by Vizrt
This award celebrates a technical operations team member who has gone above and beyond the requirements of their day-to-day role to make a difference, whether it’s delivering outstanding client service on a particular project or service line, resolving a difficult problem or supporting a colleague or client to help achieve this. Technical Operations encompasses all levels from junior operators through to technical supervisors and managers working across all broadcast services.
SHORTLIST:
April Ha, Encompass Digital Media
Julie Mulvihill, Ross Video
Kala Tully, Picture Shop
Kate Dickerson, EMG Connectivity
Megan Andrews, BBC
Weronika Kolodziej, Deluxe
Gina McClifty, DoubleTake Sports - WINNER
Product Innovation Award | Sponsored by Clear-Com
This award recognises the importance of revolution and invention for the broadcasting sector today and for the future. Fulfilling either a product development and/or product management role, this nominee will have led or contributed significantly to a product where the outcome was both engaging and empowering, as well as making a difference by creating tangible benefits to the industry.
SHORTLIST:
Anita Westman, Evertz
Kristie Fung, TMT Insights
Payal Gilda, Magnifi
Tanya Daley-Antoine, Endeavor Streaming
Melissa Davanzo, Paramount Global - WINNER
Business Operations Award
This award will go to an individual who takes the resources available to them and turns them into the finest content that we see on screens today. These resources include finance, workforces, legal etc and the person in the business operations role will ensure that they are delivered to the right place at the right time with the highest levels of quality. This person can work in a broadcaster, manufacturer, post production house or service delivery company and will excel at making sure the workforce and clients are happy and the business is reaching its targets.
SHORTLIST:
Marsha Garner, Evertz
Thamizh Selvi, Synamedia
Victoria Tuzova, Elecard
Kahleah Webb, EMG/Gravity Media - WINNER
Student of the Year Award | Sponsored by SMPTE
Our student of the year will be a stellar representative of their educational institution. They will be the most outstanding student of their year but not necessarily with the highest grades. She will have shown determination to succeed and demonstrated a desire to learn, improve and exceed their potential.
SHORTLIST:
Emma Schug
Irene Muñoz López
Sigrid Svae
Tia Shenton
Amy Woods - WINNER
Marketing Award
This award will commend an outstanding woman who is working in a marketing or PR role in the industry; either in-house or for an agency or as a freelancer.
SHORTLIST:
Clare Butler, Grabyo
Jesse Humphrey, Diversified
Leanne Tomlin, Perifery
Carlie Bonavia & Gisele Santos, Moments Lab - WINNERS
R&D Engineer Award | Sponsored by Red Bee Media
This award recognises a high achiever, problem solver and team player who represents the very best of the broadcasting profession.
SHORTLIST:
Amy Rajaonson, France Télévisions
Avigail Camon, LiveU
Karen Troiano, Agile Content
Dagmar Driesnack, Rohde & Schwarz - WINNER
Advocate of the Year Award
This Award is given to a male working across the media technology sector who has driven both internal and external initiatives to support gender diversity. Over the last year they will have worked to support or develop new programmes of work that encourage, promote and champion gender diversity within their own companies or wider industry community. They will have also used their voice to drive conversations and ensure that the lack of gender diversity remains a priority for their colleagues and the industry.
SHORTLIST:
Andy Shenkler, TMT Insights
Ben Wickham, Sky
Keith Frost, Arqiva
Scott Kerr, Sky
Mark Wynter, Picture Shop
Thomas Pearson, Bitmovin - WINNER
Influencer Award | Sponsored by Disguise
This award will go to an individual that creates influence, communities, has a voice in the industry and brings people together. They can work in sales, marketing, journalism, business or any other role and will be recognised by their peers and community as an influencer.
SHORTLIST:
Lucy Trang Nguyen, Accedo
Nakiesha Koss, Adobe
Natasha Jones, BT Media & Broadcast
Jenny Priestley, TVBEurope - WINNER
Project Management or Delivery Award | Sponsored by Iron Mountain Media & Archive Services
This award celebrates women who have exceeded in delivering transformational projects, on-time and within budget. Our shortlisted nominees have exceptional organisational and leadership skills, as well as outstanding abilities in managing multiple stakeholders and multiple tasks.
SHORTLIST:
Gaylen Clutter, Evertz
Kate Mackenzie-Doyle, Arqiva
Rhona Keegan, EMG/Gravity Media
Roisi Proven, Ad Signal
Sarah Donoghue, Sky
Bobby Warner, BT Media & Broadcast - WINNER
Sales Award | Sponsored by Perifery
This award is open to any woman in a sales role in the broadcast industry working either in a manufacturer, service provider, broadcaster, media publisher or trade show.
SHORTLIST:
Misaki Nagaya, CNNI
Paloma Santucci, Accedo
Yvonne Picken, BT Media & Broadcast
Radhika Vora, Prime Focus Technologies - WINNER
Production Support Engineer Award | Sponsored by Riedel Communications
An organised and skilled Production Support Engineer, who represents the very best of our Broadcasting Profession. She has a strong understanding of the broadcast chain, offers outstanding troubleshooting skills, implicitly relates to relevant standards and demonstrates the ability to fault find from first principles.
SHORTLIST:
Brittany MacRae, dock10
Jen Patterson, EMG/Gravity Media
Najua Ojeil, LiveU
Selina Walton, NEP Australia
Lucy Moore, Hotcam - WINNER
Rising Star Award | Sponsored by Harmonic
The Rising Star award will recognise women who are industry newcomers, with four years or less industry experience, but who are considered as stand-out performers, innovators and emerging leaders in the broadcast & media industry.
SHORTLIST:
Charlotte Mills, Hotcam
Louise Jones, Warner Bros Discovery
Rebecca Jackson, Caretta Research
Siri Berntsen, Irdeto
Zoe Zropf, DoubleTake Sports - WINNER
Business Leader Award | Sponsored by IBC
This award, sponsored by IBC, will recognise the achievements of a woman running a business within the broadcast industry (either manufacturer or service provider), for example, a CEO, Managing Director, COO, or business owner.
SHORTLIST:
Terri Davies, Trusted Partner Network
Mardhiah Nasir, IPSB Technology
Dara Urquhart, Red Bee Media - WINNER
Company Award for Investment in Women | Sponsored by Ross Video
The winning organisation will have made a significant time or financial investment in recruiting and retaining its female workforce. They will be ensuring equal pay, giving their female talent a voice, providing flexible working practices and have a no-tolerance attitude to sexism in the workplace. This company will celebrate the success of its female team and be able to demonstrate the steps they have taken to do all of this.
SHORTLIST:
MainStreaming
80six
TMT Insights
BT Media & Broadcast - WINNER
Rise Special Recognition Award
As shared by Rise Founder and CEO, Sadie Groom: “This woman has made a huge impact in the broadcasting world, creating new standards for accessibility that have helped in significant ways and made a fundamental shift in how broadcasters engage with this particular community. Her impact has been particularly significant in her work on national events such as the UK Election campaign and night, the Eurovision Song Contest, FA Disability Cup, the Queen’s funeral and Kings Coronation, Glastonbury and the Paralympics.
WINNER: Lesley McGilp, Red Bee Media
Woman of the Year Award | Sponsored by Zixi
This special award is chosen by the Rise Advisory Board and is open to any woman from across the sector and at any level. The Award is for an extraordinary and inspirational woman who has made a significant contribution within her field and to the industry at large.
WINNER: Megan Mauck, NBCUniversal
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