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
Gina McClifty, DoubleTake Sports - WINNER
Julie Mulvihill, Ross Video 
Kala Tully, Picture Shop 
Kate Dickerson, EMG Connectivity
Megan Andrews, BBC
Weronika Kolodziej, Deluxe

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
Melissa Davanzo, Paramount Global - WINNER
Payal Gilda, Magnifi
Tanya Daley-Antoine, Endeavor Streaming

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

Kahleah Webb, EMG/Gravity Media - WINNER
Marsha Garner, Evertz
Thamizh Selvi, Synamedia
Victoria Tuzova, Elecard

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

Amy Woods - WINNER
Emma Schug
Irene Muñoz López
Sigrid Svae
Tia Shenton

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

Carlie Bonavia & Gisele Santos, Moments Lab - WINNERS
Clare Butler, Grabyo
Jesse Humphrey, Diversified
Leanne Tomlin, Perifery

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
Dagmar Driesnack, Rohde & Schwarz - WINNER
Karen Troiano, Agile Content

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
Thomas Pearson, Bitmovin - WINNER
Mark Wynter, Picture Shop

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

Jenny Priestley, TVBEurope - WINNER
Lucy Trang Nguyen, Accedo
Nakiesha Koss, Adobe
Natasha Jones, BT Media & Broadcast

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 outstanding abilities in managing multiple stakeholders and multiple tasks.

SHORTLIST

Bobby Warner, BT Media & Broadcast - WINNER
Gaylen Clutter, Evertz
Kate Mackenzie-Doyle, Arqiva
Rhona Keegan, EMG/Gravity Media
Roisi Proven, Ad Signal 
Sarah Donoghue, Sky

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
Lucy Moore, Hotcam - WINNER
Najua Ojeil, LiveU
Selina Walton, NEP Australia

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

Dara Urquhart, Red Bee Media - WINNER
Terri Davies, Trusted Partner Network
Mardhiah Nasir, IPSB Technology

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
BT Media & Broadcast - WINNER
TMT Insights

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 Queens 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 will be 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